On 18th November, I Twittered that I hadn’t seen Mustrum that morning. And we didn’t see him again for ten days, by which time we were both sure he was gone for good. He is microchipped, but a lot of places don’t automatically scan for them, I know. He was a real roamer in his day, [...]
I haven’t written anything here for ages, mea culpa – life has been hectic and difficult, and both blobs and Tribe have been feeling the strain while we had a lot of work done in the house. The cats very much approved of the installation of a woodburning stove just before Christmas, which they treat [...]
Apologies for the lack of posts – I do have stuff to write, but have lacked the time and energy to write it! But I will soon, promise. This is a photograph of Mustrum who, like all the others, is enjoying this time of year when the sun falls into our bedroom (which is large, [...]
We have a large bedroom here, with two tall, south facing windows, so the sun streams in there during the day (when it shines at all, of course). We set a chair that is very like, but is not, an Ikea Poang by one of the windows – it’s a nice quiet place if one [...]
Continue reading about the other day, upon the chair, I saw a cat who wasn’t there
We had to take Iggy and Mustrum to the vet this morning – they are going to have to go into a cattery for a few days in a while, and so they needed some jabs. They don’t like cat carriers. They don’t like cars. They don’t much like being indoors at all when the [...]
We bought a cheap little camera in town yesterday, a Pentax M50, to keep downstairs – this is the first video, which didn’t come out too bad at all. Henry likes to chase the shadow of his tail – he does this a lot, for a very long time usually. Except, it seems, when there’s [...]
a snoozing Mustrum Originally uploaded by ramtops Sitting on my desk this afternoon, with a nice rolling web log on the monitor behind him. Mustrum is absolute essence of cat, and we love him to bits.
Mustrum used to have an unfortunate tendency to, er, press his affections on our late and much lamented Moo. Although she wasn’t keen, she never stopped him, and he has never really come to understand that he’s been neutered. He appears to have transferred his affections to Henry now, who seems equally submissive, if a [...]
… than to get involved in a full and frank exchange of views between the spotty boys. Got a nice gash across the knuckle of my right thumb for my pains. Both boys now banished outside until they learn how to behave (well, I can dream …)
Mustrum came in through the study window this evening with a blackbird in his jaws. It was, sadly, deceased. It’s very unusual for him to catch anything, or at least to bring it home – he’s quite indolent, really. Although he has been a little bit out of sorts for a week or so, to [...]
