A Cat A Day: 317/365

The cold weather is on its way. Isn’t it time you made your cat wear a jumper? Our model today is Caroline Bailey’s cat Jasper, wearing Caroline’s Yorkshire Terrier’s jumper. You may think it’s unkind, but I’m very hard-hearted when it comes to dressing cats up; I just think it’s funny. 

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A Cat A Day: 313/365

My brother Dan was having a clear-out recently and he sent me this old picture of our lovely cat Steve McQueen. You can read the story of her miraculous arrival in our lives here.  

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Steve’s story ends sadly. She went missing and we worried about her for a week. One evening, a neighbour knocked and we learned he’d found her dead, locked into his summer house. We don’t know if she was ill and crept in there, or if she died of dehydration and hunger. It makes me tearful to think about it, even over 20 years later.

A Cat A Day: 309/365

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Rachel Brockbank is one of the many lovely language-teaching people I have come to know through my Twitter network. Over time, I have met many of them in real life at conferences and teacher events, but I have yet to meet Rachel. I’m sure I will before too long.

Today’s cats are Lucky and Frank. Rachel says Frank likes watching television and tweeting, whilst Lucky is a little more reserved but loves lots of fussing. I have several more pictures of these two and will bring them to you between now and New Year.

Thanks Rachel!