30 Monday Mar 2015
Posted in animals & pets, cats, home
My pretty Luna doesn’t end up getting as much “air time” as her more colourful siblings. I’ve often talked about how Luna is Pure Cat (as opposed to Loki being a Total Dog and Morcilla an Alien Being that hopefully comes in peace…) and she really is the most cat-like cat I’ve had since Lua. Except Luna is more affectionate, though in her own way and exactly when she feels like it. Anyhow, this is Luna in bed the other morning. As you can see, she just LOVES a good belly rub. Well, wouldn’t you?
28 Saturday Mar 2015
Posted in animals & pets, cats, home
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.
21 Saturday Mar 2015
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Since the first day of spring was all wet and chilly, I spent the evening snuggled up with the cats and binge-watching (actually rewatching) Game of Thrones season 4 (season 5 starts next month and I can’t remember a damn thing from the previous season). So here’s Loki on my lap with his big orange head resting in the crook of my arm, Morcilla having a little grooming session on my “office chair” and Luna (out of shot) over on the sofa. Doesn’t Loki look totally blissed out? He’s one big hunka lurve that guy.
19 Thursday Mar 2015
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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.
18 Wednesday Mar 2015
Posted in health & happiness, home
It’s baaaaack. And as usual my back “went out”, as they say, while doing nothing at all. It happened yesterday just before the Triana Tapas Tour. I’d gone to the market to chat to some people there and go over my route (since it was my first time) and then I stopped for a coffee before meeting my clients. I don’t know if it was because I got a chill in my back, or because I was leaning forward too much, or both, but suddenly there was that telltale AAAARRGH feeling in my lower back, and when I tried to stand up it was very painful. But after walking around a bit it seemed to loosen up and felt more “tight” than painful during the tour. Same after I got home. Ouchy without being too bad. But then I woke up in the night in agony, so I must’ve pulled something in my sleep.
Today I am on painkillers and slathering on the BioFreeze, and need a crutch to get around the house. Luckily Peter is available to do my Flamenco & Tapas Tour tonight as I don’t think I’d even make it down the stairs. Hope it doesn’t last too long this time. On the bright side, at least I’ll get some work done on the blogs, etc. Oddly, sitting at my computer (and getting up to stretch regularly) is one of the two positions that only hurts a little. The other one is standing. 😦
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