Month: May 2020

Too much information?

No, I’m sure you know how it is and do exactly the same.  Anyway.  I was struck with a horrible thought. What if there was a virus on my paw. WOULD I BE EATING IT?

Help……….

I have been trying to think about possible solutions. I could of course walk though puddles and clean them that way. But there aren’t many clean puddles, are there?  And would the virus be in the puddles? No, I don’t think so. Water drowns things. 

Anyway, I thought I would give you, Dear Reader, a privileged insight into one of my favourite pastimes – boxing. I can tell you, there is nothing better than a good box.  You may want to take it up yourself.

Mmm. Is he talking about pranging with his paws and claws, I wonder? Or is he talking about an actual box? A box for sitting in. He’s keen on boxes.  Personally, I prefer an igloo. I protect my igloo at all costs. Defend it with tooth and claw, you know.

As I was saying: there’s nothing better than a good box and I normally have a selection of them available.  I like this one as it’s quite roomy. Ideal for days when I have eaten a lot and I don’t want to feel squashed.

This is my absolute favourite. As you see, it fits me like a glove and I can hang my paw over the side. This box also has the advantage of having a glorious elevated view over the garden so I can view all the birds, scan for invaders and see what’s going on.

This box is perfect for when you want a really tight fit. It gives a wonderful squishy feeling inside.  The downside is that I can’t get my paw out in time if the White Delight should happen to attack.

And this one… has some of my practice equipment in it. (The White Delight sometimes calls them toys.)

Well that’s it from me for today.  I hope you have enjoyed the run down on my boxes and I do hope you will be able to find a comfortable one for yourself and settle into it.  

Love

Leo x  (The Magnificent)

Oh Leo!  I wish he wouldn’t interrupt me.  We all know he is trained in combat.  He is constantly sharpening his claws on anything that comes to paw – trees, logs, carpets, sofas….and just look at how he inspects them.  I wouldn’t be surprised if he didn’t file his incisor as well. As we all know, it’s very sharp.

Anyway, just look at this

What do you think it is?  Do you think this is one of those coronavirus things?  I saw it on the hall floor while I was on my way to find a few kibbles (still rationed, you know) and it’s worrying me to death.  It doesn’t smell right and it doesn’t look right either.  It seems to have snaky-looking protuberances. I have been keeping away from it.  It gives me the shivers just to look at it.  Ghastly thing isn’t it?

Oh there have been fun and games today.  Quite interesting actually. Leo the magnificent, as he now likes me to call him, was removed from a room grumbling loudly, wailing, in fact, and kicking his legs about.  I understand there was something called an online course going on and he was making too much noise.

What is an “online” course, I ask you?  Is it something to do with fishing? That involves lines, doesn’t it?  Perhaps he was frightening the fish away?   I don’t like fish. They make me vomit when they are in my food. Anyway, Leo was taken out screeching and protesting loudly and was made to exit the house by the kitchen door, which he didn’t like.  Why ever not?   

And…. if I had been that cross I would have inflicted a bite… and I DID NOT. I don’t know why I was picked up and taken out of that room when I was simply adding to an erudite conversation with a few well-chosen meows.  The White Delight is getting worse.  Should we be adding fish to the list of things he doesn’t like along with birds (nasty, noxious and noisy, apparently) and eggs (make his tail curl in a peculiar way)?  Thank goodness I’m not on his lists of dislikes!

How does he know he isn’t?  Actually he isn’t.  He doesn’t make my tail curl oddly, although he can be noisy like the birds and for the most part he doesn’t make me vomit, like fish…. but of course I’m not actually eating him. And …. I am sweet natured and I have a big heart!

See you tomorrow …. and avoid that virus thing.

Love

Simba xxxx

No? I thought not.  Well, I can tell you it had the White Delight in quite a spin.    He caught sight of it in the garden and he hurtled right up a tree and shocked all those birds he doesn’t like.  How many times has he called them “nasty, noxious and noisy”?  I’m surprised none of them dropped dead with fright seeing him up there.  I have never seen him move so fast.  He usually moves like a slow loris but on this occasion he was as swift as a vole when I’m on its heels.   Now I know what the term “scaredy cat” means.

As you can see from this picture I’m back in my beloved igloo-  NO BIRD! We’ve ousted it from our website.  It has gone. Verschwunden! Disparu! Actually I don’t know quite how it happened but its offending picture is no longer here and I have regained control.

I have been doing a lot of thinking about birds (nasty, noxious noisy things) and as I told you before that they are being fed with fat balls. (Yes, BIRDS are being fed when OUR kibbles are being rationed!) After careful contemplation I now believe they are being fed to make them heavier so they can’t take off and we can catch them more easily. I haven’t caught a bird for a long time now… but perhaps a new career awaits as a pest control officer.

Take care and see you tomorrow.

Love

Simba XXX