Two cats asleep

Posted on January 4, 2022January 5, 2022 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, Friendly, Insomnia, Relaxed, Sleeping, Tired, Tuxedo cat, Two cats2 Comments

My two boy cats last night, sleeping on an armchair and on the arms between the two armchairs. I’d got up to get a drink because I couldn’t sleep again. First one came up to say hello, after he’d been cuddled he went to sleep on the chair where the bigger cat usually sleeps. Then the big cat came in and seeing his usual space was taken jumped up next to me on the chair arms. Eventually he settled down too. It’s so good to see them getting on so well. The big one could bully the others but he doesn’t, they all three are pretty respectful of one another. If you are wondering where the third one, the small female was, she was upstairs curled up in the cupboard!

Insomniac again

Posted on December 28, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Drawing, Insomnia, Life, Monarch of the Glen, Sketching, Sleeping, Tired, TVLeave a comment

When you don’t sleep well it’s easy to be drawn into watching TV. The last few nights have been horrendous. I’ve not got to sleep until 5 or 6am. Then sometimes there is a programme I really want to watch. Tonight there are four hour long episodes of Monarch of the Glen. It was a series I watched twenty years ago and I haven’t seen repeats of it. The pleasure of watching it outweighs the sleep I am missing. But maybe one day I will get back to sleeping well.

Has Santa been yet?

Posted on December 25, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Blank verse, Christmas, Dreaming, Life, Poem, Poetry, Presents, Reindeer, Santa, Sleeping, sleigh, St NicholasLeave a comment

Dawn is a coming

The sleigh is halfway

On its route around

The world.

Up and down continents

North and South

From East to west

He flies.

Pulled by reindeer

Under radar

Over phone lines.

Past startled cats.

Waking birds too

For an early

Dawn chorus.

Santa’s sleigh

Is on its way!

Three hours sleep

Posted on December 7, 2021December 13, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Bottle ovens, Dawn, Insomnia, Night, Painting, Poem, Poetry, Sleeping, Time, TiredLeave a comment

Go to bed

Lie down

Stay awake

Close your eyes

Calm your thoughts

Calm them again

Think of something else

Reinvent the wheel

Remember another problem

Count sheep….

Count goats

Daylight

Dawn…

Sleep….

Wake up after three hours

Repeat…..

Cat boxed

Posted on December 6, 2021 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Box, Cat, Fun, Hidden, Poem, Poetry, Silly, Sleeping, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

You can’t see much-

But he’s in there!

Hidden and snug

Illusory emptiness

From his black hair

Turned up exposure

Won’t give him away

Snug and hidden

He’ll sleep all day!

Wish I was

Posted on November 27, 2021 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Bad rhymes, Black and white cat, Cat, Cat toys, Catnip, Fun, Playing, Poem, Poetry, Sleeping, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

Wish I was a warm fussy cat

Snoozing on the chair

Tucked up nice and snug

Feeling really very smug

Basking in warm air!

Wish I was a happy little cat

Eating till I’m full

As I’m feeling very fat,

I’d rest my paws and head

Sleeping on the bed.

Wish I were a contented cat

Dreaming of chasing mice

Never having to hunt for food

Playing with my catnip toys

When I’m in the mood.

Cat

Posted on November 2, 2021December 13, 2021 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, Fun, Miaow, Photo, Poem, Poetry, Purr, Sleeping, snore, Tuxedo cat2 Comments

Purr said the cat

Hello to you

How do you do?

Hiss said the cat

Your hand is heavy

Please move it.. Now!

Miaow said the cat

Yes I know I sat

On the cushion next to you.

Snore, snored the cat

Yes I am quite fat

And sleeping next to you

Every day…

Posted on October 25, 2021 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, Disturbed, Life, Relaxed, Rest, Sleeping, Trying to understand, Tuxedo cat2 Comments

The cat jumps up and lies on a cushion between mine and my hubby’s chair, sometimes you can hear him purring or snoring. It’s a sign of how he trusts us. But EVERY day hubby, at some stage, will decide to stroke the cat ‘because he loves it’. The cats tail starts to twitch. He is disturbed by the attention. He wakes up and jumps down and goes out.

I have TRIED to explain the cat wants to rest and sleep. The attempt to stroke him really irritates him. I have said leave him alone and let him be. But the temptation is always there. Stop it! Leave it alone. The trouble is that it doesn’t work. Hopefully he will learn.

Big cat

Posted on October 21, 2021October 22, 2021 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Big cat, Black and white cat, Cat, Humour, In the way, Life, Sleeping, Stairs, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

Ex-outside cat slept on the stairs last night. He sometimes sleeps on our bed now but instead he was halfway down and I almost stood on him. He is very big and was lying on about two thirds of the step. Luckily I just saw him in time. He is a real character, when we are in the living room he sits between the arms of the chairs we sit on. He seems to really want to be with us. I hope we have completely gained his trust.

Since he moved in with us he’s put on weight and become much calmer. He seems to be very settled with us now. He also gets on well with our other two cats despite him being twice the size of our small female cat. I can’t imagine a time without cats.

Elbows

Posted on October 14, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged elbows, Insomnia, knees, Life, Poem, Poetry, pulled calf muscle, Settee, Sleeping, Tired2 Comments

After almost a month I managed to get upstairs and go to bed last night. I knew it would be difficult sleeping after a month on my own. I didn’t realise how pointy elbows are, or how legs have sharp knees! So I wrote this little poem… !

Sleep, I need it

But elbows get in the way

Digging in my ribs

And back

Turning night into day.

What I mean is

I just have to say

That when you’ve

Spent a month alone

Sharing a bed again

Is full of elbows

And knees….

Sharp and pointy

Keeping me awake

Till dawn.

Mallaband-Brown

Tag: Sleeping