I can vacuum my kitty!

Shadow's first exposure to the vacuum sent her running her to the other end of the house in alarm, but she has slowly become acclimated to its noise. So when I brought out the vacuum this evening to clean the rope shakings off of my bed, she didn't move from her spot on the covers, not far from the shakings that I was there to vacuum. So, I fitted the accessory hose with the upholstery brush attachment, and vacuumed the bed clean, and then I noticed that some of the shakings had gotten onto her fur, too (she supervised my work on the new climbing pole). Out of curiosity, for what she might do, I slowly brought the brush close to her, and she didn't move, so I carefully vacuumed the shakings off of her back. Based on the purring, I think she enjoyed it.