Something staring at me….

Posted on August 30, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Alien, Cat, Crazy, Creative writing, Fun, Humour, Idea, Life, Short story, WritingLeave a comment

Something is watching me… Not cctv, not a plane or helicopter, not a satellite. Just… Something.

People say I’m mad, I’ve lost my mind. I believe in portents, I’ve seen the films, read the books. I looked at the Internet. The news isn’t fake. It’s real. Aliens aren’t coming, they are here. My friends call it gibberish, flim flammery, but I Know I’m being watched.

The eyes are there, I can feel their power. Watching, waiting, ready to take over. All it will take is one tweak to their gene pool. One extra piece of the puzzle. One grim fact and then……. Man will be subservient.

When cats develop opposable thumbs!

Cat in a basket

Posted on August 25, 2020August 25, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Basket, Blogging, Cat, Curled up, Humour, Photo, Sleepy, Tired, Washing basket, Wet, Yawn2 Comments

Our boy cat likes to sleep anywhere enclosed, like boxes or behind curtains, when he got in the old washing basket where we keep shopping bags, that was OK… That was in the quiet of the bathroom. But hubby wants a shower so he’s bought the cat and the basket into the living room so the cat doesn’t get wet! He was fast asleep so had one huge yawn, not he’s curled up and gone back to sleep! (the cat not hubby!)

So you want to read the paper hooman?

Posted on August 23, 2020August 23, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, Claws, Fun, Humour, Life, Newspaper, Photo, Poem, PoetryLeave a comment

Don’t dare think you can read this

Tis mine not yours I say!

Tis my bed and I’ll lie on it

So just you go away!

I’ll not let hooman near it,

My claws are sharp and curved.

My comfort is important.

No I’ll not be moved today!

(she got off and walked away!)

No don’t use your computer hooman!

Posted on August 21, 2020August 21, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Cat, Funny, Humour, Jump, Keyboard, Laughter, Life, Poem, Poetry4 Comments

I will sit here hooman

Till you notice me.

You can’t type here hooman.

I won’t let you see!

If you use your keyboard,

If you touch your mouse,

I will chase the wires

Dance upon the desk.

Watch out I am jumping

On the computer keys,

Padding up and down them

Hooman- I’m here. Please,

Take some notice off me

Don’t ignore the cat,

Or I’ll press a button

And Delete all that!

The other one

Posted on August 17, 2020August 17, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Bathroom, Boy cat, Chasing, Cool, Fun, Girl cat, Life, Mad half hour, Playing, SunshineLeave a comment

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Our boy cat having a stretch in the bathroom. He had been ill but he’s a lot better now. For the moment he sleeps in the bathroom on a towel because it’s a lot cooler in there. Not as much sun getting in. But sometimes I will find him in a patch of sunlight, curled up and warming himself. Cats have characters. He’s chilled. Our female cat is lively and loves chasing things. Sometimes they chase each other. A mad half hour. Then peace descends again.

Cat stops play

Posted on August 17, 2020August 17, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Cat, Cat's rule!, Citing, Computer, In the way, Keyboard, Learning, Referencing, Typing, WritingLeave a comment

When your cat decides it’s been ignored long enough, and you have to switch off the computer because she’s walked on the keyboard and jumbled your writing up. Then got in the way so you can’t see the letters on the keyboard too!

So, decaff coffee time, sandwich time. Listen to the radio for an hour. We all need a break, otherwise you turn into something like Mrs Rochester in Jane Eyre. A mad woman locked in a bedroom, tearing out her hair (while trying to cite and reference books about the artist Hokusai)!

Cat’s rule in this house. And I’m not complaining! Back to work in a bit.

Mirrored cat

Posted on August 16, 2020August 16, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Duplicated, Feline state, Fun, Green, Layout app, Life, Mirrored, Pattern, Photos, RandomLeave a comment

Playing with photo editing in my layout app. When you have a subject like a cat you can duplicate and mirror the image and make something interesting happen. Choose to mirror half the face and you end up with a strong stare. I could have made her nose look more natural, but I prefer the odd symmetry this photo gives me.

Pattern,USK S-O-T prompt.

Posted on August 16, 2020 Posted in Cat, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #uskstoke, Art, Black and white cat, Cat, Colour, Drawing, Life, Pattern, Permanent markers, Sketch, Sketching, Sofa, ThrowLeave a comment

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My friends at #uskstoke know my love of pattern so today’s prompt was for me! It took me a while because its been busy. I drew my cat in front of the sofa which has a bright throw over it. I didn’t get the pattern perfect and I had to rely on a quick photo to catch the cats face. Anyway I enjoyed doing this.

Found the sundial

Posted on August 13, 2020August 13, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Climb, Fun, Humour, Poem, Poetry, Silly, Stuck, Sun, Sundial, TreeLeave a comment

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Hooked on a tree

In the shade,

With no way of knowing

What time it is?

Weird place to be

Up in a tree.

Did it climb up

Like the kitty

It depicts?

Need to be rescued,

Bought down to the ground.

Into the sunlight?

Yes definitely!

Paint texture

Posted on August 10, 2020August 10, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Art, Black and white cat, Blogging, Cat, Cat image, Impasto, Life, Oil on canvas, Oil painting6 Comments

I was looking at my old summer dream painting and noticed how dusty it was. I realised that the surface od the paint is quite raised. This was when I was painting in oils in a more impasto way. I don’t do that in acrylics, I don’t know why, because it’s quite interesting to look at? Maybe it’s something I could try out. I have a large tube of white oil paint. Maybe I could add coloured chalk into it as an experiment. I can do anything I guess.

I do like how sassy I got this image. She’s got real character. A proper glint in her eye.

Mallaband-Brown

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