Mancat Monday

Does anybody else`s printer get jammed like this....

Casper at work

Gosh what a cutie :-)

Friends on Friday

Archie and Jimmy were snuggling together the other day, which always makes me smile

but I especially liked how their tails entwined :-)

such sweet boys!

Jimmy's Jerrycan

Naughty Jimmy has figured out that he can find cotton swabs, his favourite absolutely forbidden thing to play with, in the bathroom garbage.  On the weekend I came home and found the entire bin overturned and contents on the floor. 

During this video the can was empty but I got tired of walking downstairs with my rubbish so now it has a giant rock (which I brought home from a beach in Scotland) on top to keep the lid down!

PS - I just love how he comes over for a camera sniff in the middle of his break-in efforts as if he wasn't being a little scallywag at all...!!!!

Tired Tuxie Tuesday

Oh hi kids, is it Tuxie Tuesday already?  I'm afraid I don't have a post prepared because I was out all day yesterday playing with my beautiful girlfriend Clemmie at her house.

So let me just think for a moment what I should post about today...

Zzzzzzzzzzzzz

Mancat Monday x4

I'm not really certain what was happening outside...

but there was great commotion at the window

and jockeying for position

MIA Day

Today we join with our friends at Life from a Cat's Perspective to remember Mr.Tigger and all kitties who have gone missing...

Many years ago, before I met Robert I moved into a house that came with a cat.  A resident cat that stayed in my garden, she was a tiny brown tabby I named Lily and I knew her for about three years.  I couldn’t let Lily come into the house and live with me because I had Molly who was truly vicious toward other cats.  Whenever she saw Lily at the sliding doors to the back yard she would howl and hiss and throw herself at the glass.  I loved Lily and looked after her the best I could outside.  I cut a hole in the garage door and installed a cat flap.  I made a warm and cozy nest for her in the rafters after I saw her up on a large storage shelf where folding garden chairs were stored, I think she felt safe being high above the ground.  In the morning I would go out to feed her and when I called her she would tiptoe across the beams and jump down onto a work bench to meet me, we’d have a cuddle and she would purr and give me head-buts. 

Lily on the evening prowl

If I was working in the garden she would be right beside me wherever I went.  She was an expert huntress and caught many birds even though there was always food available for her; her instincts were keen.  One day I went away for a long weekend with a friend, my mum and dad were coming in daily to feed Molly and were also putting out Lily’s food in the garage.  When I returned from my trip I could not find Lily anywhere.  I asked my neighbours if they had seen her, I called Animal Services, I went to my local shelter and called vets in the area to see if a cat fitting her description had been brought in…nothing.  Lily had disappeared and I never saw her again. 

sleeping among the evening primrose the week before she disappeared

I'm glad we have an MIA Day so Lily is not forgotten and I can share her story with all of you.