A very mangled vole is Saphy’s contribution to the household economy today. It is Christmas Eve today and the Cats have written another carol. Amber took the lead on this one as it is in honour of her favourite purveyor of sliced chicken breast. Hark the sacred door bell rings Harbinger of wonderous things Chicken […]
Saphy back on form today with two birds (both dead) and a very lively shrew which we eventually caught and released. Back to dreich again outside – we are walking up to the top of the hill and back every day but there is no great pleasure in it while the weather is like this, […]
Saphy didn’t get anything again today. Interestingly – Schrodi always used to get loads of voles when there was snow on the ground – I thought it was because they showed up well against a white background. Saphy doesn’t seem to have mastered the technique though. I made my Christmas cake today. I decorated with […]
Saphy brought in nothing at all. She registered an official complaint to the authorities about the snow.
On the third day of Mousemas, Saphy brought to me – Two Shrews one living one dead. Amber poked her nose out of the door for thirty seconds.
On the second day of Mousemas Saphy brought to me – one lively mouse The cats tell me they are writing Christmas Carols. This was their first attempt. O come all you birdies feathery and toothsome Come ye, oh come ye to Lochgoilhead Come and be bitten, come and now be eaten O come just […]
The cats have informed me that they don’t do Christmas. They more go in for the New Age Festival of Mousemas which coincidentally lasts twelve days running from Dec 18th to 29th. It is a bit of a movable feast but traditionally ends on R’s birthday on 29th. Traditional occupations during Mousemas are the consumption […]
We got Amber cloned. Here she is with her new friends Bumble and Casper (A,B,C), Unfortunately I couldn’t induce them to sit in alphabetical order.
I lock the cat flap once it gets dark at night because R and I took the decision that the Ladies were staying in at night. They have plenty of time to play in the garden during the day and we didn’t want the worry of wondering where they were – plus the potential of […]
I asked R what meetings he had today. His reply was “A veritable panoply of them”. When I enquired when these were so I could schedule meals around them, it turned out there were two! Now I know R has a very wide vocabulary and often comes up with words I have never heard before, […]
