Toast at 4am

Posted on November 3, 2022 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Awake, Cat, decaffeinated, Grief, Insomnia, Loss, Mourning, Sad, Sleepless, TiredLeave a comment

It’s another one of those nights. I lie down to sleep but my thoughts churn. I’m too hot, then too cold. I tried reading but hubby wants the light out, then he starts to snore. I came downstairs to get a drink, decaffeinated coffee, what a thrill?! I decided to treat myself to a slice of toast with hummus. Not very exciting. I know that at this rate it will be afternoon before I get up. One of the cats is on the armchair next to me, paw over his nose, keeping the light from the standard lamp out of his eyes. Oh to be a cat, curling up wherever you can. Warmed in a fur coat that is totally ethical. The house creaks at night, it’s old and not very well made. I think of my sister late at night. My chest does ache, but it might just be the cold I’ve had for the last few days. I guess I’ve got to learn to live with the loss. I’m still mourning her. Maybe tomorrow night I’ll get a better night’s sleep.

Digital cat

Posted on October 30, 2022 Posted in Cat, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Cat, Drawing, Filter, Halloween, Life, Photodirector, Pumpkin, Sketching, technique, TexturesLeave a comment

Using a digital filter can steady down analogue drawings. The splodginess of felt pens can get blurred out and the line work becomes more even. I used photodirector to change this drawing. I used the ‘effects’ AI filters and I think I used filter number five on the landscape choice. Somehow the top of the pumpkin looks like a bat….

#bandofsketchers prompt

Posted on October 30, 2022 Posted in Cat, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Cat, Drawing, Felt pens, Fun, Halloween, Pumpkin, Purr, Scary?, Sketching, TeethLeave a comment

Today’s prompt was Halloween. I decided to take my idea from the pumpkin that I carved last year. So we have a cute/hellish cat glowing neon yellow sitting on a lawn waiting for any trick or treaters. Will it bite their ankles? Who knows…. Purr

Pumpkin cat

Posted on October 30, 2022 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Art, Carving, Cat, Etruria Industrial museum, Fun, Life, Memory, PumpkinLeave a comment

I carved this pumpkin cat last year for Halloween at Etruria Industrial Museum. It is meant to be a black cat if it was lit at night. I think they used battery tea lights for safety. I think I carved three or four with different designs. Memories of a more cheerful time. I should say be careful carving out pumpkins. I thing I cut a finger slightly while I was doing this x

Little paws

Posted on October 29, 2022 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, Cute, Depth of field, Head, Paws, Photo, Picture, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

Foreshortening does things like making my cats head look large and her paws small. It’s because the main focus of the photo is her head and everything else is further away from the lens including the paperweights, which are actually almost as big as her head. They are all in focus because of the depth of field. (the distance from the lens that stays in focus when you take a picture). The photo was taken on my mobile phone. If I had taken a picture at about the middle of her body I think everything would have been more in proportion. You can use the position of your camera phone to get interesting effects.

Four am view

Posted on October 28, 2022October 28, 2022 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Blank verse, Cat, Cat doorstop, Cat Food, cow creamer, doorstop, four am, Night, Poem, Poetry, Window2 Comments

Looking out at four am

Through steamed window

The view is obscured

By a dying plant

(sadly too cold)

A cat doorstop

Cat food

A wind up radio

And a cow creamer.

Very random.

Too tired to rhyme.

A few cat photos

Posted on October 25, 2022 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Art, Black and white cat, Cat, Cats, companion animals, Happy, Life, Purring, Tuxedo cat2 Comments

Two of my cats, the big one and the medium one. Both very happy, the little one has gone outside. The sun’s been shining and their coats are gleaming in the light. The big cat came up and tried to sniff the phone as I took his photo, you can really see how that affects the view, making his head look a lot larger than his body. I love looking after my moggies. They make me feel a lot happier.

Prompt was exercise

Posted on October 18, 2022 Posted in Cat, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Black and white cat, Cat, Drawing, Exercise, Fun, Playing, Sketching, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

Sundays #bandofsketchers prompt was exercise. I haven’t been doing much exercise recently so I wasn’t sure what to do. I watched my cat chasing a ball and so I decided to draw her playing. I think it counts as exercise? Not a brilliant drawing but it’s hard to draw a cat moving so fast!

Cats

Posted on October 14, 2022October 14, 2022 Posted in Cat, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Black and white drawing, Cat, Cats, cats eyes, Eyes, Horror, inscrutable, Short storyLeave a comment

The cats stare at me, what do I mean to them? What do they want? Unblinking, looking silently. The sight is unnerving. And so many cats, all together. Like a jury sitting at a trial. No tails twitch, no ears turn. The concentrated look is infinitely worrying. Like some form of hive mind…. Do cats do that? I thought you couldn’t herd cats, but these ones? They know what they want, and I feel like a mouse in their glaring cats eyes….. Inscrutable…

Sleeping arrangements

Posted on October 11, 2022October 11, 2022 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Bed, Black and white cat, Cat, Sleeping, Sleeping cat, Tired, Tuxedo cat, uncomfortableLeave a comment

One of the cats came and slept on me last night. I don’t know if it was for warmth (probably) or comfort. He lay with his head on my hand and gently purred. The only problem was when I had to get up to go to the bathroom. As I shifted position he moved down by my feet. That was good, so I had a cup of coffee before I went back to bed. But then it was difficult to get back in bed. I tried to slide across the mattress but my feet and knees were bent uncomfortably. The cat didn’t move, so I slowly straightened my legs, but I knew it would come to a point when I would have to push him down the bed. Then our female cat came in the bedroom. She jumped up and the male cat jumped down…. I breathed a sigh and straightend my legs, what a relief !

Mallaband-Brown

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