19 July 2017 Chimney Crow I was finishing putting the shopping away in the morning when I heard some loud scuffling noises from the chimney (it’s in between kitchen and living room). I thought maybe the cat was stuck in there so I ran to living room and just caught…
Birdgate
02 June 2015 When our cat, Rusty, dragged a creature into the hallway I was in the living room. I saw it and closed the door between where I was and the hallway. I thought it was a mouse, panicking and now knowing what to do I asked for help…
Rusty, the photogenic cat
18 June 2014 Rusty, the photogenic cat As you no longer let me constantly take photos of you since you hit puberty (can’t say I blame you) I have had to find another muse… This dubious honour has fallen to Rusty, the best cat in the world ever, who’s a…
A Juvenile Blackbird in our bathroom…
10/02/2014 A Juvenile Blackbird in our bathroom… P1230691, a photo by Leticia on Flickr. Our cat, Rusty, brought this lovely juvenile to our upstairs bathroom. At first I just heard singing and flapping, then it dawned on me she had brought something in. Rusty had taken the bird to the…
Thursday, 28th of February 2013 – 15/02/2013 – RIP Aphex
Thursday, 28th of February 2013 15/02/2013 – RIP Aphex On the 15h of February I cycled to work, as I got there my phone rang. It was Jeff. He had received a call saying Aphex was dead. She was crossing the road either to or from the common and got…
Wednesday, 7th of December 2011 – Aphex’s accident
Wednesday, 7th of December 2011 Aphex’s accident Sunday, 20th of November started off very very foggy and we were looking forward to a nice Sunday Roast later in the day. The night before Jeff and I watched ‘Elite Troop’ (Tropa de Elite) and Aphex had been sitting on my lap,…
Saturday, 6th of November 2011 – Goodbye Kittens, so long and thanks for eating all the fish…
Saturday, 6th of November 2011 Goodbye Kittens, so long and thanks for eating all the fish… The last kitten, Elmer, has gone… to Andy. They all had homes to go to. Steph got mini-Rusty and Tom (now called Isis and Osiris), Vicky got Cohen, your friends Joe and Tina got…
Monday, 30th of August 2011 – More on kittens…
Monday, 30th of August 2011 More on kittens… Rusty tried to move the kittens from the living room to under our bed quite a few times towards the end of last week. After some pondering, I decided to move her to your wardrobe, she’s been more settled since. Too much…
Friday, 26th of August – Kittens!!!!
Friday, 26th of August Kittens!!!! While we were in Boomtown we asked Vicky to housesit, as we thought Rusty might have had kittens while were away. Thankfully she didn’t, it took another week for it to happen, and by then she was huuuuuuge! On the Sunday (21st of August), when…
Wednesday, 20th of July 2011 – Rusty Gizmo, The Cat
Wednesday, 20th of July 2011 Rusty Gizmo, The Cat For a few weeks we noticed there was a small tortoiseshell cat sneaking in the house, eating Aphex’s food when we were upstairs/sleeping. Jeff kept trying to shoo her off, but I just told him to leave her and let her…