{"id":3598,"date":"2019-08-01T03:22:36","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T11:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=3598"},"modified":"2019-08-01T03:22:36","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T11:22:36","slug":"thoughts-for-thursday-the-eye-of-the-cat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=3598","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts for Thursday \u2013 The Eye of the Cat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2185\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/lilyeyes1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/lilyeyes1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/lilyeyes1-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/lilyeyes1.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Is there anything more mesmerizing than a cat\u2019s eyes? A close second in an expressive eyes contest would be those of an owl. In fact I think owls, especially great horned owls, are cat-like in the way they stare at you. If you\u2019ve ever had the opportunity to spend time viewing a great horned owl, you\u2019ll probably notice the aloof, who cares<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/pg-8-katie-eyes-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/pg-8-katie-eyes-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/pg-8-katie-eyes.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> look in his big round eyes.<\/p>\n<p>People\u2014generally non-cat people\u2014sometimes say that cats have no personality. Well, cats use body language and they also have expressions. If you spend time with one of more cats\u2014really pay attention to them\u2014tune into them\u2014you know what most cat people know, that there is quite an interesting, even profound and expressive cat living inside that gorgeous fur coat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is there anything more mesmerizing than a cat\u2019s eyes? A close second in an expressive eyes contest would be those of an owl. In fact I think owls, especially great horned owls, are cat-like in the way they stare at &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=3598\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3598"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3598"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3599,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3598\/revisions\/3599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}