Tag: cat
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Nothing says “The joys of the Yuletide season” quite like a trip to the vet. On Friday I had to take Louis Catorze for his steroid shot and, astonishingly, there was bone-chilling silence on the walk there. It was quite the departure from his usual gut-wrenching screaming, especially that one time when he screamed so…
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It’s 1st December or, as I like to call it, the first day of Psychological Winter. Although we are very much a nature-minded household – well, it’s hard not to be when we live with a black vampire cat who informs us via his naughty behaviour when there’s a Bad Moon Rising – the date…
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If you could meet a historical figure, who would it be and why? It would be the person who invented tarot cards. Mainly so that I could apologise to them for this. One of my friends gave me a set of black cat tarot cards for my birthday, and each one looks like Louis Catorze,…
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Every time I look at Louis Catorze, I think, “Aww. Our little boy has a heart murmur.” And he looks back at me, most likely thinking, “Oh, it’s you. Why are you still here?” People have been asking after him and feeling quite sorry for him, but his symptoms so far have been screaming, demanding…
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If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be? Anywhere but these green bits: One of my blog followers, who lives in Oklahoma, told me that their cats would bring in tarantulas, dead and undead. They told me this a long time ago – some years, in fact – but it’s not…
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Every so often, I read a cat story that utterly lights up my life. Last week I had one of those moments. I follow a brilliant blog written by a gentleman called Louis Carreras – no, not because his name is Louis, but because he’s a great writer and I always learn new words from…
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What is good about having a pet? It might not be the best time for me to answer this prompt, since we have just returned home from taking Louis Catorze for his booster vaccination. If you have ever had to take an animal to a vet, you will know just how dire it can be:…
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Hallowe’en may be over, but Louis Catorze is still creeping the hell out of us. When you’re a black cat, you are able to blend seamlessly into darkness. We know this; we have kicked Catorze about 9,742 times in the dark because we didn’t realise he was there. You would be forgiven, therefore, for thinking…
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How do you manage screen time for yourself? Quite simply, I can’t and I don’t. And, of every one of the 836 hours per day that I spend on my phone, 736 are spent on WordPress documenting Louis Catorze’s stupid shit. (The other 100 are spent messaging people to complain about his stupid shit, and…
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I’m a little late to this particular party as I’ve only just found this out, but it’s too good not to post. Just when we thought cats were the biggest sods on the planet, a dog makes us question ourselves by invading the pitch during a League Two football match in Mexico and stealing the…
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What’s something you believe everyone should know? Remember when Louis Catorze hated the guitar? Yeah, well, he still does. In fact, there are times when he actually seems scared of it, and he scarpers as soon as he sees Cat Daddy reaching for it. Yes, that’s right: the little sod will happily take on larger…
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These few days post-Hallowe’en have been pretty awful. I have been ill with a monstrous cold (not Covid but easily as bad), and Le Château seems bare and bereft with the decorations all put away for another year. Luckily there are cats to cheer us up. Not my cat, obviously. Mine is highly affronted that…
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Cat Daddy and I were out walking one day when he said, “Look! There’s a cat! A ginger one!” Me: “Where?” Him, pointing: “It just went into that hedge.” I looked, but was just too late. I peered at the other side of the hedge to see if the cat would come out but, a…
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What makes a good neighbour? Cat Daddy and I have always been extremely lucky with our neighbours. Over the years we’ve had one neighbour* who was quite unpleasant, and another** who was just downright odd, but everyone else has been delightful. *I saw her let her dog go to piss on our front wall and,…
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