Not Me

I have decided to show you what I can see when I stand on my living room window sill.

My house looks over to Stromness which was a small fishing village but over the year's it has grown. It used to be the sailing ship's last stop to take on water before heading to Canada and many of the men living here belonged to the Hudson's bay company and there are lots of Canadian/Orcadian people still there today.

The boat you see in the foreground is the MVGraemsay and it brings me to my little island from Stromness. It also goes to Hoy but everybody on my little island has to use this boat as it is the only one we have, while Hoy has boats at the South of the island. I was on this boat when I was a tiny baby puss and I liked it.

The big boat in Stromness Harbour is the Hamnavoe and 'Hamnavoe' means 'safe haven' and this is the boat my humans get on if they are going South to Scotland or further away. I haven't been on this one yet and I don't think I will be on it 'cos I just like staying on my little island.

I hoped you liked this little lesson!

Sunday, Sunday

My DH likes the 'Mamas and the Papas' and they have a song called 'Monday, Monday', so me and my MH were thinking of writing another one about Sunday.

Here is the first verse: Sunday Sunday my day of rest

The day is magic, the very best

I lie around on my mummy's knee

And purr aloud when she tickles me. Brilliant eh?

I think I might be very famous one day and everybody will be singing my songs.

Anyway I have a very lazy day and my DH has been watching the football on my 3D TV so he is a very happy DH, but it was only a draw so that had kind of tempered his good mood a wee bit.

At one point today, my garden was full of people and THREE dogs! It is just a good job that I was in my house at that time, or I would have chased those pesky dogs away!!! I had had my Weetabix and was fit for anything!! However, I was asleep at the time, so I just could not be bothered sorting them out!

So far so good and I am having a very restful day, and today's picture shows me in my very favourite position---asleep on the job!

Have a lazy Sunday everyone.

Quieter

The wind is much quieter now and I have been out playing lots and I am quite a happy pussy cat today especially as I got real fish for my dinner last night and I just loved it. My humans had fish and chips for their dinner and I had some of their fish but I didn't have any chips 'cos I just like the fish and it was scrummy!

Then this afternoon I had a big surprise visit for my MH's friend who usually comes up on a Sunday but she decided to come today and we had good fun. We played for a while and she tickled my tummy and I love that too, and she told me she could feel the fish in it, but I think that was a wee fib---wasn't it?

I like when she comes up 'cos she calls me her 'ickle wickle' but when I do something funny, she calls me a 'muppet' and I am not sure I like that just as much, but I don't really care what she calls me as long as she makes a fuss of me and tickles my adorable little tum tum.

WHEW!

Boy was it windy! It was VERY windy. I heard my humans saying that it had been blowing at about 120mph, so it goes without saying that I was kept indoors, I wasn't very happy, but I was safe!

I am still not very happy today even though I have been able to get out to play 'cos the wind has gone away for a wee while, but my MH put my wormer STUFF on me and I do not like it at all.

I know you will all tell me it is for my own good, but I still do not like it.

I got out to play a lot today and we haven't had any damage except some of the guttering has blown away, but my DH can fix that tomorrow.

I hope that awful wind doesn't come back again soon

Windy!

I managed out once today 'cos it is very windy, but according to my friendly weatherman, it has to get a lot worse, and it has to be a storm force wind, so I might not be out for a long time.

I don't like the wind 'cos it can knock me off my little feets and blow me away and I do not want to get blowed away thank you very much.

Do you know there are white horses in the sea? My MH told me that I could see white horses of I looked out of the window at the sea and I have to admit that when I did look I was a wee bit disappointed 'cos I wanted to see REAL horses but then when my MH explained, it was OK.

There were lots and lots of waves which just looked like horses galloping in the water and I had a wee happy purr at them and hopefully you will see some of them in today's picture.

Here in Orkney, when it is VERY windy, people say that the sea is 'smoking' and I think that is good 'cos I understand that. I shall let you know what it does over the next couple of days.

Cuddles.

I have had a lovely afternoon! My MH had to have a wee lie down and I went with her and we had a wee cuddle and she told me she loved me and I was a VERY happy pussy cat. In fact she had to ask me to stop being so happy, 'cos she couldn't sleep for my purring!

My MH tells me lots of things and sometimes she tells me I am a monster or a monkey or even a CHEEKY monkey, but I don't believe her when she says that 'cos how could a puss as adorable as me, be any of these things?

BUT! I do believe her when she tells me she loves me 'cos that IS the truth. My DH loves me too but I am more my MH's pussy cat although I help my DH lots and play with him too.

I am a very lucky and a very happy little pussy cat!

Trouble!

I got a row from my MH last night! She was a bit cross with me and I shall now tell you why.

As you know, I have been hunting a lot these nights and last night was no exception, but as it was a bit windy, my humans closed the window after me. Well, I did some chasing and running and then I nipped up to the window to be let in for a wee feed and then I went straight to the window to be let out again. I did this quite a few times and I guess my humans were getting a wee bit tired having to keep getting up to open and then shut the window, 'cos on one of my trips in, I got THE ROW!

When I went back in for another wee feed she said I was using the house like a hotel, coming in for something to eat and out again. She said it's a good job I am not a children 'cos I would be

changing my clothes as well.

Well, that got me thinking. If we puss cats could change our fur what would we be? My humans are Scottish, but I am an Orcadian puss, but I could wear tartan fur and when there was snow on the ground, I could wear white fur, and in the summer I could be covered in green fur and then the mouses would never know where I was! Maybe I should tell this to the pussy cat maker.

I wonder what other puss cats would wear?