Cats
- Friday Fun
Back in August I had a custom illustration made for our Christmas cards this year. A very talented artist from Boston created our family in a wonderful winter setting based on photos that I sent her via email. As you can see she's drawn...
- The New Bed...
Yesterday we had a new bed delivered, or more accurately the frame. This caused great excitement among the cats as three huge boxes were brought into the house. The bed is a king size which posed a bit of a logistical problem because our home...
- Shabby Chic Day
Our friends Alfie and Milo are hosting Shabby Chic Day and we thought we'd join in the fun. Although there are many fine examples around the house of my boy's decorating flair e.g. nose prints on windows, clawed screens, chewed blinds and...
- Boys In The Bedroom
The boy’s lives changed dramatically after Molly died. Because she was very old and frail and sometimes ornery, she lived in our master bedroom exclusively. She did not like the boys and did not want to fraternize with them one bit. On the other...
- Ben's Botheration
Last weekend one of my seven “Cat-facts” for the Versatile Blogger Award was that “Ben is a worrier.” My precious tuxy boy is a little serious sometimes and I can always tell from this sort of "pursed" look he gets on his face that he...
Cats
Real Mancats Decorate
You may not know it, but Casper is an interior decorator. Indeed, he has a penchant for minimalist surroundings and clean surfaces. I know this because every time I put something on a coffee table, bedside table, sideboard, console or occasional table it ends up on the floor. I was laughing the other day when Jan from The Cat’s Meow, who recently celebrated a birthday, said Milo loves to knock down her cards because the exact same thing happens here. I have long given up trying to cluster my Christmas cards on the sideboard in the dining room, I now attach them to grosgrain ribbons and hang them in long strands around the window frames (a little clear tape here and there prevents the strands from moving around tantalizingly). I have boxes full of treasures that I have collected on my travels or that have been gifts which have enormous sentimental value to me, but none are displayed after many items ended up in pieces on the floor. I still have them but if you look closely you can see that they have been skilfully pieced back together. I consider myself somewhat of an expert with glue as a result of Casper’s decorating efforts. For a while our tallboys were an ornament oasis, but he eventually found those too; by jumping from a bedside table to the top of the door then down onto the dresser. The only way to display something at my house is to nail it to the wall so I hang lots of paintings and ceramics. I was thinking about asking Robert to install some shelves at a "beyond-cat" level, but then they would be so high I couldn't see what's up there either!
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- Friday Fun
Back in August I had a custom illustration made for our Christmas cards this year. A very talented artist from Boston created our family in a wonderful winter setting based on photos that I sent her via email. As you can see she's drawn...
- The New Bed...
Yesterday we had a new bed delivered, or more accurately the frame. This caused great excitement among the cats as three huge boxes were brought into the house. The bed is a king size which posed a bit of a logistical problem because our home...
- Shabby Chic Day
Our friends Alfie and Milo are hosting Shabby Chic Day and we thought we'd join in the fun. Although there are many fine examples around the house of my boy's decorating flair e.g. nose prints on windows, clawed screens, chewed blinds and...
- Boys In The Bedroom
The boy’s lives changed dramatically after Molly died. Because she was very old and frail and sometimes ornery, she lived in our master bedroom exclusively. She did not like the boys and did not want to fraternize with them one bit. On the other...
- Ben's Botheration
Last weekend one of my seven “Cat-facts” for the Versatile Blogger Award was that “Ben is a worrier.” My precious tuxy boy is a little serious sometimes and I can always tell from this sort of "pursed" look he gets on his face that he...