Cats and mice!

It appears we have a MOUSE in the kitchen. It's been very cold recently, well below freezing most nights, and little field mice come to find warmth and shelter I guess. Anyway, I noticed some droppings in the cupboard under the sink and my husband has taken the plinth off from underneath. Typical, isn't it. You buy two of the best mouse-hunting mammals known to man, feed and house them and they can't even earn their keep by catching a mouse!! (Actually with the price of decent worming tablets from the vets, I think it's been cheaper to buy a couple of mouse traps!)

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Alexandra Burke won x factor here she is!

Every Saturday night x factor has ruled our entertainment plans at the weekend. A bottle of wine and settling down to the tv, wondering who would be next to go out of the contest was the highlight of our Saturday nights! Here is Alexandra Burke - only 19 at the time, singing one of my favorite songs from the contest....

My bengal cat movie with commentary!

More of Fagan and Little Lady

I LOVE this photo of Little Lady. You can really see her Mediterranean blue eyes!

Aren't cats adorable when they have just woken up ? Unlike people!!!

Here's Fagan with my youger daughter.

Check out the size of this cat! Here is is, spralled out on my double bed ! His tail and head nearly reach the sides!! I weighed Fagan this morning. He is exactly one stones... that's 14 lbs, or 6.35 kg.

Bengals are not normally lap cats. They are dominant personalities and dog like in their manner. They have a loud wild-cat-like call. They answer you when you talk to them. They are very intelligent, adore being around you and involved in what's going on. They can easily get bored without stimulation. They can also terrorize cats in the household or neighbourhoods. According to a Bengal rescue site on line, some Bengals are best in a one cat household. Fortunately his lifelong companion, Little Lady, is quite used to his showing off and holds her own when it comes to any terrorist attack. After a chase to the top of the house in the morning after breakfast, they both immediately crash out on the bed and sleep for the rest of the day!

I have just ordered a 'cat dancer' toy. I used to have one of these when I bred Siamese Foreign and Somali cats many years ago. It was a present from my bronther in the States and I had never seen them here in the UK. It's the best cat toy EVER! Like all the best ideas it's very simple..a piece of hard to destroy raffia-tyle fibre on the end of a long thin springy wire. I am sure I will waste many an hour with the cats once that arrives.

The cats have kind of met 'Mo' - the British shorthaired cat which is currently resident in the conservatory whilst my elderly mother is being cared for by my cousin.

So currently there are three cats here!

Vintage Paris Chunky Book pages

The other evening my husband arrived with a new filter coffee machine. Of course I just had to try it out. The first cup of ground coffee was a little weak. So I had another go. That cup was nice and strong...... so nice in fact, that I had another cup! As a result of the huge caffeine rush, I didn't sleep till 6 in the morning. ! No matter, I got on with the making the Vintage Paris themed 4x4" chunky book pages (ten of them plus the reverse sides) through the night, for a swap for collagestuff.com. Here they are a few.....