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Sa Majesté Louis Catorze, Le Roi Soleil, supreme ruler of Le Château, sworn enemy of canine foe and scourge of Ocado delivery drivers.

Month: Nov 2019

  • J’adore mon iglou

    Louis Catorze’s winter igloo has officially been reinstated. Even though I know that, once he’s in, he won’t be coming out unless it’s on fire. Selfishly, I wanted to delay giving him back his igloo because I like having him on our laps. That said, I know how much he loves it. And it means…

  • J’ai dégusté ses poils avec des fèves au beurre et un excellent Chianti

    On Friday night there was no sign of Louis Catorze, which was rather unusual as he has slept on our bed with us pretty much every night ever since the first day he came to live with us. That said, since the time he hid somewhere in the house (hiding place still unknown) and we…

  • Le froid ne m’a jamais dérangé de toute façon

    We all know that Louis Catorze isn’t really one for doing what we would expect (or want). In 37-degree heat, he heads for the sun. In thunderstorms, he heads outside. And, if faced with a larger and more ferocious animal who could kill him in an instant, he pitter-patters towards it, up-tailed and screaming. However,…

  • Ce chat est une chose que je ne peux pas expliquer

    *WARNING: CONTAINS GRAPHIC REFERENCES TO NASAL MUCUS. DO NOT READ THIS WHILST EATING OR DRINKING.* After his 729th escape out at The Front this week, Louis Catorze rolled in with his hindquarters looking like this: No, we have no idea what it was, but it appeared to be something organic rather than artificial. And, although…

  • Des cris aigus

    Although I probably give the impression that Louis Catorze only has two settings – Screaming and Asleep – in actual fact he has a number of different voices, as described in this post: https://louiscatorze.com/2018/11/11/je-gueule-donc-je-suis/ My favourite sound is now numéro 2 on the list and, although we only used to hear it when he was…

  • L’amitié est un trésor

    The beautician who does home visits tends to be mysteriously “fully booked” during the days surrounding Hallowe’en. She and Louis Catorze did make their peace** after that unfortunate incident* but I fear that, just to be on the safe side, she avoids him during Peak Psycho Time. And I can’t say that I really blame…

  • Le chat hérite de la Terre

    Tonight is the biggest firework night of the year. And, as is the case every year, Le Château will be surrounded by bangs, crashes and whoops of all kinds. Most normal pets will be taking cover somewhere safe. However, if his behaviour last weekend – when a scattering of smaller-scale firework displays took place –…

  • Écharpe 2,0

    I have finally finished knitting Cat Daddy’s Brentford FC scarf, just in time for today’s match against Huddersfield. The knitting experience has taught me a number of things: 1. Drink-knitting is a thing and, like drink-driving, it should be avoided at all costs. 2. No matter how many times you unpick and redo the bits…