Oh Dear!

What is the cat equivalent of the dog-house, 'cos that's where I am today! And it was just a slight error of judgement on my part that nearly ended in disaster.

I wakened up a four o'clock this morning and the first thing I noticed was that there was no mist, so I decided that I was going out---right then! Now, I never go out on an empty tummy, so I had to waken the Boss so she could feed me.

Well, this is something I do on a regular basis and I thought I had it down to a fine art, except this morning. There is a wee cabinet beside my MH's bed and I normally sit on this, wriggle my adorable little bottom and spring, purring 'geronimo' as I sail through the air landing delicately on some part of her anatomy, and that generally gets her attention, although sometimes it also needs smelling salts and heart massage before she is up and about.

However, today I mis-timed my spring and the lamp and the radio and her book landed on the floor with a clatter and I decided that I was best well out of the way for a wee while.

It didn't take too long before I was forgiven. I still have the magic touch!! We went into the gym and then my MH cut the grass and she took this picture of my house with its grass all cut so you can see how tidy it is.

We played for a while and then went down to give the lady cows a drink and I sat and had a wee think while the bath was filling up and then when we came home I asked my MH to take a picture of one of my clumps of pampas grass so you can see what I see when I am hiding, so I hope you like all my pictures today.

Winner

If there was an Olympic medal for hiding, I would have won the gold this morning!

I went out very late last night and I played in the mist 'cos I could creep up on the birdies and the mouses and they couldn't see me until I was nearly purring in their ear! My, that gave them a fright!

I just had a wee sleep, something to eat and then back out again and that's when I could have won my medal. We have a big clump of pampas grass at the front of my house and I was lying at the bottom of that, and nobody in the en-tire world could see me.

My MH stucked her head out of the living room window at about eight o'clock this morning and she shouted for me, and although I heard her, I didn't want to go inside, so I lay very, very still and she didn't see me. My little lugs didn't move. My adorable little tummy didn't move 'cos I hardly breathed in case she heard me, and for once, my little wagger behaved itself and it didn't move either and it was almost like I was invisible!

Oh, I was so excited that I forgot I was hiding and jumped in my window to tell my MH what I had been doing and it was then she decided that I deserved a medal 'cos she worked out that I must have been very near my house when she was looking. I am so clever I surprise even me at times!

It is still not very nice weather today so apart from a wee visit to the gym with my MH, we have been indoors, but that's Ok 'cos I will have a rest and I am watching some horses doing jumping things today and then I shall go out to play---and hide---tonight!

That's the magic plan. I hope you have a magic plan too.

More Games

I have spent the afternoon on my MH's knee watching the tennis. She was cheering for Andy and I was purring for Roger, but I didn't let her hear me and she was a very happy MH when Andy won his gold medal. I am happy too, 'cos when my MH is happy we are ALL happy! Hee hee :))

We watched a lot of athletics and cycling last night and we all enjoyed it, but my MH was talking to her friend and she said something that was quite funny. She said that when she goes on her exercise bike she can do about twelve miles an hour and if she had been in the Olympic velodrome, the other cyclists would have been whizzing round her! I got a picture in my adorable little head and it made me laugh a lot and if you knew my MH, it would make you laugh a lot too!

I watched so much sport last night, that I was quite tired and had to have a nap and my MH took this picture of me which really is quite fetching as I am sure you will agree.

I went into the greenhouse today with my DH and we checked all our plants which are doing quite well but my tomatoes are not quite ready for eating just yet. We need a wee drop of sun to make them go a bit more red and then we can eat them.

The mist is disappearing at last, so I think I shall watch some more sports tonight and then I shall go out and practice my high jumps and my long jumps in the long grass and torment all the mouses in my neighbourhood 'cos after all, that's what pussy cats are supposed to do. Isn't it?

Nothing to Report

I think I have tired my adorable little self out with all this Olympic thinking, so I am resting today.

The weather still isn't behaving and we have a horrid mist rolling in and out all day. Somebody said my MH must have put wet grass on my Olympic cauldron and it's making all this smoke!

I did go out last night and then early again this morning but I soon came back home and cuddled in beside my MH and had another wee nap.

My MH went over to the graveyard today which is on the other side of my little island and she said the scenery was beautiful. The water was very still and the Hoy hills were reflected in it and the mist just sat above them. She didn't have her camera, so she came back to get it, and guess what? It was raining!! Oh she was not best pleased, I can tell you.

I made it all better for her by sitting on her knee and giving her one of my special cuddles and that made her very happy.

I think we are going to be watching lots more sports tonight, so I shall just stay sitting on her knee and we shall both be lovely and comfortable.

I hope you are too.

A very quiet day

I have spent most of the day just thinking and not doing very much at all. My humans have been out all day and I have been in my house on my own although the window was left open for me.

I played with the birdies for a wee while and pretended I was stalking them, but I never catch them. My MH thinks it is because she has told me not to chase them, but really it is because I have worked out that they can move a lot faster than me, so it's not worth my while even trying. But I'm not telling my MH that!

I wandered down the path and had a roll in some of the dust and I liked it a lot. Then I went home to wait for my humans and my MH told me all about her day as I cuddled up on her knee for a while, so I am quite content now and I shall have a long snooze before I attack the outside again later on.

I hope you have a good weekend and I am sure I will.

Excited Puss

I have been SO excited since I got an email from my friend J. 'cos she gave me a brilliant idea that made me really happy.

I am going to have my very own Olympic Games here on my very own little island with all my very own friends! Isn't that just the bestest thing ever? She had a MAGIC idea and me and my MH are going to make it work.

It will be called the 'Adorable Olympics' and if you have forgotten where all the 'adorable' bits come in, it's 'cos when I was a wee baby puss, the lady who fostered me before my forever home, said I was adorable and when my humans got me, they were told I was adorable, and they agreed, and I liked it too, so it is official. I am adorable! See?

Anyway, back to the Games. My MH will make all the medals and my picture will be on them all and there will be lots of games for all my animal friends. There will be a race for horses, but Barney will definitely win that one. Why? 'Cos he is the only pony on the island!! Hee hee

There will be races for pussycats and pole climbing for them too and there will be scampering races for mouses and a jumping event for the lady cows. My MH said she would make a moon and the cows could jump over it. Brilliant, isn't it?

I would love to see them trying to climb my clothes pole, but there might be too much mess in my garden, if you follow my drift? There will be target diving for the swallows and as long as they stop dive-bombing me, then I will be quite happy.

There will be swimming races for the ducks and egg-laying timed races for all the hens, but I haven't decided if we should invite the doggies as they can be quite naughty sometimes, but I am still thinking about it.

Oh, I think this will just be the bestest fun all the animals have had for a long, long time and I am so excited, I can hardly sleep, but I think I will try hard now to have a nap, 'cos there is so much for me to think about and to organise, but if you have any more ideas, just let me know please.

Just as I promised

I told you yesterday that I was given an oil painting of my adorable little self and I asked my MH to put it on my blog for you and here it is. And to show you how good it is, there is one of the REAL me as well.

All is well Chez Squeak, but the weather isn't very good again and I haven't felt like going outside too much which is fine 'cos I am a bit tired 'cos I stayed out very late last night, so I need my beauty sleep today.

It was a lovely night and so I went out exploring and hunting and I had lots of lady cows to talk to and there were lots of wee mouses to chase, so I was kept very busy, but you know how much I like it.

My DH has been in Stromnes today so it was just me and my MH and we watched the Olympics on my television and we both liked it a lot, but I have a question.

When my MH's little legs are going fast and fast, why does her bike never move like they do on the television? She does all that hard work, but doesn't go anywhere!

Do you think she knows?