BERNARD'S TURN FOR A PHOTO OP

This is Bernard, one of our two inside cats. He's a Seal Point Snow Shoe. As a kitten, the family we sold him to discovered after taking him to the vet that he had a heart murmer, and didn't want to risk taking him, so we let them pick another from the same litter and we kept him. We named him Christian Bernard after the famous heart surgeon, hoping that would be a positive step towards his healing and future good health. Well a year later, there was no sign of his heart murmer! Bernard is loved and cherished by us all...not to mention spoiled rotten! Bernard's very good at mental telepathy! He'll just stare at you until he gets what he wants without uttering a sound!
Sometimes I think he thinks he's human!
Then there's other times he slips and lets you know he really is a cat! See the fly he's going after in my kitchen window? He's very curious.
If there's a ladder in the house, he will climb it just because it's there. This particular climb is on a 17' ladder, helping to decorate our Christmas tree. Coming down is quite another story!
He also likes to help cook!
He'll even pose nicely when he feels like it.