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My Sunday Photo 12th May 2019

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A dedication to my cat Ash.

a cat looking through a door while outside in the rain.

My Cat is a daft cat,
He likes to sit in the rain.
I open the door, but he chooses to ignore
me as I call his name.

A cat in a box in a weird twisted position fast asleep

My cat likes to sleep in boxes
Sometimes he doesn’t fit
I don’t know how he can be comfortable
But he seems to like it.

Ash one year on.

It’s been almost a year since we brought Ash home. He was a diddy kitten with big feet. We thought he was going to be a huge cat, but he still isn’t that big. Maybe he will grow some more? He should have reached full size by now. He’s a lover of the outdoors, he can’t wait to get out of the house. He chases flies, insects, mice, birds…whatever moves he’s stalking it. Thankfully, he’s not bought us any live ‘treats’ yet.

He’s not a ‘sit on your lap’ type of cat, he shies away from human contact. It’s a shame because we all want to cuddle him, maybe we’ll have to wait until he gets older and less energetic.

He comes to the door and noses inside. We don’t have a cat flap so we have to let him in. But when we open the door he runs off! Now we don’t open the door unless he’s climbing up it and meowing.

He likes boxes! I mean most cats like a box, but Ash just can’t resist them. He’d much rather sleep in a box than anywhere else, even if he doesn’t quit fit in.

He gets on much better with his big sister Sabrina now. Sometimes they even cuddle up together. At least they don’t chase each other around all the time.

He’s still so very cute, he has the sweetest little face. I really wish he loved cuddles.

I’ve a competition that ends in a few days where you could win a lovely wood watch…go take a look at Wood Watches and fill in the form to enter. Good Luck!

My Sunday Photo – 30th September 2018

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Ash At 6 Months

My kitten, Ash, is now 6 months old, so I figured I’d dedicate my Sunday photo to him.

Ash the kitten

What can I say about Ash? Well, he’s still as cute as ever, even though he’s a little bit bigger. He is playful and loves nothing more than a piece of string or wool to be dangled in front of him.

kitten lying on the settee

He also loves curling up on the settee, or the floor, or anywhere at all. He gets in the most weird positions, often arching his back and looking like a big stripy banana. He loves having his tummy tickled and if you try to move your hand away he will grab it with his paws as if to say, ‘I’ve not had enough yet.’ He also likes to lick you and will curl up next to you happily licking away at your hand or arm. Again, there is no escape as he goes in for the grab if you move.

Ash the kitten lying on his belly with his legs stretched out in front.

He has long legs and big paws for such a little kitten. This makes me think he’s going to be a big cat. He loves jumping around and chasing any insect that dare enter the house. Spiders don’t stand a chance, he’s a good hunter already. He will also chase flecks of dust, he’s a bit daft sometimes.

He is getting on better with his big sister Sabrina, although he still jumps out on her whenever he can. He jumps on her back and bites her neck, but no worries, she gets him back, she is bigger than him after all. She growls at him and gives him a good slap if he gets on her nerves. But, we’ve also noticed her starting to play back. The other day she was hiding behind the curtain and as soon as Ash came into view she pounced on him for a change. It’s not all about fighting though, they will sleep on the same settee sometimes, or curl up near each other on the floor.

The next step is to have him neutered. It’s something we really need to do in an area that has a lot of cats, and with him having a sister in the house. Then we can think about letting him go outside. He’s so desperate to get out he makes a dash for the door whenever we open it. He seems a little small to be roaming free just yet though. We’ll book him in for his operation and then monitor him for a little while outside each day. I’m sure he’ll be making himself well acquainted with the neighbourhood cats in no time. Not like Sabrina, who doesn’t stray from the garden when she goes out.

It seems like only yesterday when we bought Ash home, but soon we’ll be releasing him on the world…well, the neighbourhood anyway.

Photalife
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My Sunday Photo – 18th March 2018

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Sunday Snowday

a black cat contrasted against the white snow

It’s Sunday, SUNday, not Snowday! I’m so fed up of snow days, enough already. Let’s have Spring now.

Yesterday the weather just couldn’t decided what to do. One minute it was snowing, the next, the sun was shining. But overnight, the snow won out…well, the sun wasn’t there to compete and I guess the moon just doesn’t have the same snow melting power.

This morning we woke up to….snow. Lots of snow. The garden is covered, the car is covered, the roads are impassible. My daughter has a hospital appointment that was re-arranged because of the snow and now we will have to re-arrange it again because of the snow.

Someone is not minding it too much though. My one remaining cat went out for a leap.

black cat leaping on the white snow

You are much braver than me Sabrina!

How is the weather bearing up for you today?

 

Photalife

 

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My Sunday Photo 11th February 2018

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We had four cats, now we only have one. I’m dedicating my Sunday photo to Salem who past away on Friday. I’m sorry there is more than one photo, but I’ve decided to celebrate all our cats.

grey cat sitting on my lap

Suzie was my cat, we had her for fourteen years before she passed away in 2015

 

tabby cat curled up on the stairs

We had Scribbles the same time as Suzie and she also passed away in 2015. She loved to sleep on the stairs and was a scruffy fur ball.

 

two little kittens curled up together on an orange blanket in a cardboard box.

In 2009 we welcomed Salem and Sabrina. Salem was a hunter and he was loved by all the family but especially my eldest daughter. Sabrina was tiny and never really grew very big. Salem is the one with the white nose.

 

two photos of my little boy fast asleep with a blacck and white cat.

Salem was very caring and the Little Man love to cuddle up with him.

 

Three cats, two of them black and one of them grey, looking out of the window where it is raining outside on the path.

I’m going to miss scenes like this, my cats waiting for the rain to stop so they could go out and chase the birds away. Only one of them survives now.

 

black and white cat sitting on a cardboard suitcase.

Here is Salem, I took this photo late last year and joked that he’d packed his bags. Well, he’s left us for good now. Good Night sweet boy. We will all miss you so much.

 

Photalife

 

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Word of the Week – Emotions

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emotions

This week has been all about emotions.

At the beginning of the week my little girl showed her first signs of becoming a young lady. I don’t think I’m ready yet, is it really time for her to start growing up. We had a lot of emotion, in particular as she didn’t deal with it very well. I’m still in touch with a lot of mum’s that had daughter’s at the same time and their girls seemed to have coped much better. I don’t want to go into much detail on my blog but menstruation is not welcome here.

Then my second little Roborovski Hamster died. I went to feed him and he didn’t rush out to greet me like he usually does, so I checked inside his little house and he was curled up in a little ball, totally unresponsive. I was so sad, he always made me smile he was such a cutie, now both my babies are gone.

We’ve had some emotional stress from Boo who is sitting her SATs mock exams and coming home with tons of homework every day which she is struggling to finish in time. She’s been really worked up and my lovely little gentle natured girl has become very irritable.

On Tuesday I had some good emotions from going to see Cinderella, a ballet by Matthew Bourne. It was a very different adaptation of the old fairy tale, set in WWII during the London Blitz. It stirred up so many emotions but the one I was left with was excitement from such a thrilling performance.

On Wednesday I had to take the Little Man for an appointment for another problem that I wish we didn’t have. Sometimes I wonder why we have to go through so much as a family and the emotional stress I feel is just too much to bare. At the time of the appointment I was dealing with the stress of another family member as well as the Little Man and straight after I was due for another appointment with Star. It all became a bit too much for me and I ended up sobbing in front of the nurse. That’s not an emotion that I let take over too often but sometimes it just can’t be held back any more.

Today we have an appointment to say goodbye to our seven year old cat Salem. He’s been sick for a couple of months and we knew he wouldn’t get better, but we didn’t want to let him go until his quality of life was compromised. That time has come, we would be cruel to let him get to a stage of suffering. This is an emotion I really don’t want to be feeling. It’s going to be a sad weekend.

So, I’ve had a week of emotions, most of them bad but at least I had something very good in the middle.

How has your week been?

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