Wet Cat

Posted on December 26, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged 60 miles an hour winds, Black and white cat, Cat, Gales, Rain, Sleeping, Tuxedo cat, Wet cat, Wild weatherLeave a comment

I sometimes think our outdoor cat knows he’s onto a good thing…. Its been raining heavily and blowing 60 mile an hour winds, but he insists on going outside. The shed door is propped slightly open so he can shelter, but after an hour I shouted him. He came in, a bit damp, had something to eat and drink then went back to the door with my hubby. He was standing there holding the door open, but the cat didn’t want to go out. So then he came and sat on our armchairs (there’s a cushion between us), but no, I tried stroking him, he jumped off and tried out our bedroom, but soon came back downstairs. Now he’s sitting and staring at me. I also think he’s a bit nervous of the noise the gale is making. He keeps staring at the window. I can understand my two indoor cats, but this one is new. I can’t mind read what he wants yet……

Cats keep warm

Posted on December 25, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Bed, Black and white cat, Curled up, Fire, Keeping warm, Poem, Poetrt, Sleeping, WindowsillLeave a comment

On windowsills

On beds

In front of fires

Our three cats keep warm.

They snuggle

Curl and stretch

Heat seekers

Where the warmest places are

You will find them.

On the coldest nights

They each have their ‘spot’.

There comfy place.

To sleep and rest

And RELAX.

My boy

Posted on December 17, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cute, Fun, Indoor cat, Life, Love, Mine, Poem, Poetry, Sweet, Tuxedo2 Comments

My boy was here first

My boy is patient

He’s cute

His eyes close and he smiles.

My boy is not a large cat

He’s compact

Just the right size.

My boy is a tuxedo cat,

He wears it well.

This is his space.

He owns it,

Belongs here

Warm and friendly

He is mine

I am his.

Turning a blurry photo into an abstract.

Posted on December 14, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Art, Black and white cat, Cat, Design, Life, Oily, Photo, Photodirector, Picture, SmearedLeave a comment

With oone filter. I used this to show how you can change a photo using just one filter. In this case the cat was transformed into an apparent oil painting abstract by using the second style filter in the Photodirector app. This smears out the details into swirls and patterns. It also makes the edges of the areas of colour more obvious.

Woke up to the outside cat on the bed…

Posted on December 10, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, Duvet, Morning, Outdoor cat, Progress, Sleeping on the bed, Tuxedo cat, Waking up12 Comments

He stayed the night again and I woke up with a very happy cat snuggled on the bed. So much so, when I got up and made a coffee I couldn’t get back in bed easily because he was weighing the duvet down! I think he’s transitioned to an indoor/ outdoor cat now. Which is good because he can spend winter in the warmth of his new home.

Outdoor cat likes our bed!

Posted on December 8, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Bed, Black and white cat, Cat, Life, Loving, Outdoor cat, Relaxed, Sleep, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

Guess who I found had snuggled up on our bed! He only stayed in for a couple of hours then went back out. Last night he came in late and only went out at 7.30am.Hes very polite, goes and yowls by the back door when he wants out, or if we have gone to bed he comes up and wakes me up! After three years outside that we know about this is really good progress. Goodness knows why he was abandoned, he’s very sweet.

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……

She’s lovely

Posted on December 6, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, Cheeky, Fun, Lovely, Photo, Poem, Poetry, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

And cute,

And weird

And wary.

her eyes are bright

As shiny buttons

She jumps and leaps

With mad exuberance.

Behind the tv

Up the curtains

Racing upstairs

Before you can say go!

My cats

Posted on December 1, 2020December 1, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Black and white photo, Happy, Indoor cats, Living room, Photo, Relaxing, Sitting, Tuxedo cats2 Comments

Brother and sister

I love them, my boy cat (back) and girl cat (front).

I adjusted this photo to black and white because there were too many colours and I thought it would be better with a filter to make the image more coherent. These are both small cats, the girl has a smaller head but a bigger body (she likes her nosh), boy is a healthy weight, not too big. Both are happy and are learning to integrate with the boy cat from outside, even though he’s bigger than both of them, they boss him!

Two boys

Posted on December 1, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Boys, Cheek rubbing, Fun, Indoor cat, Learning, Life, Outdoor cat, PheromoneLeave a comment

On the settee… Indoor and outdoor cats are tolerating each other. These are the two boys, the girl cat sleeps upstairs. There is a bit of trouble over sleeping spots. They seem to like a spot and take it, then the other one comes along and snuggles there instead.

One thing I am trying is stroking their cheeks. Apparently the spray you can buy with pheromones to calm cats down is based on the scent they give off from the scent glands in their cheeks. So I guessed if you stroke one cats cheek, then stroke the other one it might help. It’s certainly helped them get used to each other..

Hmm. Almost bedtime, will I have to get u to let outdoor boy out later? We will see….

Mallaband-Brown

Tag: Black and white cat

Wet Cat

Cats keep warm

My boy

Turning a blurry photo into an abstract.

Woke up to the outside cat on the bed…

Outdoor cat likes our bed!

Asleep

She’s lovely

My cats

Two boys