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.

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.

Gold cat

Posted on June 17, 2021 Posted in Cat, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Birthday present, Cat, Fun, gold cat, Life, Sketching2 Comments

Birthday present I got on Sunday off a friend who knows I love cats. Gold acrylic paint and fine black ink liner pen. The prompt for this Thursday was a gift I received. #bandofsketchers

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

Walking today

Posted on June 10, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Aching feet, Bee, Cat, Exercise, Fun, Hill, kilometers, Miles, Time, Tired, WalkingLeave a comment

Three walks around and about today totalling 11.97km (almost 7.5 miles)

Two were around the university then a late walk once things had cooled down this evening. I walked up our steep hill and saw the sunset, I didn’t get a good photo of it, then on and around the top of our hill before descending again. I know I’ve gone far enough because my feet and ankles are aching.

I came home to an errant bumble bee. We tried to put it outside but it must have flown back through an open window because I caught one of my cats looking like it was about to pounce on it. In the end I used the mug and envelope technique and it was transported safely out of the back door and flew off onto the night.

Trying to think of a three panel story

Posted on June 3, 2021 Posted in Cat, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Cat, cat cartoon, Cat doodles, College, Funny, Humour, Learning, Life, no words, Thinking, three panel storyLeave a comment

Rough sketches, three panel wordless piece. I experimented with colour and the positioning of the panels. Also could it be a front, side or top or bottom view of the cat and of it breaking out through the cat flap? Could the sequence change? What are the cats emotions? Why does it want to get out? Fear, adventure, looking for a friend? Lots of reasons, even sunshine….? Or a bird it’s seen singing outside… Oh dear!

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!

How do you release jelly (jello?)

Posted on May 30, 2021May 30, 2021 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Cat, cat mould, Dessert, Food, Funny, ginger cat, jello, Jelly, jelly mould, Life, Orange, Trying4 Comments

Trying to make a ginger (orange flavour) cat jelly.

I was given a cat shaped jelly mould a few years ago but never used it. Then yesterday I decided to make an orange jelly for fun. I could have added fruit or trifle sponges to strengthen it but I wanted it to be pure jelly, and I was going to call it ginger and maybe take a few photos in different places before we have it for tea.

I tried mixing the jelly powder but I didn’t realise it hadn’t all dissolved until I cleaned the bowl I’d made it in, would that weaken the jelly? Then I couldn’t lie it down level because it’s head is higher so I had to prop it up in a bowl to put in the fridge. I let it set overnight. But how to get it loose? I tried running a thin knife round the edge, then turned it up on a plate, wobble, no! Tried running the mould under the hot tap, no! Tried tapping the mould, whoosh, a few bits dropped out, tried a knife again and tapping.. It finally came out, a saggy, wibbly wobbly brother cat to the solid mould.

Does anyone know what I should have done?

Mallaband-Brown

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