Asleep on the stairs

Posted on May 14, 2023 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Asleep, Black and white cat, Cat, Curled up, hazard, Life, Sleeping, Snoring, Stairs, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

Beware! Early morning hazard on the stairs. As the days and nights get warmer I think he sleeps on the stairs because there is a cool draught of air descending down them. It does make navigating them difficult for us. Thankfully I have two handrails and I walk carefully anyway. Rushing down (or up) could lead to a serious fall. I am also happy that he has a prominent white mark across his back which makes him more visible against our charcoal grey carpet (which the cats are pulling loose). Early morning perambulation is done at our own risk! Meanwhile he’s snoring quietly, curled up, a step full of fur asleep on the stairs.

Cat wish

Posted on April 17, 2023 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Asleep, Bad rhymes, Black and white cat, Cat, Curled, Fun, Life, Photo, Poem, Poetry4 Comments

I wish I was a cat. Curled up curves, elegant in sleep. Cashew nut shape, spiral, sweet.

I wish I was a cat, that’s just been fed, delicate meals or lion roaring red.

I wish I were a cat, washing paws and face, the most incredible positions, but all done with grace.

I wish I were a cat, out in the wild, climbing trees in gardens. But home again to play.

I wish I were a cat, companion and good friend. Asleep on your lap. Pinned you down, so he can nap!

Cats sleeping

Posted on April 11, 2023 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Asleep, Black and white cat, Black and white photo, Cat, Cats, Curled up, fur, Mat, Poem, Poetry, Purr4 Comments

The cats asleep on the mat. No space to walk past them and I want to get in the kitchen to make a cup of coffee. Meanwhile the wind is whistling round the windows and the cat flap is rattling in the wind.

Black and white cats

On a black and white mat.

Full of purrs

These soft furs

Curled up warm

In the storm.

Cats sleep anywhere

Posted on February 26, 2023 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Asleep, Black and white cat, Cat, cuddle, Poem, Poetry, Sleep, Snug, Tired, towel, Tuxedo cat, unLeave a comment

Plonked down

on a bath towel

On a mat

There’s the cat

In a basket snug

Like a bug in a rug!

Paws over nose

Or tail across his face

They will find any place

To snuggle

Or be cuddled

Sleep 16 hours

Glad he’s ours!

Woke up late

Posted on January 15, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Asleep, Awake, Bed, Exhausted?, gout, Insomnia, sheets, Springs, Tired, Toes, two pmLeave a comment

I must have been tired last night, I didn’t wake up till after two pm this afternoon. I hadn’t slept the night before and it feels like I’m getting no sleep one night and then a decent night the day after. Strategies for trying to sleep, like relaxation, meditation, deep breathing and other techniques don’t seem to work. I think we need a new bed, ours is over twenty five years old and very lumpy. I’ve folded up sheets to stop the springs sticking in me! It’s also a problem with pain. My toes hurt due to gout and having the sheets resting on them is uncomfortable to say the least, so I toss and turn all night and get up too exhausted to stay awake in the day! But I’m going to try and get a new bed maybe…. In any case I must stop moaning about things! I hate insomnia.

Tired

Posted on October 3, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Asleep, Awake, Cold, Hot, Insomnia, reasons, Sleep, Sleepy, Thinking, Tired, TV, Video?, yawningLeave a comment

Yawning, aching, eyes blurred, too many late nights watching TV or videos on my phone. I could sleep, but my feet hurt, which keeps me awake. Then I’m either too hot or too cold, or hubby snores, or kicks my ankle. Too many decaff coffees make it worse. Even if I don’t have lots of thoughts sometimes it difficult. I put a light on, if I read sometimes I can sleep, I hear the book drop, but I’m gone. Other times I put the radio on low, a murmur, but sometimes I catch a headline and have to listen…. So many reasons for NOT sleeping, and yet HE can just sleep, like that, so annoying! ❤️

Squashed – by a cat!

Posted on May 28, 2022May 28, 2022 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Asleep, Black and white cat, Cat, Happy, Relaxed, Sleeping cat, Tired, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

The cats on my lap. Firmly attached. I can’t move without pushing him off. My leg is going numb! He doesn’t normally stay this long, but I think he’s keeping warm. It’s quite overcast and cool for a May evening.

As soon as I wrote this my hubby walked past, knocked my foot and the cat jumped off my lap and ran upstairs! Just proves nothing stays the same, now I’m missing the cat, and my warm leg is cold!

Snoring

Posted on December 30, 2021 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Abandoned cat, adopted cat, Asleep, Black and white cat, Cat, healthy, Sleeping cat, Snoring, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

The cat is gently snoring next to me. I wonder why he snores? None of my other cats ever have. He doesn’t appear to be ill. His nose is warm and dry, he doesn’t have any discharge. He is big and slightly overweight. But he’s also fast and able to look after himself, we often see him leaping around the garden and recently he’s started playing with cat toys.

After being abandoned and left to fend for himself he stayed in our garden until we adopted him, I guess he’s bound to have some health problems. But he does not like being picked up. I have tried getting him in a cat carrier before now and severely regretted it. If the snoring gets worse he will have to go to the vets. But at the moment I will forgive his mild snoring. X

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!

Mallaband-Brown

Tag: Asleep

Asleep on the stairs

Cat wish

Cats sleeping

Cats sleep anywhere

Woke up late

Tired

Squashed – by a cat!

Snoring

Sleep

Tired