03 Thursday Jun 2010
24 Monday May 2010
Posted in animals & pets, cats, humour, television, video
23 Sunday May 2010
Posted in animals & pets, cats, sevilla, spain, summer
20 Thursday May 2010
I’ve been tagged by my friend Trucie to come up with a list of 10 things I would want to save from my home if it were suddenly engulfed in mysterious flame. This was a no-brainer for me because many years ago, when I was about 22 years old, I did actually wake up in the middle of the night with my apartment on fire. I’d been storing some boxes of my sister’s clothing & stuff out on the (wooden) porch while she was away on holiday and some fucktard decided to find out how well they would burn. And so by the time I woke up (luckily I’ve always been a light sleeper) and smelled smoke the whole porch was in flames and the porch door and windows had exploded into the front room. I was living with my musician boyfriend Ian at the time and, after making sure he was awake, I threw on a dressing gown and hustled him out the back door. You see, when it actually happens your mind doesn’t think about possessions. At least, mine didn’t.
Of course now my first thought would be to stuff the cats into the extra large carrier I bought specifically for this purpose (back when I had three cats) and get them to safety, along with me and Nog. So, that’s only four things. Though if there were enough time I’d probably grab my iPhone too. 😉
How about you? What would you save?
19 Wednesday May 2010
Posted in animals & pets, cats, fun stuff, home
A selection of Loki’s favourite toys, including some that should NOT be played with, but try telling him that. Not shown: my bras & knickers. It took awhile to round everything up – the little yellow shoelace (this came from his original home) was finally discovered in Loki’s Lair behind the books, and his purple cord was found buried in the laundry hamper. For some I just put a sample image (one pencil rather than ALL of my pens & pencils, one sock, and just a few business cards) and there are usually several crumpled paper balls going at any given time. Of the balls he seems to show a preference for the orange pingpong ball because it goes REALLY FAST, but lately he’s been playing more with the little green & white dingle ball, which as you can imagine is quite a joy to listen to around 3am. That green bouncy ball is actually a bit dangerous as when it is left directly against the front door it acts as an excellent door stop and the door cannot be opened from the outside. The green thread spools are always fun – they make more noise than the wine corks. And business cards are not only challenging to pick up in his teeth but they are excellent for hoarding, usually behind the books, but often he just loves to display his captured prey on Sunny’s old bed, which he took over almost from day one.
Below you can see Loki spoiled for choice – he was clearly confused to see ALL HIS TOYS in one spot and finally opted for the crumpled paper ball. You can also see another of Loki’s favourite toys (too large to show here) as well as an example of kitteh hoarding… heh
