Packaging

Posted on March 26, 2024 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Art, black bag, Box, Bubble wrap, Canvas, Cardboard, Fine, Life, Post office, Postage, wrappingLeave a comment

How do I send a canvas in the post? I have wrapped it in bubble wrap but when I got to the post office they didn’t have any boxes big enough. They suggested I put it in a bin liner and tape it well but I didn’t think that would be secure enough. I asked them if they had any old cardboard boxes and they gave me two small boxes with low sides. I will try and unfold them and use them to strengthen the front and back. I was then going to use a black bin bag, but I went in the petrol station to fill up. They were chucking out a large cardboard box so I asked for it. I will use that as outer packaging with lots of tape. I’m glad I called in. Wish me luck, and the canvas a safe journey X.

The right size box?

Posted on October 13, 2023 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Asleep, Belly rub, Black and white cat, Box, Cat, Curled up, Fun, hermit crab, Tortoise, turtle, Tuxedo cat2 Comments

What is a cat in a box?

Cat in a box, I think they are like an upside down tortoise or turtle? Or maybe a hermit crab? Inhabiting just the right sized box…. Finding a box the right size they can pour themselves into. We have a small medium and large cat and each have tried this box. The big cat has to stick his head over the edge, the small one could fit in twice. The middle one is like Goldilocks, it’s just the right size for the box. Wiggle room to twist over for a belly rub. I sometimes tip a bit of catnip in…. Which is most appreciated…. OK… Life is good for our cats….

Two cats one box

Posted on October 5, 2023 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Big, Black and white cat, Box, Cardboard box, Cat, Cats, medium, Sleeping, small, Tuxedo cat2 Comments

No sooner had the big cat got out of the box then the small cat got in! Middle cat slept in it last night, I didn’t think to take a photo of him in the darkness.

Cats and boxes are such a good fit! No pun intended. I think they like them to keep away draughts!

Oops, now it’s empty, the cat got bored! With boxes “one size fits all cats”.

Cat in a box

Posted on October 4, 2023October 4, 2023 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Box, Cat, Fun, nine lives, Photo, Poem, Poetry, Quantum, Schrodinger, Tuxedo cat2 Comments

Cat in a box

Schrodinger knows

Alive or dead?

It will still have

Eight lives left

Quantumly…

Cat on a box

Posted on August 29, 2023 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Box, Cat tree, footrest, Life, Plants, Tuxedo cat2 Comments

I turned round and then back, and there was a cat on the box that I’ve been using as a footrest. The box normally has a cushion balanced on top of it but sometimes I want to reposition my legs and it’s slipped so I need to rebalanced things, and voila the cat, without missing a beat commendered the box top. This is the other boy cat, not my friend from this morning. The other, other cat is usually found nesting on one of the cat tree platforms, which, because of my hubbys mad indoor gardening, is also used as a lemon tree and cumquat plant stand. Oh the joys of sharing a house.

Cat in a box

Posted on July 5, 2023 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Box, Cat, dreamy, Plants, Poem, Poetry, Sleeping, Tuxedo cat, wooden box2 Comments

Curled and fitted,

Sleepy cat in a box.

He finds a place to kip

In the kitchen

Comfy and cradled

Relaxed in a wooden bed

Next to the plants

From my friend

Thriving next to the window.

The cat snores gently

Dreams of racing paws

Across grass and flowers

Flying over the garden.

Happy

Pond yatch?

Posted on April 19, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Boat, Box, Brother, Hubby, huge, Life, Package, pond yatch, Postage, Settee, Silly, small, titanic, wrappingLeave a comment

This arrived today! It’s almost the length and width of our settee. My hubbys brother has sent it in the post. Why? It’s meant to be a pond yatch. But our pond is smaller than the box!

I don’t need more stuff in the house. I don’t know how much wrapping is inside the box, I just told my hubby I’ve now got something to put him in when he has passed away.

Hubby and brother used to make toy boats as children, they had a small lake near their childhood home where they built ships and then reinacted naval battles and set fire to the ships (I don’t have to say what I want to do with it do I?)

Oh well, another start to another weird day. Household peace may resume. But I’m not sure when! I just wish he’d open the box, but he seems happy just to look at it!

The cat found a box

Posted on January 25, 2023 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Box, Cardboard, Cat, Parcel, Sleeping, Snug, Tuxedo cat, WashingLeave a comment

We got a package today in a cardboard box. Before you could say Jack Robinson, one of the cats had co-opted it as a snug, draft free bed. I don’t know how long it will last. He’s slightly too big for it and one of the sides is a bit loose. He’s just lain down after having a good wash. Snuggling and curling, paw over nose.

What makes cats nest? You see them on videos, squeezing into tiny spaces, climbing into holes in virtually anything including empty washing machines!

Levitating cat?

Posted on January 25, 2023 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Box, Cat, Chair, Fun, Levitate, Lying down, Photo, Poem, Poetry, Rhyme, Sleep, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

Front paws on a chair

Back legs on a box

Sagging between

Or levitating above.

Comfy you say?

But what if he sleeps.

Will he fall off?

How can he stay.

Stuck on a space

That doesn’t support

While a foot away

A comfy sofa!

A little jigsaw

Posted on November 25, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Art, Box, envelope, Fine Art, Jigsaw, Life, Painting, Poppy, Present, Print, Printing, Wild flowersLeave a comment

One of my paintings has been turned into a little jigsaw by the gallery I have it in. I need to decide whether to order a few off them. I’d like to get some flat boxes to put them in so I can have a picture on the front of the box. Probably unrealistically expensive but I think it would look nicer in a box than just a plastic bag? I need to find out about sourcing something. Maybe a strong envelope?

Mallaband-Brown

Tag: Box

Packaging

The right size box?

Two cats one box

Cat in a box

Cat on a box

Cat in a box

Pond yatch?

The cat found a box

Levitating cat?

A little jigsaw