These partners in crime are Polly (on the table) and Merlin. I have been given kind permission to re-blog my friend Annalise’s photograph from her lovely Dogblog which features the much loved and naughty Merlin. Annalise says that she only just saved her dinner from them in time.
As I told her, I was brought up on a strict diet of Tom & Jerry, which taught me that dogs and cats can never live together. Each time I see this dictum disproved, it seems like a little bit of magic.
I’ve tried to work out how to tell this story without it being an incomprehensible mess, but I think my writing skills aren’t up to it. Here is the simple edited version.
This cat was found in a Hartlepool garden a couple of days ago and she just stayed there. Eventually, the garden’s owner started asking around to see if anyone knew where she belonged. I heard about it because my friend Lynda rang to ask if I knew of anyone who had lost a Siamese.
It has been very cold today in Hartlepool and we have had flurries of snow and hail, so Lynda took the cat in (despite the potential mayhem when resident cat Fudge smelled or saw her). She was clearly not a stray, because Lynda reported she loved being cuddled. The plan was to take her to the vet’s tomorrow to find if she was micro-chipped.
However, the owners had placed an advert in the local paper, word got around and within a couple of hours had come to Lynda’s house to collect her. The cat is called PusPus and had walked a good long distance and crossed several major roads during her adventure. Her lady owner had been suffering sleepless nights and had virtually given up hope of PusPus’ return.
We once had our own lost cat mini-drama and I can’t imagine how horrible the last few days must have been for the owners. I bet PusPus either acquires a collar or becomes an indoor cat from now on!
As the wind howls around our windows, I am very glad to report such a happy ending to this particular story.
Foxy the cat lives with Shadow, who we met earlier this year. They belong to the grandma of one of my students. I am told that Foxy is a little shy, but affectionate. He is also on a diet, because he is currently somewhat over-cuddly.
Me too.
I don’t know their names, but these sleek healthy young cats are two more of the kittens Helen rescued as tiny sickly half-Siamese babies along with their Lilac point mum Luna. I’m sure Helen will remind me what they’re called.
Am full of mysterious ill-humour tonight. Perhaps there’s a storm coming. Time for bed to sleep it off (and escape from John shouting at the football match).
Good night all.
My friend Lynne thinks she’s been adopted. Ebony is sleek, shiny and well-fed, so she’s not a stray, but she has taken up residence at Lynne’s house and is making herself thoroughly at home.
A china cat today. This is a Royal Doulton kitty from a colleague’s extensive and expert collection. This piece is from around 1920 and is unusual, because it is in naturalistic colours. Christopher tells me that it is more common to see it in a flambé glaze. I like this Siamese-y version.
Thank you for making and sending me this contribution to my inconsequential blog, Christopher.
Eagle-eyed Isobel has spied another cat on her walk to school.
I’m enjoying a naughty Tuesday-flavoured glass of wine.
Ted told me tonight that Rio is the most beautiful cat he has ever seen. He is a working chap, performing duties as stud male for Jo. He ‘entertains’ girl-cats for weekends in his love-pen at the back of Jo’s home. He has turned out to be a gentle and affectionate dad, as today’s picture of him with one of his kittens illustrates. If Rio is ever exhausted by the demands of his work and needs a retirement home, Ted hopes Jo considers us.
On Thursday the cats of the day were Helen Daykin’s Bridget and Luna. This is Nancy, one of Luna’s moggie-Siamese-cross kittens and she lives Down South in The Smoke with Micon and her family. I hope she doesn’t miaow like a softy Southerner now!
Bridget the Seal point is fiercely devoted to my friend Helen and won’t allow anyone else to touch her (which can pose problems at the vet’s). Luna the Lilac point was rescued by Helen just after she gave birth to kittens with a mystery moggie dad. Helen nursed shy sweet Luna and the sickly, weak kittens to health, paid their vet’s bills and found them loving homes. Helen is a very kind person.
This picture is special because these two gorgeous girls rarely cuddle up together.
A Cat A Day 