Morcilla (aka ninja kitten) is up to her old tricks. Now that it’s warming up she’s no longer into curling up with the other cats on my cosy quilt while I enjoy my Saturday morning coffee in bed. Which could have something to do with the quilt no longer being there. But I think it’s more to do with the bright morning sunlight and shadows of passing birds playing across the curtains. Just so you know, those curtains are 3 metres long. Once she gets up that high I can’t even lift her down. Little monkey.

La Morcilla in all her glory – TV star!

I know that raincoaster thinks Morcilla looks like the most devilish cat from hell ever, but that’s possibly just about Morcilla looking more intelligent than Rain at times, which makes Rain nervous (ha!). Thing is, Morcilla has never been a “pretty” cat like Luna, but she sure has CHARACTER. Those splashes of vibrant orange, including my favourite “flame” one just above her right eye, make Morcilla a very exceptional “torty”. Then there are those no-nonsense eyes of hers. She really lets you know when it’s a WTF moment.

But possibly the thing I love most about Morcilla is how she always takes the most difficult path. No easy leaping onto my armchair for her, she’d rather do a whole ninja thing, clawing her way up the back of it until she reaches the top and THEN slides down onto the seat of the chair. Likewise she scales up the back rungs of the dining room chairs to reach her destination, and always hut-hut-huts herself up my bedroom curtains SWAT-team style until she reaches the top and then looks around going… oops! She’s fearless, this little one. And she really is little. Barely 3 kilos and quite long and lean. Anyhow, this is a pic of her posing in front of the television. She’s maybe not typical star material, but she has totally won my heart.

All very nice and cosy until I lose all feeling in my legs…