Spring it is a Comin' In

Watching dem beautiful blackbirds chirrupin' in the morning sun of Stratford-upon-Avon.

Food To Go

Why eat your wet sachet Sainsburys Bistro food with your paws on cold kitchen tiles when you can pick up bits with your mouth and deposit on the warmer fake laminate of the living room floor and eat it there in a nice puddle of gravy?!  Yes this week I have been putting the 'takeaway' into dining as well as spreading gravy slime around the house.

I have also discovered the great beauty of 'Miss Rose' another lilac a blue colourpointed cat on the web: http://oliverandruby.wordpress.com.  This might be a cat I would not try to bully.  Hate to admit it but she does have the glamour edge on me.

Furry White Slug

Things I have been doing lately:

1. Head-butted owner's cup of tea causing it to spill over magazine, chair cushion, table and owner's clothing
2. Hid under a bamboo bush in the garden and refused to make my presence known or come in when called whilst my owner was frantically searching for me
3. Chewed wire on new telephone
4. Hogged middle of the bed in the night and created furnace like heat meaning my owner was forced to lie on edge of the mattress with duvet off trying to cool down
5. Bird-watched blackbirds, starlings and pigeons as they have got excited about arrival of Spring
6. Attacked a woodlouse but gave up within two seconds as most uninteresting when it plays dead, what a spoilsport
7. Shown lack of interest in posh brand of 'Beef' flavoured cat food ... hopefully not horsemeat
8. Given my owner some kneading sessions in attempt to assist with her high blood pressure
9. Sat on owner's chest preventing her from reading this month's book club selection - Margaret Forster's Keeping the World Away.

Full Moon-itus

The cold icy stuff has gone so I've been able to go out in the garden again in the evenings for some a-mousing and to pounce on night flitting moths  in the light of the full moon.  On my return through the kitchen doors I have yowled about my exciting activities at my owner so that she is kept fully informed.  Unfortunately, the lunar cycle has been making me a little aggressive and my owner has been complaining when I have been trying to forcifully pull her out of bed by her hair in the middle of the night.  Can't imagine why?  You would have thought she would be delighted to be sharing my company rather than doing noisy breathing through her open mouth. I have also been having a few temper tantrums and tried to knock my owner off her feet after a night of imprisonment in the kitchen accompanied by loud shouting at her to protest at such harsh treatment when I should be allowed full reign of the house.  I am re-booked in for my booster jabs on Saturday so will develop my usual sixth sense ("I see alive vet people") a half hour before my owner plans to bundle me into the cat carrier and go and hide in an unreachable position beneath the double bed so that she is forced to lie down in a very uncomfortable postion and try and fish for me with her arm.

Its (not) getting hot in here

Well, I am hopefully on the mend again.  Back to waking my owner up at various minutes past 4.00 am for a bit of much needed attention.  I either like to sit on her pillow and shout, bite and pull her hair with my teeth or do some excellent athletic long-jumping across the full width of her bed and landing in a very noisy manner.

Handsome Henry and Ms E Heap

I'm none too pleased with the cold though and I am either velcro-ing myself to my owner's anatomy or leeching warmth out of radiator covers as in the attached picture.  I have been enjoying pouncing on my Pets@Home fluffy reindeer toy on a stick c/o Miss E Heap at Christmas.  We rudely forgot to return the favour with Lord Feline Henry who I deigned to share a house with for three months a few years back when I was a kitten and he was already a mature boy.  We did NOT get on as I kept trying to chase him around the house, ate his food and sat atop his litter box whilst he was trying to use it.  What laughs!

Vets Revisited

Vets: two injections, course of antibiotics and blood test.  Me: not very happy.  Owner: empty purse, emotional derangement and loss of weight/sleep.

Felt rather poorly, lethargic, depressed, no shouting, hiding away and refusing to eat food so had to visit vets again.  Did not enjoy injections/physical examination but strangely relaxed during blood test but that may have been due to having three vetinary nurses surrounding and admiring me which is always pleasing.  Rather a suspenseful wait for results but all seems clear other than shameful case of worms, as owner been most lax in applying worming spot-on.  She can only guess I must have had adverse reaction to antibiotics as I have perked up considerably since discontinuing them.

Appreciation of Elf Culture

Participating in an Elf Party

Have been feeling under the weather.  Stopped eating my food and just wanted to sleep and sleep so taken to vets who diagnosed temperature and swollen tonsils. :-(  Given two stinky injections and course of antibiotics.  Seemed to perk up after jabs and being taken on short holiday in Stratford-on-Avon, where got to enjoy 3 x attention, an Elf Party (had a go at sniffing a lit candle and investigating food trays on the table).  Also given some lovely prawns.  However, on my return home I had a great sulk and then became very subdued.  Owner rather worried but have another vet appointment booked for the weekend.