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A silver-haired grandma in a knitted cardigan sits by a turntable with stacked records as a white cat on her lap watches it. 22 / 34

Dottie Put On an Old Favorite Record. Pearl Couldn't Take Her Eyes Off It.

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Evening has settled in, and the living room is lit by a warm lamp, a candle, and the glow of a window full of dusk. A turntable sits on the side table with a record turning slowly, and a messy stack of well-loved album sleeves leans against the shelf below. Dottie sits beside it in her cream cable-knit cardigan, silver hair loose around her face, eyes lowered as she listens. Pearl is perched across her lap, sitting tall with her head turned toward the spinning record, watching it go around and around with complete fascination.

That spinning disc is just the sort of movement that catches a cat's eye. Cats are drawn to motion, and a turning record can be oddly hypnotic for them. It's worth keeping a curious cat from batting at the platter or tone arm, since paws can scratch records and damage delicate needles, and a cat startled by a sudden loud passage might bolt. Moderate volume is kinder to sensitive feline ears. A dust cover or lid on the turntable helps protect both equipment and pets. Many cats, though, seem perfectly content to curl up nearby while soft music plays.

Pearl seems more interested in the spinning than the singing, but she's having a lovely evening all the same. And Dottie has a companion who never asks to change the record.

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