Cats are odd

Posted on July 7, 2021July 7, 2021 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, Indoor cats, Outdoor cat, Photo, Playing, Relaxed, socks, Tuxedo cat4 Comments

My cats have decided to play with my socks instead of the toys I get for them. They don’t use the balls that light up, or the striped mouse, or an octopus with feathers (don’t ask). No it’s socks, socks, socks and the occasional underpants! Mostly they play a bit and then sit on them… Keeping their paws warm no doubt.

This is the two boys, one indoor, the other outdoor, although really they are both now. Both are friendly with each other and our girl cat. They get on quite well and don’t fight, there is the occasional paw raised, but if I tell them off they stop. I do love them.

Giant cat?

Posted on June 28, 2021 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, giant cat, Life, Photo, Short story, spell, Tuxedo cat, Very short story, wizardLeave a comment

The cat turned to stare at me. She had seen me in the corner of her eye. She had been staring at the wizard as he cast a spell. As his words ended she started to grow. Paws and legs, tail, body, head, ten times bigger? Twenty times. More. She was sitting on the stairs landing, but now her head and shoulders were about five feet above where they were minutes before.

This is a gentle cat, but her claws were now three inches long, she looked at me longingly. Ready to knead me with her paws, but they could now be deadly. Quietly I closed the bedroom door. Quietly I rang the local zoo. The wizard roared with laughter at the transformation. Claws started to scratch at the door….

Tig, remembered

Posted on June 23, 2021 Posted in Cat, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Black and white cat, Cat, Digital drawing, Drawing, Life, Memory, Sketchfu, Time, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

Tig was a stray cat we took in several years ago. I loved his black nose and chin. I used to draw him at sketchfu and this was the drawing I did of him after he died. He was very bright and got up to all sorts of mischief. Our outdoor cat could be his son! The similarities in looks and behaviour, even their thick shiny, glossy coats.i

I do like drawing cats. Most of them are black and white, but we once had a ginger cat and when I was a child I had a tortoiseshell cat. I have lots of paintings and drawings. Seeing this brings back fond memories.

Black and white, black and white cat.

Posted on June 23, 2021 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white, Black and white cat, Photo, Poem, Poetry, Sleep, snoozing, Tuxedo cat, TwitchLeave a comment

Curled round in sleep,

my hubby and the cat,

snoozing after tea.

Cat’s ears twitch,

hubby snores gently,

perfect peace for a while.

Resting at ease,

calm and relaxed.

Surely it can’t last?

Have to wait and see…

Happy Cat

Posted on June 21, 2021June 21, 2021 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, cat tales, gus:the theatre cat, Jellicles cats, Life, Poetry, t s Elliott, the naming of cats, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

She’s just come I from outside, curled up, happy, waiting for a belly rub.

Most of the cats I’ve had are black and white. So called ‘tuxedo’ cats. I think they may be the ‘Jellicles’ cats from the poem by T S Elliott who wrote ‘Old Possums book of Practical Cats’ which the musical ‘Cats’ is based on. I can’t remember much of that poem but it does say something about Jellicles cats ‘dance by the light of the moon’?

Other cat poems in the book include ‘McCafferty the Mystery Cat’, ‘Gus: The Theatre Cat’ and ‘The Naming of Cats’. I think they are much better as poems than adapted as songs.

Speckled

Posted on June 17, 2021 Posted in Cat, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Black and white cat, black fine liner pen, Cat, Drawing, Life, Sketching, speckled, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

I’m just catching up this week for #bandofsketchers so here’s my speckled drawing. Our outdoor cat. He’s actually black and white but I’ve drawn him in a pointellist way. I was interested in how the speckles changed direction as I drew…

Visiting cat

Posted on June 12, 2021 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, Cat Food, Life, Outdoor cat, Photo, Tuxedo cat, VisitingLeave a comment

Our outdoor cat, comes in for tea. Sniffing at the food bowls, and looking for a bit of love too. X can’t really say more xxx

Cats outside adventures.

Posted on June 6, 2021 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Art, Black and white, Black and white cat, Drawing, Indoor cats, Life, Outdoor cat, Sketching, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

Last night the cats stayed out till dawn. I called them every hour but they were not bothered. The two indoor cats are fine, they love being out now. They sit on garden walls and seem to stick together. They follow the outdoor cat around and the dynamic between them all has really settled down. They are being very loving when they are in. Lots of purring and cheek rubbing. They seem to be staying round the back of the house and garden, keeping away from the road.

If I can find them in all the foliage I will try and post some photos of them.

Butter wouldn’t melt..

Posted on June 2, 2021 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, Catflap, Escape, Humour, Indoor cats, Life, Outdoor cat, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

My indoor boy cat went exploring tonight, in the dark. I called him in a few times but it was only after he’d gone onto the next door but one’s garden and got soaked in a heavy shower of rain that he came back in. In the meantime I had to prevent his sister from going out. I can’t cope with both out at the same time.

How did he get out? The cat flap had been forced open by the outside cat again. It’s just indoor boy hasn’t worked out how to open it outwards yet.

Now he’s lying quietly on the mat, having a gentle wash with total unconcern. I know I need to stop worrying though.

Butter wouldn’t melt in his mouth he’s so cool!

The inevitable

Posted on May 31, 2021May 31, 2021 Posted in Cat, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat flap, Cats, escapes, freedom, Garden, Learning, returned, Safety, time to go, Tuxedo cat, WorriedLeave a comment

Sigh, it happened. Our intrepid outdoor cat has led my two indoor cats out into the great big green world of our garden. He is a bit of a cat burglar. Strong claws had forced the cat flap mechanism round so that the flap opened both ways. He must have come in for food overnight then forced it to get out. His Foster brother and sister were both ‘not in the house’ when I got up. That deafening silence that indicates ‘absence of cat’.

All I could do was call and whistle. Five minutes later, outdoor cat and Foster sister came in through the open door. Five minutes after that, Foster brother saunter up. You’ve been out I say, who me? He stares in innocence. I open the cat flap for him. No he wants the door opening. Finally they breakfast…. Now they are sitting tapping the cat flap again! Argh… Inevitable!

Mallaband-Brown

Tag: Black and white cat