Play Time!

Me and my humans have been outside nearly the whole day and I have run all over my garden and all over the fields and through the fences and I have had simply the bestest of days, but now I am a wee bit tired, so I am resting a bit before I go outside again.

The weather was good and my MH was feeling fit, so when she had finished playing with her machine inside, she decided to play with her machine outside. Did you know my MH loves machines? Anyway, her and my DH nipped into the garden and he brought out the new lawn mower so that she could learn how to make it go and in a wee minute or two she was off. So was I, dear friend. So was I! I nipped through the fence and went away to find a nice quiet spot in the long grass where I could have a nap until it was safe to go home again. I had to wander away quite a distance 'cos both my humans were playing with machines, so my garden was a VERY noisy place. My MH was wandering round cutting the grass and my DH wasn't far behind her strimming all the edges. It does look nice, but I still don't like it when the machines are shouting at me.

However, when they were finished, they both gave me lots of attention and as soon as I heard my MH calling for me, I ran back into my garden and we all played together. I like this picture of me . It is a wee bit out of focus 'cos I was doing my usual and moving faster than the speed of light and the old dear just caught me before I disappeared in a blur again. I think I look quite funny in this picture and I think it might make you smile.

I made my humans smile a lot when I kept jumping in and out through my fence from my garden into the field and then from the field back into my garden again. It was really great fun but it has made me a bit sleepy. The sun is still shining and my grass is lovely and short and lovely and warm, so I may just have a lie in my garden tonight and listen to the birdies singing for me. My duck friends are still around, but they didn't come into my garden again. I think maybe they are frightened from my MH! I will go and find them later on and have a chat with them and tell them that she is quite nice really.

I will probably tell them all about the machines too although I am sure they will have heard them this afternoon. I am sure the whole of my little island heard them!

A Question

If somebody who looks after the sheeps is a shepherd and somebody who looks after the cows is called a cowherd, what do you call somebody who looks after ducks? I think it might be a duckherd and if that's what it is, then that's what I am. Well, that's what me and my MH are.

This morning after my DH went away on the boat, me and my MH were looking out of the window and we saw that the three ducks were inside my garden and the Boss was not at all happy. She doesn't mind them in the field, but she definitely didn't want them in my garden, so she flew out of the door as fast as her little legs could go, and naturally I was right behind her. I was actually in front of her, but I don't want to embarrass her, so I just pretend.

We wandered up beside the ducks and rounded them up with me at one side and her at the other shouting 'shoo ducks' and the ducks shoo'd right out of the gate which my MH shut, but it is OK for me, 'cos I can slide under it. I didn't want to tell her but when I was having a chat to said ducks later on, they told me they could slide under it too. Oh dear! It was good fun though, and I really liked being a duckherd cat. That is something else I can put on my rather vast CV!

Later on in the afternoon when we were in the gym, I had a good look at the new lawn mower and I have to admit it is a nice bit of machinery, but I will never be its friend. I shall merely tolerate it and my humans have accepted that. They were both out in the garden when my DH came home and he played with it for a wee while and I heard my MH say that if the weather stayed good, then she will cut the grass with it tomorrow.

So guess what I am doing tonight! :-)))

I'm Sorry.....

...but I don't have very much news for you today. I have hardly been outside all day as the weather has been so awful. The wind has been blowing and the rain has been raining, so me and my humans have stayed inside nearly all day.

It has been a good day though and my MH played with me lots of times and cuddled me lots of more times 'cos she doesn't want me to get lonely and she knows how much I love playing with her. She was cleaning the bedrooms today so I followed her round my house and she chatted to me all the time she was working.

I spent some time with my DH too 'cos I don't want him to feel left out and we have a lot of work to do in our greenhouse but I had to wait until the rain went off before I went out to see where he was and I sat on the shelf while he fixed some of our plants. I like that but I was a wee bit cold, so I nipped back into my house just in time to catch the old dear going into the gym, so I followed her in there too and sat on the chair while her little legs did their exercises. It is the only place she doesn't talk very much to me 'cos she is either singing or she has no breath! Whatever the reason I am quite happy just being there and making sure she is OK.

We had just finished when we saw our friend N. driving up with his tractor and trailer and he told my MH that he had brought her new lawn mower 'cos it had just come off the boat! Oh dear. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but it will make things a lot easier for my MH so I am trying to be happy. Honest!

My DH had good fun putting it all together and he says all we need now is some dry weather to make the grass all ready to be cut. Now, where did I put that rain spell? Hee hee :))

A Funny Old Day

When my DH skipped away to the Cat Shop my MH told me that as it was a good day we would do the washing and she would hang it up on the clothes rope and I was so excited 'cos I knew it meant that I could run up and down the clothes pole while my MH was watching me. I waited very patiently while she put all the clothes in the machine and then I lay on the back of my couch while she ran all over the house with the vacuum cleaner and finally it was out time!

Off we toddled across the grass and even before the old dear got anywhere near the clothes poles yours truly was at the top of one. I could see for miles and miles and I was nearly as high as some of the starlings who were a wee bit surprised when they saw me up there. It was lovely and so when she was finished, my MH played with me for a long time and we both loved it lots.

When we went inside, she still had some work to do, but that was OK 'cos I knew that we would need to back out to the garden to bring the washing in and I could have more plays, so I was quite content. But then, disaster! The sun went away and the rain came on and my poor old MH had to go racing into the garden to bring in all the clothes before they got soaking wet again. I decided to let her do that bit on her own! Well, I didn't want to get in her way. I know she appreciated my thoughtfulness and I did give her a big purr when she came back in again.

The rest of our day wet off without any more hitches and by the time my DH came home again, we had all our work finished and we had managed a play together as well. So it has been quite a good day, but we are hoping that tomorrow will be warm and sunny so that we can get out to play in my garden.

Paws and fingers crossed!

Happy Humans

It was raining this morning and quite blowy when we got up and my humans were happy. Not because the weather wasn't good but because they had got all their work done yesterday when it was sunny and dry.

We had our usual lazy Sunday and my DH just did wee bits of work inside my house, but me and my MH sat on my couch for lots of times and I got zillions of cuddles. She had some letters to write so I went into the room with her and I took up my usual position on top of the printer/ fax machine thingy. I think you have seen some pictures of me up there. My humans don't normally use that machine a lot, but for some reason, the old dear decided to use it today while I was on the top of it!

So, there was I. Sitting on the machine, half watching my MH working and half snoozing when suddenly the world underneath me shook as the printer thing jumped into life and started wheezing and grunting and rattling. Oh my dear friend, I nearly jumped off, but being an intrepid little Squeak, I just sat there and watched what was happening, but I was ready to scoot if I had to---but I didn't. It was all perfectly safe and it was just paper that was coming out. Phew.

In the afternoon, we were all in my living room and I was having a napette on the back of my couch when my MH decided to have a wee lie down on the couch. She told my DH that all her gardening yesterday had made her a wee bit tired and she was going to do a Squeak and have a snooze, so she lay down and covered herself with a blanket. Well, before she had her eyes shut, I was down off the back of the couch and landed on top of her. I ran up along my MH's side and 'wheech' I was under the cover beside her. I purred for her until she went to sleep and then I snoozed as well and it was lovely.

I got a super surprise after my dinner 'cos I was on my usual position on my MH's knee and she put my television on 'cos she wanted to see the tennis and there was Andy Murray playing my friend Raffa. Oh, he is lovely, especially when he smiles and when he does, there are six knees in my house that go all wobbly. My four, and my MH's two. My DH just shakes his head!

So, that has been my Sunday. We are all settled down and the tennis is finished. Andy won and that was good, but Raffa smiled and that was brilliant. It is pouring with rain, so I may not be going out too much later on, but that's OK 'cos I am a very contented little puss tonight. I have had a very good weekend and I hope you have had a good one too.

Oh What a Day

The weather on my little island today was just brilliant. From the minute me and my MH got up, the sun was shining and there was no wind and no rain, so I just knew in my little bones that I was going to have a very good day, and for the most part I was right. There was just one tiny wee snag which you will discover in a second.

My MH took her breakfast sitting outside and we listened to the birdies, but there still aren't any swallows to annoy me which is just lovely. Maybe they are here and are just behaving themselves. That would be good 'cos they are lovely birdies but I just HATE when they dive bomb me--even when I am just lying on my very own path being a very good little puss. So that's not fair. Sure it's not? Anyway, me and her sat outside for a while just listening and thinking and having a wee chat and then she decided that since it was a lovely day, she would wash all the outsides of our windows especially as the front ones were all full of salt and dirt and we could hardly see the outside from inside. But they are sparkling now after the old dear played with her window machine and made them all lovely and clean. When we were outside, I asked her to take a picture of the flower pot with the 'Squeak-proof' cage on it and here it is. I have been very good and haven't tried to get in beside the flowers, but I can't promise that will last for ever. Hee hee.

We had a wander all round my garden and I am afraid my MH was a wee bit upset when she saw how long the grass was but with the mower not working, there was nothing she could do, so we just had a wander and she tooked this picture for you to show you what I can see from one bit of my garden. I can play on this pampas grass too and sometimes I hide in it and my humans can't find me. I like playing that game but I don't leave them worrying for too long 'cos I am a good puss.

The nice lady from next door came past ---not the farmer lady, but another one that visits there a lot and she said that her car had a puncture and she was going to get one of the nice farmer men from next door to fix it. Well, you should have seem my MH's lugs waggling! Boy, I thought mine could waggle good, but my dear old MH could teach me a thing or two and she told my DH to grab the farmer man when he was passing and see if he could fix the lawn mower. And guess what? He did, and he did!(My DH grabbed him--well spoke to him, and the lawn mower got fixed) I was sort of annoyed but then I saw how happy my dear old MH was and I tried to be glad for her. She was very happy as she wandered all over my garden cutting the grass and I must admit that it was lovely lying on it when it was all short and soft, so maybe I will stop complaining about it. I might as well 'cos it doesn't make any difference at all!

So, that was my day. I have had a super time 'cos I have been outside all afternoon and what has made it even better is that my humans have been outside watching me and smiling when I did funny rolls or when I ran up the clothes pole. I prefer that pole to yesterday's one, but that is just our little secret, please.

It is now resting time, but I know I am going to be out very late tonight 'cos it is still beautiful and I love being outside late when the weather is good, so I shall tell you all about it tomorrow.

I hope your day has been as good as mine.

Walkies!

Well, we did stay up very late last night but I didn't really understand it 'cos it was just a lot of talking on my television, so I just lay on the old dear's knee and had a sleep till she wakened me up to go to bed.

Our Friday has just been a normal day, but a normal day with string 'cos it is Friday and Friday is message day and messages means string and string means fun. See? We all did wee bits of work today but nothing too hard and there was lots of time to sit on my couch beside my MH while she talked to me and stroked me and it was during one of these gentle times that we were shattered by a terrible noise outside and do you know what it was? No, of course you don't, but I will tell you. It was my DH with his strimmer on the grass and what a noise it was making! Oh it was dreadful. I had to stick my adorable little paws into my equally adorable little lugs!

But then my MH had a brainwave. She tooked me for a walk. A real doggy-on-a-lead type walk 'cept I am not a doggy and I wasn't on a lead, but you know what I mean. It was brilliant and I was able to explore places I had never explored before AND I climbed a ginormous great big pole and made my MH laugh out loud. I had just made a great big run up the field and shot up the pole without a second thought. It was only when I was a thousand feet up in the air that it dawned on me that this was a different type pole to the one I am used to climbing. For a start, it was wooden while mine is concrete and this one was HUGE while mine is littler, so after I had worked all that out, I just let go and drifted down to earth again then trotted home beside my MH. Oh, my dear friends, It was simply magic.

Later on, I was having a snooze on my couch when I got a great big surprise. My friend S. came to see me and when she was giving me lots of cuddles, I told her about my pole climbing adventure and she was very impressed. I will be going out to play later on, and I may give the pole another try later. We will see.

I will have to tell the Daisys and the ducks and the sheeps about my adventure. In fact, I will probably tell everybody I see. I am rather proud of my adorable little self!