My Name is Stan

Autumn 2011

2011-04-10T23:01:00.001+10:00

We have had a lot of news in our world of cats.The Old Princess who growled and swore at us, who purred and talked with people who walked by our front gate, well she became a different cat.Thin, no matter how much she ate.Then she didn't like to sit on the verandah any more.She was inside a lot after that.And when she came outside she did not see us when she walked pastand that frightened us more

2010-08-17T15:34:00.007+10:00

In Memory of Bilbo, for whom this poem was originally written: (Not forgetting Jack, another beautiful Tabby, who was a brave and faithful friend!) Tabby Tiger Tabby in the grass Waiting for a fly to pass, In the sunniest spots you lie. All useless movements pass you by. A sudden move, you leap and snatch Out of the air with single catch A silk winged moth

Chilly Wind

2010-08-02T15:57:00.002+10:00

She Gets Home Late

2010-07-31T15:38:00.007+10:00

You has been away for a-a-agesA-and it be DINNNERTIME!!!!!And why u making flashes?U shd be letting me-e i-n and fee-eedin me-eou!!!!MIOUW-W-W-W! Can't you hear me-ee?

A Wintry Day in Sydney

2010-07-28T13:10:00.024+10:00

Tiger Grass, Gotu Kola, Good for ArthritisPrincess ArielThe Morning Cats greet Her with a yawn, then breakfast is exciting before they venture into the fragrant morning, tails aloft, one paw lifted before stepping into their own sense of drama, proper to greet a shining day.The Inside Cats, silky Tabs and velvet Grace, vie for Lap and Nap time with She, then settle down on window sills to watch

Front Yard and Back Yard

2010-03-11T15:10:00.009+11:00

Stan'Am visiting Front Verandah to see Grace.'Grace'Am hiding from Ariel'The Occasional Together TimeLast night, She was out late, talking with Herman The German and Roscoe about many things, so she explained as she came through our gate to meet our disapproving stares. We were cross.She opened the door, She turned on the little ceiling sun, She put the blocks of wood against the fridge door, She

2010-03-04T01:08:00.005+11:00

BallanchineBally was born of the first litter here. He was the runt, so tiny, all the kitties of the litter lay on top of him and he was so squashed, I wondered if he would survive at all!An elegant chap who grew very fast, he earned his name as a dancer when he was leapt upon by one of his siblings and threw an amazing backwards triple saumersalt.He's not one of the Alpha boys. He's shy. However

Recent Tidings

2010-02-19T18:04:00.010+11:00

GreylingI've been away from blogging for a long time now and there are many reasons for this. Initially it was the horridly infected tooth. I barely struggled through the day back then. The cat routines kept me going, the feedings, the conversations, and of course, also the photographs brought some light into another wise dark time.My wise, kind, understanding Dentist was at the time, alas,

Pre Christmas Blues Are Far Away!

2010-01-14T16:27:00.000+11:00

Cicadas, Cats & Bats. There's a new camera, new tools, much to learn. Our place has been mostly peaceful. We do not like it when doors slam and people quarrel. In the heat before Christmas, there were a lot of quarrels, next door, in the street. There were small spats among some cats. Not too bad, there is peace and pleasure in Our Place. Away from the twilight street She heard no

Stan's Hobby

2009-11-12T16:40:00.003+11:00

Me And My TailNew Person not adopt us after all.Poor person. I make ppersons laugh I can....

October Daze

2009-10-24T23:36:00.004+11:00

Once More She Stops Me Finishing Everyone's Breakfast!!!We are all well. She lets us come inside in the daytime sometimes.Grace likes to stay inside mostly.Sunshine, things growing.She says: Delays and dentals. Sometimes only the routines around the felines were maintained, the brain was somewhat affected. Lots of photos. I'm learning the new camera.I decided to put my Nineties Novel away for

Stanley and Grace

2009-10-17T12:25:00.002+11:00

Cosy

Cat Talk

2009-10-11T16:55:00.004+11:00

A Well Read Cat, BalanchineFirst there was dust thenCold cold cold.Wind raging.The men came and they cleaned the yard and they fixed the underground smells.I hid inside today and found where She hid the biscuits.She always points the new clicker box at us.She says she can't get a good pic of Balanchine because he closes his eyes.Balanchine likes to think.He doesn't meet and greet people like me

Our Boy Stanley

2009-10-06T00:07:00.004+11:00

Yes and I always make friends.They cleaned the back weeds.One person said, 'That cat is pregnant!'She said'No he's not.'She said,'He's fat.'I am digesting this.

Muchness

2009-10-04T18:07:00.009+11:00

Stan:The world is wet it went, from dust rolling casual on fur and then all aroundto water soaking dripping wetting paws.Today I'm inside.When cold winds came she let us stay open door out back.Zorro tipped the milk.She was cross we boys need party sometime.Watch through window.Zorro hid. I coul-don't fit that hide.She went away, came back, Zorro slow, full of milk, my tummy grumbling.No milk

A New Angle On Witless

2009-07-23T21:17:00.003+10:00

There's been a lot of study, a lot of work.We cats have been plenteously supplied with food, Chicken and Cans from Anna, Fish from Paul and a few things we pinched from the Fridge.Yum.Since we hear that Fred has won a bit of a competition, Grace has decided also to compete.She went to sleep beside Zorro with her head between her back legs. True.

Witless

2009-07-09T14:12:00.011+10:00

This is our Fred, born to gentle Greyling along with Sylvio, Baby, Grace and Zorro. Fred was happy to find a home with the sweet white Feather and there is a big album of photographs of these two whiskery ones. We always knew that gentle Feather is special but Fred has shown us how special a cat can be!!!!He's famous now, is Our Fred and he's won Our Clan a most fascinating book which apparently

2009-07-01T23:23:00.001+10:00

Princess

2009-07-01T22:47:00.011+10:00

This girl is a cat of cats.She is proud.When she lived in Melbourne, and her owners brought a dog to the place, she went underground.When there was bullying which spread to Catland, she went bush and stayed away from food and water in a dry violent cold autumn time. Back then, She who began this blog after all those events, found Princess, noticing the little comical white nose & gorgeous colours

Cat Caves

2009-06-23T13:18:00.004+10:00

"We Loves Them!"

Sylvio

2009-06-23T12:50:00.005+10:00

"Me talk to a dog? That's a Laugh!!!"So Roscoe is taking his burly old dog Mouse for a walk and he sees Sylvio watching the world from the front verandah.Well Sylvio loves it when people say Tcch Tcch Tcch to him because it's Sylvio talk for"Someone wants to pat me."Sylvio likes Roscoe ever since the first tummy rub during kitten time.So Sylvio goes to the fence for a pat.It's a matter of head

Lucibelle

2009-06-12T16:22:00.011+10:00

I t'ink I bein' stalked(by Anna just cos she got a new clicker box!)

Our Winter Ways

2009-06-10T13:50:00.007+10:00

Balanchine Checks The Changing Skies.Last week the rain was swept away and She began to sneeze and sniffle and didn't have much time to pat us.Today there's chill snowy wind on a bright winter's day.At nights we gather around the wood fire, gazing into the castles and landscapes of dreams while she watches Red Dwarf.The days are very short and the nights long.Anna brought some Cat Caves. We shy

this and that

2009-06-07T18:14:00.002+10:00

She has struggled with the scanner.So many photos and so much to describe.A Publisher interested in the novel & Time Travel is involved.Ah yes, life has been comfortable.She walks through a most beautiful place noting beauty, light, high ceilings, and all is satisfaction to the greatest degree.The little ones know that they are beloved.She herself was able to love but love from human people was

catchings

2009-06-01T22:40:00.003+10:00

Apologies for the gap here.There were further threats to Our Place.The voices shift all the time.We all appreciate those who stay in touch with us.We have decided to begin to advertise on Face Book, since She is inept on the computer still.There is some interest in Stan & Grace, but who ever applies, they better be good!!!

important things

2009-04-27T15:31:00.003+10:00

We live in a place where loud machines zoom over head and where the roads are dangerous. We have trees and spaces outside. Inside is a large space, and places for each of us to snooze,places away from rain and wind where the two legged kind to admire and love us.She was sad and worried tonight.We gathered around her. Our life is simple.We like to have our biscuits in the morning times, the

Easter and Rebirth

2009-04-12T23:29:00.002+10:00

Stan says:We almost ran out of fud.Then lovely Anna came by. She brought cans and fresh fud with her!She spends all her time here with Princess mostly.We knew she'd been by, we had chicken wings.She sez there's no money yet, she sez & She sez she doesn't want to get even more used to that.But She gets lonely and She goes over the road to have some laughs with Roscoe and Markey and Tom and Glen

news flash

2009-03-30T22:52:00.004+11:00

We are all inside excepting Tabs.Excepting Scrap.(Scrap moved over the road and only says hello if She brings a fish tray from the raffles at The Pub!)That Princess, the people in the street are calling her The Singing Cat because she says and sings so much!Tabs doesn't like hanging out with the crowds.Much has changed round Our Place in the recent times.Backflat man moved, nice laughing boys

Relief

2009-01-27T00:20:00.005+11:00

Princess Relaxes Despite HeatShe has to say,It's so hot and Anna is away on holiday, bless her. We all miss her.We have been looking closely at the forecasted weather and the forecasts were for much more worsening hotness.She went down the road too far for comfort to buy some cat milk after we all requested milk when She had Her morning cup of tea.On that day it was 41 degrees and that was much

January Daze

2009-01-19T16:29:00.005+11:00

Stanley Discovers New Privet SeedlingsShe's been hunting and it was a good catch.We have had fresh fish and prawns.One time we had chicken necks.There's a new fur cleaner. Less scratching.The floor roarer is roaring every day.They keep cleaning our smells.The garden smells different. There are new smells and some new plants.She's been weeding, not enough.It was raining, not enough.One day was hot

Shifts

2009-01-16T23:13:00.003+11:00

No spare room cats, we are all out back now where the television hums sometimes.To aid tranquility, She hotmops the floor with lavender oil and we nod off.Lots of different foods, She won the Fish tray tonight and our tummies are all right.Yesterday them two legs, they sweltered and we took no notice, we all found our coolest places and we spread our fur over the coolest places and we snoozed and

Summer Daze

2009-01-10T12:09:00.006+11:00

Itching & ScratchingIt's steaming hot and most of us are scratching.The floor roarer has been going every day and She is brushing us more than usual .We don't sit on Her feet any more.She wears her Gum Boots inside.Usually she wears them in the garden when it rains.She says She's gonna fix these fleas.For now they have us fixed.Except that Princess who rules our front yard and her bathroom, she's

Christmas Crazies

2008-12-10T22:52:00.005+11:00

Jos Caresses PrincessThe heat is on and so is Christmas madness here in Sydney.Another dental run yesterday and the first crown improves my smile.So warm yesterday, Princess wanted to be out and about and I took her across the road before I set out. Now late in the evening the following day, I've only just retrieved her after she spent some time on Jos's roof wailing.I'm tired. Mr Rudd's

Steamy Evening

2008-12-07T23:32:00.005+11:00

A troubled week is predicted in the heavens, so some folk say.I am concentrating on peaceful resolutions and safeties.Sylvio's most recent car was closer. You get a fright, that's a good thing.Anna brought an exquisite Margaret River Camembert, deliciously sloppy by today.When Grace came inside she tasted it and even when I took barbecue chicken in for her and slimmer Stan, she just said she

This Little Silver Boy

2008-12-06T00:13:00.006+11:00

A Beautiful Sylvio BoyShe worked so hard today at some writing that might sort a few things out.Ah and She felt it might after talking about it all with Alan and Col earlier this evening.She came back late, a warm half moon lighted night, but She left some doors ajar and several of the little ones slipped out.She's now recently talked to most of the neighbours and has explained that she has the

Friends

2008-11-30T17:28:00.010+11:00

Camera Shy

Talking

2008-11-29T00:27:00.005+11:00

And here we are, all of us, all the different ways of saying Miouw!Stanley for such a dominant big boy has the peepiest little miew? with a question mark which is maybe why he is so charming because he will work his way into a conversation and with a little but powerful voice he will spell his cuteness!O Stan, we all bow down.There are different miews, different expressions on little faces.Baby

and

2008-11-25T23:32:00.000+11:00

She tiredWe are bein fed and we don't say

Adventures

2008-11-24T12:08:00.003+11:00

She sick, sore teeth, sore head.She came back from Dentist, Sylvio ran to meet, nearly got run over, She yelling, Carla scream.Sylvio OK.Princess run up tree, can't get down, She climb after Princess.Grace get lost, She look, She call and hears the echoing cries of a small Grace.Grace locked in next door Garage, comes, late for dinner.

And So On...

2008-11-17T23:23:00.004+11:00

An Exquisite Greyling!Did I say all that before?I'm struggling at present.What's new?My little ones struggle less on account of Anna's help.I applied to a pet mag for help in terms of monitoring ads. They never answered.Dear Google, thanx.I dunno about bein' cast into the depths of poverty by projection. Hell, that happened when I got tangled up with Muso's and I was believing that since I

Over The Road

2008-11-08T19:15:00.004+11:00

Queen Scrap with Feather & Stanley:'No-one told me that Kittehs could be tedious!'I had a good day, long lunch with Mike, I was so unrelentingly positive I exhausted meself.Truth is, I'm scared. When will I earn?Later I stopped and talked to Jos.She was worried. Seems like Scrap is breakfasting Over The Road these days!Scrap didn't appear on That Verandah this morning.As we spoke of the little

Time Wise

2008-11-07T10:58:00.002+11:00

She realises that She's not mentioning Stanley as often as a lordly cat deserves, but Stanley is doing very well. He sleeps in the Spare Room with Sylvio and Grace and none of them have participated in the mass breakouts through the broken window this past week.Worried that I don't give them enough attention in the evenings, I went in with the brush to offer them some quality time. Sure,

She Now Has Weight

2008-11-06T12:48:00.007+11:00

The old order is rapidly changing.After the delay to my dentals, deep work on the teeth is a necessity. Sometimes recovery can take quite a few days.Frequently after treatments I get claustrophobic or horribly sick or lonesome.On one such day last week, when I was behind in house work and self care and worried about how slowly my writing was proceeding, I packed my pen and my note book into the

Slimmer Stanley

2008-10-26T18:56:00.002+11:00

This Collar Needs More Work!(PS, Is that really Allan Stivell on the mantle piece?)

Gossip

2008-10-26T17:53:00.007+11:00

A Princess Relaxing On Her Couch.Stan Says:Cats are everywhere. She isn't feeding me as much. I tried to get rid of the pesky collar and the collar is still with me. Lately, we don't see so much of some cats. It was cold and then it was warm. Things can be strange. I don't mind while I get my food.PS, She has been talking to people in the street.Suddenly there is not so much food.She says:The

Baby And The Stranger Cat

2008-10-23T14:30:00.007+11:00

A Hiding BabyRecently, Anna helped me with a big clean up of the kitchen. We moved stuff around and a mirror which had sat on the bench for some time, was shifted to rest against a book case until such time as it finds a new place. I hadn't realised that this would make such an impact on one Baby silver mackerel tabby cat.The camera wasn't even to hand when Baby discovered that there was Another

Update

2008-10-22T23:27:00.005+11:00

They are all inside tonight, the sudden dose of snow in the alps meant that they were at back and front doors crying to come into the sheltering warmth of this place.She, more root canal therapy yesterday and more to come.Yesterday, I forgot to take my acupuncture needles with me and today I felt so lousy I had to cancel the Counselling Session.OK, I got up late today after yesterday's dentals.

Updates

2008-10-17T12:05:00.012+11:00

Checking The Back Yard: Our Roof, Our Tabs, I was too tired to go looking for Tabs last night. She hides out in a shed at the end of Daigon Alley if she's having second thoughts about coming inside with the mobs. Sometimes second thoughts are caused by one Black Tom. Not allowed inside at night himself, he'll sometimes prevent Tabs and Scrap from coming inside here. Maybe it's company he's after!

Too Much

2008-10-12T22:24:00.009+11:00

Plotting The EscapeIt's too much to have too many cats when resources are so short.At least I have the space and Anna helps so much.Last night, Tabs mounted an escape strategy. First of all, all the darlings were inside and fed. Then Tabs got the lounge room door open and slipped into the front where she teased the front window open. I didn't even see it as she led Balanchine and Baby outside.

Ch-ch-changes...

2008-10-08T12:00:00.012+11:00

Valerian: For Nervous Disposition.She Says, Times are a-changing, & it's hard to keep up. Donated a poem to a mag & they accepted straight up. When the writing worked before, it was in radio and there were many who called & wrote good things to me about that work. There were criticisms too of course, most valid and most from me. They only made me more determined. Realisation of Asperger's would

Friday

2008-10-04T10:17:00.008+10:00

Inside CatsThe cats are introducing me to more people and especially to more children.The cats act charming, they curl up under the flowering bushes looking graceful and whiskery and they accept praise and worship from us all.Princess doesn't come out of her bathroom nest very often, but every few days she's restless and wanders around with her characteristic cry which sounds like a hoarse Wowwr!

She Sings

2008-10-01T21:46:00.016+10:00

Three Green MenIn the beginning of this blog, I mention that I've studied dreams for many years.I include a recent dream here because the cats are present and also eventually, it includes She, (the cat’s ‘mother’).(As a youngster, I decided to write out my dreams in order to disprove Jungian Theory.)I gave up on certain disputations in my mid twenties although the habit of recording dreams

WOW

2008-09-29T22:39:00.006+10:00

So busy at this time with many many things.The tutoring work is in the foundation phase here.I've got the new card thanks to Anna.(Much cheaper than when I first got the camera.)We all hang on the weather.A recent stinking hot day, a chilly change.Then a warm day with marbled cloud.With kids in the place I took Princess across the road this morning.We went to the park, returning when the thick

Sylvio's Mystery

2008-09-25T13:08:00.005+10:00

We all welcome a delicious day like this. She even skips a bit, arms wide, heart singing. All of the little felines are a-hunting, whisker-quivering, they raise the left front paw and move inside through wide open doors. They tease the inside doors to investigate all the biscuit bowls for stray biscuits, they check the hallway to see if there's something in the can to scoop before the can is

Fresh Stuff

2008-09-21T22:52:00.009+10:00

Which one was that ancient Greek Philosopher who claimed that illness is good because recovery is bliss?Phew.Anna came by yesterday & met our new gorgeous neighbours.I did some cleaning, well quite a lot compared to when I was ill....O it's still so smelly in some places.Phooey, I've only been doing the most basic work since the illness hit me.I can do the Dyson, the dishes and the surfaces, but!

New Bits

2008-09-20T22:53:00.003+10:00

Need a new card for the camera.Lotsa stuff ready to roll.New books, new note book writings, new possibilities.Just to say, thanx to everyone who's stayed in touch.A new level is happening mostly thanx for the counseling, I guess.I am awed by those blogs I list & by new things I've not had time to indicate.Check my new books and music etc tomorrow!!!Love,

Health Problems

2008-09-16T20:11:00.013+10:00

Zorro: Why you wakes me up?It's very hard to take a pic of Zorro because he's very shy. Soon after he was born, a mean Tomcat came round and tried to kill him. (One reason to take responsibility for kitty cats is that Toms will try to kill them off so that the little females go on heat again!)I rescued Zorro as a shrieking terrified kitten and he doesn't really trust very much ever since. He is a

Greyling

2008-09-11T13:49:00.014+10:00

Formerly known as Grey Boy, Greyling is a small cat with a big soul.She's not just spoken to me in my dreams, she's even visited friends locally in their sleep, especially since she became a Mum. (Fred is the only one of her kittens who has found a home so far. Is she looking for homes for the others?)(She likes Zorro best, big sooky gentle Zorro.)Sometimes Greyling comes in for dinner later than

chillouts

2008-09-09T13:07:00.005+10:00

Lucibelle Loves DysonNo choice about chilling out when icy winds and rain returned these last few days.The Clan has various shelters outside, particularly a small dry back verandah with a few handy boxes to protect fur from nasty wind gusts.I've wanted to clean, but this Flu has insisted that I can't quite manage that.Vacuuming with flaming sinusses and more dentals until some basic problems are

Spring Begins

2008-09-01T12:24:00.007+10:00

And This Is Why I Got My Camera!I’ve recently resumed a blog whose intention is to focus on my studies and the factors comprising my real work. I hit a few misunderstandings back in the nineties and probably even earlier than that and well the work is more interesting than those misunderstandings I hope. I tried blogging soon after I got the computer. It’s taken quite a long time to know where to

Cat People Proper

2008-08-28T11:11:00.002+10:00

Stanley Brings Breakfast.I’d call Maria a Cat Lady and I’d name her so honourably. I met her several years ago outside our local Library in the days when I could manage more walking. I’d already noticed a healthy colony of cats in a nearby building who weren’t responsive to passers by. Then several weeks later I met Maria with her basket full of cat food. She was feeding this lot. I asked her

Hey

2008-08-26T21:54:00.003+10:00

Name Calling etc

2008-08-26T13:30:00.013+10:00

Ready To Find A Home. Ted is back from overseas. He’s in a more cheerful frame of mind than he was when he left. On Election Night last year, as he sat amongst our merry crowd, he confessed that he’d moved to our Labor Stronghold here is order to covert as many people as possible to Liberal Policy. We asked how many converts he’d made.‘None at all,’ was the rueful answer.He accepted our teasing

Lawn

2008-08-25T11:56:00.008+10:00

'What Lawn, Pray?' (Balanchine)Slowly but surely, the diachondra lawn is taking over centre front garden. Diachondra is a mass of round small leaves, a soft and comprehensive ground cover, which grows in many of our local bushlands. I’ve been slow with the garden here. When I work I use Bush Regeneration techniques, weeding around the plant which is central to the pattern, taking out the weeds

pics and events

2008-08-24T10:25:00.005+10:00

Sylvio & CarlaSylvio is an alpha cat also.He likes to meet people and he's insistent on attention, as much attention as possible.Bally, the eldest boy isn't alpha. He's timid, always looks for reassurance. Bally is the biggest size wise, and was formerly the runt of Scrap's first litter.This morning Ariel went out to sun herself on Jos's verandah which faces east. The day is warmer than expected

Etc & So On

2008-08-23T11:09:00.010+10:00

Princess Ok I think.My room is a new room now for her, as well as an older and less sorted version of a place she previously lived/stayed in before clearing out for Across The Road. She stayed limp on the bed yesterday. She had a pretty good feed. Not eating quite as much as previously, inside of front legs and on the neck shaven.I took her over the road to stay at Jos's place last night. She

Musing

2008-08-22T16:02:00.005+10:00

I've taken a break from the computer today. There are factors to digest.There's a local book publisher who advertises a 'pitch day'. Last week I sent info about a novel I'd begun in the nineties when Ariel was a young cat living in Melbourne with Anna. I mentioned my essays and radio scripts too, but it's the fiction they asked to see.I don't usually write fiction but I was fascinated by the

news flash

2008-08-22T12:34:00.003+10:00

Stanley says:We have Another Cat!Why?Who?How?

Evening

2008-08-21T22:25:00.006+10:00

I love the whisker washing time when they are all fed and happy.Zorro and Sylvio shown above.

And So On...

2008-08-21T11:53:00.012+10:00

No Mail Today, Why Ask?Counselling yesterday and I talked about the circumstances which caused the destruction of the muscles in my right shoulder. Life was very interesting indeed in those times. In fact back then I couldn’t wrap my mind around what was happening and I was busy pretending that everything was just fine when it wasn’t. I only ever talked positive because that make the world right.

Tuesday PM

2008-08-19T17:02:00.008+10:00

I'm cleaning my room to prepare for The Princess. In one of her past lives, she was bullied by another cat and so is scared of her fellow felines.Therefore I'm thinking about dynamics. I hope that in a clear large cleansed room, smell dispersed, the two cats may be able to cope.Scrap rightly considers me to be her person and rules the roost in here. Ariel's movement is limited. Scrap's movement

The Princess

2008-08-19T11:05:00.012+10:00

"I hope you realise that I too am related to Gods...."Saturday Morning I awake early intending to clean. Anna has said she'll she’ll come by Sunday instead of Saturday this week. I worked at essays, contacts and connections on Friday & it was one of those days when I got all caught up in research and totally didn't get to the housework.I think on a housework plan (after a swoop on the net) as the

Dramas

2008-08-18T17:01:00.004+10:00

Just as I think I’m calmer, this past weekend, it's Full Moon time and things happen: Friday Night I am asleep in my room somewhere after three AM. I hear a car hoon roar approach outside. Weekends at night there is occasionally a speeder, thankfully they go by fast. This one loudly goes crunch into the cars outside my place. Hoon tries to re-start car, red car, two lots of cops, talk, lights, no

Equilibration in Catland Local

2008-08-16T10:42:00.007+10:00

Small Stanley, Small Cloud With Newish Couch _______________________________________________They are all inside at night times and sometimes I think I’m getting to be a little more ept with the organization. Early evening is always when most of the action occurs, making sure that all are inside, that all trays are cleared/cleaned and ensuring that the greedy ones don’t overcome the

Scraps

2008-08-15T23:43:00.003+10:00

Introducing Mamma Scrap!!!! Most important from Max The Artist’s Amazing Throwout (as it turns out in restrospect), is Scrap, a little more than a couple weeks old as she was when Max drove up one night and asked if I wanted a kitten and I was interested because I thought I was about to start teaching again and life was lacking in amusement The soft paw patting my face I couldn’t resist. Having

Grace (by Stanley)

2008-08-13T13:36:00.008+10:00

Grace soft.Grace beautiful.Grace like me,Run to smoodge me and we kiss.Grace sleep with me.She wash my face.We eat together.We sit together.When we inside, Grace runGrace run up wallGrace run up door to open.Sometimes Grace open door. Shy Grace like some persons.Some persons like cats.

No Shoot Wild Life

2008-08-04T13:31:00.004+10:00

http://traumaqueen.net/, the Diary of an Ambulance Worker/Photographer from Edinburgh is one of my favourite blogs. Recently, Kal has been running a competition. We have to guess what strange object it is sitting on his friend Calum's head. Well my guess has had to be 'a cat!'. All Right? As I begin to think of promoting my blog (and assuming I'll get the hang of it at some stage), I notice that

Sydney Sunday

2008-07-29T10:13:00.008+10:00

A morning of clear skies: a time to hang out some washing at last. Everything feels good, a comfortable chat in the back yard with neighbour Ron. He’s got his washing in and I’m slower than him, but last time I looked at the weather map, it has looked like some sunshine this weekend. We need rain for sure, but the recent bitter wet alpine tinged remorselessly chill days can be psychically

Whimsy & an Appearance By Stan

2008-07-26T12:06:00.003+10:00

She says,And for a picture of this time right now, I resort again to words......Every morning first thing, it's biscuits for the pussy cats. After my cup of tea, I then clean the trays. I've found a good sweet smelling clumping litter at last. In the evenings, I clean the trays again if they have been inside during the day time and then it's tinned or fresh food for dinner.If I've gone over the

Breakfast On The Verandah

2008-07-11T15:18:00.006+10:00

Grace: Stanley, your paws is in breakfast food!!Stanley: BUT I don't put ELBOWS in food when I eats with you!Both: COOL!

Stan pome

2008-07-09T16:45:00.001+10:00

She says,This afternoon I followed Stanley with a camera. I wanted to capture how he’s successfully frilled his red collar.It’s difficult to photograph Stanley.At the first sign of attention, he responds:‘You’ve got a shiny box at your face, let me say hello to it! Purr Purr, smoodge smoodge! I’m Stanley, you’ve probably heard of me! I’m very cute. I like to meet things, even boxes!’The sun was

To Start.

2008-07-07T18:38:00.009+10:00

This is the third time it’s happened and this time it happened because I was very ill. Once it happened when I lived in the country because my car broke down and I couldn’t get to the vet in the next town, the second time we were moving house and broke and so on…and as for This time, this time, well maybe there were premonitions…I have too many cats in my life AGAIN and this time is likely to be