ALL IN A DAY'S WORK..........

It is in her genes.  Her mother, Grandma Kitty, was a street cat that found that her being on the house roof to be very exciting. In fact, as she lived there a lot. She would go all the way to to top and sit on the chimney.  At one time we had bats in the chimney and I am certain it was one of her draws to be up there.  In the winter she would like to keep warm from the chimney heat.  She could come in and live in the house but in the  day that is where she wanted to be.
We would have people stop in to our frame shop and say, "you have a cat on your roof."  Yes, we knew.  She started to find ways up there early in her life and then I started leaving a step ladder near by.  She could get up there by climbing around on things, but couldn't always get down.
When I say it is in Yellow Kitty's genes,  I mean it.  Her mother actually carried Yellow Kitty as a kitten, in her mouth up onto the house roof and over the second story roof and into our upstairs bedroom window.  I was working on the window at the time and it was wide open for her to bring her kitten into the house. I looked up and there was a gray cat coming toward me with her mouth full of Yellow Kitty. Did I mention that Yellow Kitty was an only child so she was the fattest kitten in the history of cats.

One time, Yellow Kitty got up on the roof, she only could use a ladder, and she got stuck up there while we were gone.  She got so overheated up there, on a hot day, that I had to go up and capture her and bring her down. We put her in front of the air conditioner vent and cooled her down.  We thought we were never going to get her back to normal temperature.  I remove everything away from the house now and she isn't allowed up there, but the ladder to the garden shed, she just discovered a couple of days ago. I have been storing it there as I don't have to mow around it when it leans against that porch roof.
As you can see she can get down on her own. The ladder has two side by side rails so she can walk it down.  As you can she how she zig zags down the ladder.

When I was out there snapping pictures, she would meow as if she were complaining that she had to bring herself down on her own. She meowed loudly at ever step.

As you can see she is  very proud of her self of her achievement.  She insisted that I lift her down from this step.

We are having cool weather now, so she was on the roof to warm up and now she is over by the orchard, in the sun.  A cat can always find the warmest place to be, out of the wind, to keep sheltered.  Yellow Kitty does live in our basement over night and in the winter she spends many a day sleeping, rather than going outside.  She seems to sense when it is winter as she doesn't bother asking to go outside when there is deep snow or very cold weather.  
My wife and I got the last of the frame jobs done for the one person today.  I am headed back to the dining room this afternoon to get back on schedule.  Schedule heck, I got two new frame jobs in this morning and I have a crocheted last name to stretch and frame.  Their deadlines are determined by me though, but I do have to finish them by Christmas.   Take care everyone, and stay warm.  We have a high of 31 degrees F. today.   Thanks for reading..........