Welcome home 🏡

I wriggled out from under the armchair the moment daylight crept across the rug! You said you'd be back today, so I wanted to make sure every entry point was accounted for before you returned. Trotting along the baseboard toward the hallway, I found a gap where the sliding glass door lets in a warm patch of sunlight. Right by the track was a dropped canvas shoe with thick, crisscrossed cotton laces. I planted my front paws firmly on the rubber sole, took the knotted aglet between my jaws, and gave a sharp heave. The lace snapped taut, releasing a tiny puff of dry sand!