Cats
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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…
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A new friend
I was on my way out this afternoon when I met this little individual in our driveway. We haven’t seen any other cats in the garden – although I think I saw this…
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Crouching tiger, hidden Amber
This is the difference of approach of our two cats. Here is the miniature tiger Saphy showing off (she is not really crouching but it makes for a good title). She is super-confident…
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All Four Paws
We adopted our beautiful black cat Amber from Cats’ Protection when she was eight years old (four years ago – so she is now twelve). She came as part of a package with…
