Life with cats, and other things…
0715/12th March 2024 An email arrived yesterday reminding me that the dear darlings are due for check-ups and inoculations next month. It always seems like just yesterday we were shuttling them back and forth. They won't be pleased! . Willow and Sophia will go first. Willow adopted me in 2015. She was more or less … Continue reading Walking the same path
0745/3rd March 2024 Sunday is determined to be miserable. And colourless. . Except for the flash of red-winged blackbirds and the bright orange beaks of starlings in a hedge. . And some very damp bushes. . "I'm fed-up. How much longer are we going to have to hang around like this?" . How often does … Continue reading Souvenirs
0653/17th November 2023 This morning was spent re-arranging cat litter boxes which involves more thought than you might imagine. Cats are fussy creatures and it is in one's own interest to cater to their whims! In any multi-cat household, there is a social dynamic and when any one cat passes on, there follows a shift. … Continue reading Time traveller
0630/24th May If forty years of psychotherapy did one thing for me, it taught me how to recognise "triggers" By identifying the source of an emotion, you can understand it, deal with it and move on, instead of allowing it to fester. . If I could zero in on my WP problems maybe I could … Continue reading Dominoes
11th February 2023 Could it be? Oh dearie me. Could I be allergic to my cat? Oh drat! Hair on my clothes And all up my nose That hair in the eye It did make me cry. . Half a lifetime ago, a white kitten was with me briefly. His long hair and Roman nose … Continue reading Anniversaries
For a few days now, I have found myself on the edge of tears. Nothing to do with last week's drama. . More than likely it started with the news that one of our old, and very dear foster cats had died. Joey was one of the very first cats Grant brought to my foster-suite. … Continue reading Goodbye Joey, friend
The height of our tornado It was ironic that my last post talked of owning twelve cats because that was the last day that I did. Own twelve cats. Now I only own eleven. This was our Colin last Summer. He loved arm chairs Colin loved to play He liked to meet people. He would … Continue reading Stormy weather
Jardin des fleurs, Nice, France Perhaps because it's Spring, I'm thinking of a trip I did with my father, to France, in the Spring. France is wonderful in the Spring. Maybe it's wonderful any when. When my mum died in the Summer of 1997, my brother and I worried about dad and how he would … Continue reading Springtime in France
Panther loved to sit on the stairs this way My boy's picture came up on Facebook the other day. It's been 5 years since the day I took him to the vet for the last time. I have to not dwell on it too long as it brings the pain back. Since I was a … Continue reading Emotional incontinence?