Cats
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In which Saphy does cute again
I have never known a cat like Saphy for lying paws upwards like this. Some cats do this because either they want tickles or they want to claw the shit out of you…
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My Fur Lady
After the remarks I made the other day about the cats and their new radiator bed there has been a bit of change of opinion about it from Saphy, who has now been…
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The radiator bed
Saphy has not made herself popular with R today. Firstly she brought a live vole into his bedroom and let it go behind a very heavy wardrobe. Recently she has taken to bringing…
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Supervision
I went out to clear what was left of the leaves this afternoon. They are all gone, apart from bizarrely, a single red apple bravely clinging on. I had almost finished when the…
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Biting the bullet
R is (amongst other things) a professional conference speaker. At one he attended recently, everyone was given a Nerf gun as part of their conference pack, and were encouraged to shoot speakers with…
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Cat Door Mark 2 – the saga continueth….
So after the failure of the first cat door (failure as a means of keeping Saphy in at night that is – it looked nice), I built another one. Art board was replaced…
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Cat and mushrooms
We have a fantastic crop of mushrooms at the moment – not only this huge one, but others on the front lawn in more or less the traditional “fairy ring” formation. I keep…
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A nice day – but…
This morning R and I went for a walk along the side of the River Eden. It is a particularly pretty bit called the “Orchard Walk” with lots of fruit trees (the fruit…
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Off to the vet
Amber had a bit of a chest infection and had to pay her first visit to the vet. This is her, all unsuspecting, sitting on her chair (a repurposed dining chair) in my…
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Cats at night
We are not keen on our cats going out at night. In practice this means that we are not keen on Saphy going out at night (Amber rarely goes out at all unless…
