Once the final time window for taking her to the vet had definitely closed for this week, sure enough Lucky turned up at 6:30am, as loud and as unfriendly as ever. She ate three pouches of food, tried to scratch R and hissed at me. Back to normal. Then Saphy went out and caught a […]

Lucky has been here every day for the last eight days. She has come for her food in the morning, helped me in the kitchen and even slept in the lounge. So we decided to finally make her “our” cat. We got the humane trap down from the attic and made an appointment with the […]

This is a pumpkin carved by me – not the world’s greatest attempt, but not bad considering that due to my dodgy right shoulder, I did the carving with my left hand. I also produced a picture of Saphy and Amber on their witch’s broom – courtesy of Bing AI.

We bought this bench from a local wood carver as a Christmas present for my parents a few years ago. It has a cat carved into one arm, and a mouse on the other. Yesterday my brother saw that a third creature had joined the party – a squirrel.

Lucky is now sleeping in the lounge from time to time! Little does she know it but next week she is going to be off to the vet in Dunoon for some TLC. Specifically de-vermining, vaccinations, and, if needed, neutering.

Our little “stray” Lucky is now coming indoors. She has had her flea and worm treatments in food and is now no longer scratching herself so yesterday we showed her the way in to the back of the house through the cat flap. She immediately took to using it by herself, and this morning she […]

I was changing my sheets and had put my duvet down on the floor. I went out of the room for a minutes or two, and when I returned I noticed a small nose slightly protruding from under the bedding. As I looked, the nose was retracted. As R was in a meeting in his […]

Impressive shelf fungus growing in the woods near the river. I think this is the sort that they used in WW1 for wound dressings. When you open them up they are full of a sort of white powder which I guess must be very absorbent. Sphagnum moss, which is also common around here was used […]

Saphy enjoying an upside down relax with optional tickles on the spare chair in my office. She quite likes her tummy tickled but is really not keen on being picked up. Amber is even less keen. R has managed it for a brief period of time on a few occasions – but I never have. […]

These are actually seeded rolls with black olives. I can’t think why they remind me of the episode of Blackadder with the comedy breasts, aka “Devil’s Dumplings”. Actually this is the second time this particular episode has been called to mind this week. The first occasion was the dish served up (I jest you not) […]