Evolution of a "friendship"

Alice and Liberty have never been good friends...in fact, Liberty is scared enough of Alice that one of my fun games is to pick up Alice and wave her at Liberty to watch Liberty freak out.  Usually if Alice is by the back door, Liberty will refuse to go out and if she is by the fireplace, well...Liberty is usually found in the other room. Enter several days of cold, coinciding with all of us home on Winter Break and a nice cozy fire...and watch what happens...

Hmmm....They must be really cold to put up with each other....but wait...

 Has Liberty overcome her fear enough to stretch out a paw?!!

Oh, my goodness!  They are not only sharing the fireplace, but touching!  Crazy...But wait...

 Awww...look...it's like Liberty is hugging her...and wait for it...

Alice is ok with it....I missed the three licks Alice gave Liberty's ear because I was waiting for all you-know-what to break loose when Liberty discovered she was being touched by the cat...Stay tuned...if it stays cold, I might have adorable pictures of them actually cuddling...or a video of a 9 lb cat beating up a 110 lb dog...either way, it should be interesting!

Happy New Year!