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We have sneaky cats tonight!
I just got up from the sofa to use the littlest room in the house and when I returned I found that Freud (a long haired white and black grumpy cat) had stolen my place.
Having returned him to his rightful position, on Dave's lap, I sat down again to notice Bella (a very round long haired ginger girlie) creeping, no, sneaking her way under the other sofa to get to her favourite place ~ behind the sofa and under the radiator.
Shard, our other beloved moggy is nowhere to been seen. This is never a good situation, usually she is under our feet, on our laps, draped across our shoulders or anywhere that is the most inconvenient at the time. This can only mean one thing; she has gone to find a clean towel in the bathroom to lie down on and make her bed for the night. Hey-ho, another towel that will need washing before it can be used!
Once upon a time, I had a thing about long haired cats and wanted to fill my home with their furry little bodies, okay so I was probably losing my grip on reality at the time and in retrospect, must have been barking mad, but one by one we somehow acquired way too many long haired unloved moggies. Over the years, they have been rehoused or have departed naturally or when they've been poorly, they have taken a final visit to the vet. This has left us with the three that we have now. Each of them is over 10 years old and I guess that in a few years time we could be cat-less.
Whilst I can't imagine our home without a cat, I also can't envisage having a veritable collection of them again. I think that a good rule is not to have more cats that you can carry at any one time ~ unless it's Freud, who can't be carried at any time without loss of blood or possibly limbs of the carrier.
One of the biggest downsides to having long haired cats is the amount of cat hair that can accumulate in the house if I am not vigilent about removing it from, well, every surface. We brush the cats every night (or they riot) but still they manage to leave clumps of fur wherever it will show up nicely. Freud likes to deposit his white fur on our chocolate brown sofa, whilst Shard (who is a dark tortoiseshell) likes to leave dark brown and black fur on our pale carpets (or white towels).
Bella prefers to be even more cunning, she leaves ginger fluff on our beige carpet in the hall. Hers cannot be seen so very well, but as she is extra fluffy, it does clog up the vacuum cleaner extremely well on each and every vacuuming of the hall. I used to try cleaning up Bella fluff by using sticky tape, sticky side out, but she got wise to this tactic and started to shed fur that wouldn't adhere to the sticky tape.
How I love my furry friends!
Well, it's time to make a cup of tea, chat soon, Liz
We have sneaky cats tonight!I just got up from the sofa to use the littlest room in the house and when I returned I found that Freud (a long haired white and black grumpy cat) had stolen my place.
Having returned him to his rightful position, on Dave's lap, I sat down again to notice Bella (a very round long haired ginger girlie) creeping, no, sneaking her way under the other sofa to get to her favourite place ~ behind the sofa and under the radiator.
Shard, our other beloved moggy is nowhere to been seen. This is never a good situation, usually she is under our feet, on our laps, draped across our shoulders or anywhere that is the most inconvenient at the time. This can only mean one thing; she has gone to find a clean towel in the bathroom to lie down on and make her bed for the night. Hey-ho, another towel that will need washing before it can be used!
Once upon a time, I had a thing about long haired cats and wanted to fill my home with their furry little bodies, okay so I was probably losing my grip on reality at the time and in retrospect, must have been barking mad, but one by one we somehow acquired way too many long haired unloved moggies. Over the years, they have been rehoused or have departed naturally or when they've been poorly, they have taken a final visit to the vet. This has left us with the three that we have now. Each of them is over 10 years old and I guess that in a few years time we could be cat-less.
Whilst I can't imagine our home without a cat, I also can't envisage having a veritable collection of them again. I think that a good rule is not to have more cats that you can carry at any one time ~ unless it's Freud, who can't be carried at any time without loss of blood or possibly limbs of the carrier.
One of the biggest downsides to having long haired cats is the amount of cat hair that can accumulate in the house if I am not vigilent about removing it from, well, every surface. We brush the cats every night (or they riot) but still they manage to leave clumps of fur wherever it will show up nicely. Freud likes to deposit his white fur on our chocolate brown sofa, whilst Shard (who is a dark tortoiseshell) likes to leave dark brown and black fur on our pale carpets (or white towels).
Bella prefers to be even more cunning, she leaves ginger fluff on our beige carpet in the hall. Hers cannot be seen so very well, but as she is extra fluffy, it does clog up the vacuum cleaner extremely well on each and every vacuuming of the hall. I used to try cleaning up Bella fluff by using sticky tape, sticky side out, but she got wise to this tactic and started to shed fur that wouldn't adhere to the sticky tape.
How I love my furry friends!
Well, it's time to make a cup of tea, chat soon, Liz
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