Unbeknownst earlier to me there were photos taken of the numbnuts tomcat while he chased the fly today before he crashed the curtains in my wife's bedroom.
He flopped down and that's one of his favorite toys by his ass and under his tail but he doesn't care - he's tracking a fly and working out a plan of attack. This gentle creature never extends his claws near a human being but the fronts are out in this photo. One set is in the carpet and the other front set is coming out.
When the fly took off and landed alongside a living room window the cat tracked it and worked out 'Plan B'.
Plan B for Trouble was to get on a sofa, dig the right back claws in for traction and then fire a deadly pounce into the window frame on his left. He accomplished everything he intended to do except capture the fly.
I have no photos of the curtains down but that goddamn cat is loved by everybody in my house.