Cat cards

Posted on April 29, 2026 Posted in Cat, Memories, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Art group, Cards, Cat, Felt pens, Fun, Illustration, Life, Patterns, sketching drawing2 Comments

Drawing a few cards for an art group I go to’s summer fair. I decided to use cats with patterns as a design. There is a cat in a hat, a sleepy sort of leopard style one and a couple sitting together.

I did quite a few last week of just cat heads and shoulders. It’s nice to just do a bit of relaxing illustration. The pens are a bit dried out so I’ve had to be selective with the colours. X

Always alert

Posted on April 26, 2026 Posted in Cat, Memories, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, Cheeky, Food, grinning, Life, Poem, Poetry, Staring, Tuxedo cat1 Comment

What did he hear?

Ears pricked, sitting up

Staring into the kitchen.

Another cat

Staring back

Looking at him, waiting

Eating the food

I put down for mine

Cheeky puss cat

Grinning!

Done

Posted on April 23, 2026 Posted in Cat, Memories, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, dental work, Poem, Poetry, Recovery, Teeth, Tuxedo cat, vetsLeave a comment

Been to the vets

Now he’s back home,

Lying in the sun.

Anaesthetics worn off

Two teeth removed

No more pain

But antibiotics resume

The joy of recovery

Time to get well.

Hopefully healing

Happy again.

Sleepy tat

Posted on April 14, 2026 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, Dream, Life, Poem, Poetry, Rhyme, Sleeping, Tired, Tuxedo cat1 Comment

Puddy tat

Sleepy cat

What do you dream of?

Sugar mice

Things that are nice

Salmon and spice

He settled down

To rest and dream

Settled and calm.

Sleeping like a charm.

He’s playing

Posted on April 13, 2026 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, Felt, Fun, Green, older cat, Playing, Poem, Poetry, toy mouse, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

Dear kitty doesn’t often play

But today he did.

Leaping, prancing, dancing

Chancing a paw

Biting the green felt

He’s happily chasing

The toy flying, whirling

Exciting

Happy cat…

What a day

Posted on April 9, 2026 Posted in Cat, Memories, UncategorizedTagged Art group, Battery, Busy, Cat, Day, Exhausted?, Life, Meeting, operation, Pet, Phone, Time, Tired, vets2 Comments

I’m still recovering from yesterday. My cat was due to be operated on so I took him to the vets at 8am. I barely slept the night before.

After leaving him I then went to the art group I go to so that I could take my mind off things. I’d also arranged to get a new battery for my phone, so my friend gave me a lift after art group.

So off we went, but the shop needed to keep my phone so I came home without it after asking the shop worker to bring it to my house after 5pm. He agreed because he lived nearby.

Then to the vets, I had to walk over as I didn’t have my phone!? But the cat (who hadn’t had his operation because they had 5 emergency operations in through the day) was not ready to be collected, so I walked home slowly to wait for my phone. By then I was exhausted. The phone duly arrived, and I rang the vets who confirmed the cat was ready. I then walked there and back, very slowly with stops… He was so pleased to be home…

Then later on I had to go and chair a meeting about a drama a group I am in…

I’m consequently so tired…

Cat fun

Posted on March 28, 2026March 28, 2026 Posted in Cat, Fine Art, Memories, UncategorizedTagged Abstract, Acrylic on canvas, Art, Cat, Colourful, Fine Art, Life, metallic paints, Painting2 Comments

I’m painting, mind freed, ping, I can’t stop! It’s always like this, winter stops me, a bit of light and I’m painting again. I think the beechband and is helping, I feel like I can enjoy this process. The Parkinsons is still plaguing me, but if I concentrate I can paint!

She purrs

Posted on February 25, 2026February 25, 2026 Posted in Cat, Memories, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, company, Memory, Sleeping, still sad, Tired, Tuxedo cat, WakingLeave a comment

Lose one cat and another one gets more friendly, wants more attention. The trouble is this one comes and sleeps on my thighs or on my bladder in the morning! It’s very difficult as I wake up…. It makes for uncomfortable feelings. Cramp and aches and well… Desperation!

But I’m so glad to have her here, she and her brother are still here to have them. My memories of all of them are a great comfort.

Paw print

Posted on February 23, 2026 Posted in Cat, Memories, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, Grief, Loss, paw print, Sadness, Sympathy, Tuxedo cat, Unexpected6 Comments

When I got up this morning there was a letter on the mat. I opened it and it was a sympathy card from the vets who had treated my poorly cat a couple of weeks ago, and eventually had to put him to sleep.

It was so kind, they said they could see we had a close bond and that I cared very much for my cat. I am so sad but proud that they felt this and had taken the time to write to me. I will treasure his pawprint forever.

Buddha

Posted on February 19, 2026 Posted in Cat, Fine Art, Memories, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged acrylic on canvas blurred vision, Buddha painting, Cat, Fine Art, Memories, Small painting, Thoughts4 Comments

I went to art group for the first time in weeks and picked up a small, 6×4 in canvas.

I haven’t done a painting for ages, my Parkinsons is bad and looking close up is difficult because although I’m cataract free, they also cured my short sightedness and I find it hard to focus on close objects, basically closer than about a foot things get blurred. I need to get some ordinary reading glasses because the ones I’ve got are too strong.

Then I saw a tiny, gold painted, plastic Buddha. Of all the things that I could choose to paint, this seemed like the right karma. The brushes were a bit rough and not easily pointed. It was hard to see the details, but in about an hour I managed to paint him. The best thing? Someone in the group said they really liked it. So I gave it them.

In other news, I know I haven’t been here much lately. I miss my cat so much. It’s another loss I’m struggling to come to terms with. Love to you all.

Mallaband-Brown

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