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 [...]
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 [...]
In May 2009 I bought Puddy a brand spankin’ new scratching post for her birthday and hoped she’d use it, since she’s so unpredictable when it comes to cat toys. Luckily she did use it – in fact, she used it to death! Within a matter of months, it looked like this: She’d completely ripped [...]
Yesterday we got hit with a pretty bad dust storm which left the world looking very orange for the majority of the day. I managed to get Puddy inside and close all the doors and windows before it really arrived, which spared me the painful task of cleaning up a dusty house today. I didn’t [...]
I must admit that I have been rather neglectful of Puddy since Phill and I returned from our holiday. Of course, I’ve been feeding her and giving her the odd head scritch and I always give in when she jumps up on the bed and wriggles under the doona (much to Phill’s displeasure), but other [...]
