Sleep

Posted on March 28, 2021 Posted in Cat, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #100daydrawingchallenge, Art, Asleep, Black and white, Black and white cat, Cat, Curled up, Drawing, Sketching, Tired, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

An old drawing done in 2019. When life was comfortable, the cats were snug. I hadn’t started doing my illustration course and I was drawing for pleasure.

I’d done another challenge, a hundred days drawing challenge, I think this was done on the third day because I’ve highlighted the date in red. I don’t know which of the cats this was. It isn’t our outside cat, because he was still living outside then (now all I have to do is whistle by the back door and he comes).

Anyway this just popped up in my memories, so I thought I would share it. A happy black and white cat, asleep, with no worries.

Tired

Posted on February 22, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged #100daywalkingchallenge, Asleep, Canal, Etruria, Five miles, Stoke-on trent, Tired, Views, WalkLeave a comment

Another walk up to Etruria and back along the canal, but the sun was out and with a light breeze it wasn’t too cold. I’m walking faster, but getting more tired. I was due at choir practice tonight but fell asleep!

Asleep

Posted on December 7, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Asleep, Black and white cat, Cat, Chasing, Curled up, Paws, Poem, Poetry, Sleeping, Tired, Tuxedo cat, TwitchLeave a comment

Nose down

Whiskers twitch

Paws paddle

Snore

Asleep

Put a paw

Over your nose

Chase mice or birds

Toys or string

Wake up refreshed

Having slept

Time to race

And chase……

Comfy cat

Posted on September 3, 2020 Posted in CatTagged Asleep, Blogging, Cat, Dreaming, Life, Photos, Relaxed, Sleeping, Tired, TwitchLeave a comment

He’s curled up on a cushion between out two chairs. Happily asleep. He’s not a cat that twitches much when he dreams. Some of the kick out their legs and run after mice I guess when they sleep. But my boy cat stays calm, a twitch of his ear, or his nose is all he does. Cats sleep for sixteen hours a day as far as I know. Imagine that. Head down, dreaming over what food he will be getting for tea. Slightly pampered. Always loved.

Sleep

Posted on July 16, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Asleep, Blogging, Counting sheep, Dreaming, Poem, Poetry, Random, Rest, Sleep, Tired4 Comments

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I must sleep

I must dream

Stay calm

Lay softly

Feel relaxed

Breathing deeply

Taking time

To rest quietly.

I must sleep

I need rest

I must find my dreamworld.

Will I rest

Or will it be another sleepless night?

I lie counting sheep.

In the crook of his arm.

Posted on May 15, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Asleep, Black and white, Black and white cat, Blank verse, Cat, Comfortable, Poem, Poetry, Purr, Relaxed, Resting, SleepingLeave a comment

Lying comfortably in the crook of his arm,

the tom cat lies sleeping,

cuddled up against his human dad.

Gently purring,

curled up and cute,

he is relaxed and happy.

Black and white fur,

white whiskers.

Just a twitch of his ears,

now and then.

Hunker down

Posted on March 27, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Asleep, Awake, Dream, Flight, Free, Hidden, Hunkered, Life, Poem, Poetry8 Comments

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Hunker down,

Hide and sleep

Find your dreams

And hug them deep.

Find a space

Where you can live

Where things are quiet

And silence keep.

Make a nest

Make a bed,

Stay inside

But in your head

Take a flight

Around your room,

Then through the open window

Zoom!

Above the world

The air is clear

The sky is bright

Bird song, you hear.

Look down on streets

So still so quiet,

With hunkered people

Bunkered, still.

But you are free

And safe to soar

Flying high

No fear

Just dreams.

(from an idea inspired by Martha Kennedys blog ‘I am a writer, yes I am’.)

Cat tree

Posted on January 21, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Asleep, Cat, Cat tree, Cats, Curled up, Humour, Tired, Warm2 Comments

In winter the cats retreat to their cat tree. It’s angled to be close to the radiator. The female fits neatly on her tray. But the male is more squashed up. He squeezes on but his leg and tail sometimes flop off the edge. His tray is slightly further away from the radiator, bur they have always kept the same positions, they don’t swap. Sometimes if they get too hot they go off in search of different places. Then comes the battle of the armchairs. The cats know which is my hubby’s and like stealing his seat if he goes out of the room….

If I coukd I would shrink down to cat size and curl up on the top tray above the two cats and relax. They don’t use it so it’s free….

Sleep, circadian rhythms….

Posted on June 26, 2019June 26, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Age, Aging, Asleep, Bed, Early night, Insomnia, Late night, Life, Rest, Sleep, TiredLeave a comment

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Dear Agony Aunt,

My sleep patterns have stayed the same for twenty years. Staying up late was to do with being awake when my husband got in from work around 1am. I would then have to get up for work in the morning so was always tired. He could sleep in later as he was on a permanent “noon” shift. Now however he goes to bed a lot earlier than me. If I go to bed early I have to read to relax and then I can nod off. He, on the other hand, must be in a different time zone to me. He goes to bed if I have to go out in the evening. The last two nights when I got in he was in bed by 9.30pm.

Great you say. But then he woke up at 2am as I was coming to bed and we ended up chatting till 4am. It was getting light.

So Dear Agony Aunt, what do I do? Eschew grown up bedtimes and go to bed early. This would have the effect of trying to get us back in sync, but I would have to miss late night TV and news. Or should I just go to bed when I want, which would at least prevent me lying in bed trying to get to sleep for hours. I’m hoping this is a phase. My hubby is getting older but he lives on nervous energy, he’s always moving and talking in the day, and it’s like his batteries have drained in the evening. Maybe I should make him strong coffee….

Just waking up

Posted on May 22, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Asleep, Life, Mystery, Scary?, Short story, Sleep, Very short storyLeave a comment

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I feel like I’ve turned into a cat, she said, all I ever do is sleep. Even when I’m awake I feel drowsy.

The doctor checked her pulse, looked in her eyes, checked her throat and temperature. Well I can’t find anything physically wrong he said. I suggest you try drinking coffee? Are there any things affecting your stress levels?

Well, that’s it. She said, I feel totally relaxed. Then I feel sleepy. She yawned hugely, see, she said, it’s getting to me now?

So how much time do you sleep at night? Asked the doctor? A good eight or nine hours solid, she said.

Later when she got home she immediately sat down and kicked off her shoes. I’ll put the shopping away later she thought. She never noticed the trickle of white gas seeping out of a hole in the skirting board. The odourless mist wafted gently upwards. Soon she was fast asleep…

Mallaband-Brown

Tag: Asleep

Sleep

Tired

Asleep

Comfy cat

Sleep

In the crook of his arm.

Hunker down

Cat tree

Sleep, circadian rhythms….

Just waking up