A byootaful Life

On Saturday morning, I took Puddy to her new home. She was pretty good in the car and didn’t whine much. She seemed to be calmer when I had music playing, and sort of rested her head against the speaker in the passenger’s door. She meowed a few times so I poked a couple of [...]

I was patting Puddy the other day while she was curled up on my lap and my fingers brushed something hard on her ear. I instantly thought “flea!” because it felt like that familiar little hard body they have. I learnt all about fleas when we first took Puddy in as a stray – she [...]

Not literally, because I think that would be borderline animal cruelty? Anyway, turns out enviro bags are just like boxes, because Puddy did this: I had left the bag next to the chair while I gathered up a few things to put in it. Turning around, I saw that the bag had been claimed by [...]

Last week Phill and I went to Bunnings to buy some plants. We’d had a sudden urge to grow our own vegetables, especially tomatoes, since the tomatoes in the stores at the moment are ridiculously expensive and very bad quality. We came home with a chili plant, a cherry tomato plant, garlic chives (because I [...]

I was concerned that Puddy wouldn’t like her new (second-hand) cat furniture, but this last week has really put my concerns to rest, because she’s been using it like a crazy cat, especially the tunnel! She loves to scoot under the tunnel on her back, using her claws to drag herself along. She scoots through, [...]