Outside

Saturday 18th February and it was time for Lettie to explore outside in the garden. It was a lovely warm spring day with hazy sunshine. She was very timid at first

exploring the shrubs in front of the patio.

But after deciding that they were harmless but smelt nice

she progressed further afield. She was fascinated by the birds

and attempted to climb the ‘cat proof bird table’ with no success!

She ventured further afield and after an hour or so became quite used to the space and freedom.

Growing up

Settling Down

It has been just over a week since Lettie (as opposed to Lattie) arrived.  She has explored the whole house and she and Fifi have almost made friends.  Lettie has decided where her favourite places are

and the best places to sleep.  Apart from my lap she has taken over Tipsy's spot on the sofa and sleeps on the bed at night.

More exploring

A New addition

Off we went to the SPA as we had had an uninvited visitor through the cat flap. We thought that we would get a male cat which would be territorial and keep off the feline gate crashers. Although there were many males, including this one who we called the walrus

as his markings were appropriate. Helen fell in love with Lattie a female grey tabby!

So what happened? We returned home with Lattie, who as I write, is exploring her new domain and keeping a wary eye out for Fifi.

It should be an interesting night!

2017 so far

It’s the middle of January 2017 and Fifi has been on her own for about a month. She still looks for Tipsy but she is an independent sole and now patrols her domain with a certain amount of authority. So far she has brought in three mice and one bird for our inspection. Thereby showing us how much she appreciates us and advising us that her hunting skills are more than adequate! However, as much as we acknowledge that she is an expert huntress we have been unable to impress upon her that we are aware of her skills and that she does not need to show us so often. All the mice have been released back into the garden and the bird was set free. It just shows that she has the mouth of a “retriever” and rarely harms any of her prey. At the moment the garden is under an inch of snow and the temperature is below five degrees so Fifi is not impressed with this year’s winter!

Tipsy

19.12.2016  Sadly Tipsy died this morning.  She will be missed greatly by all at home.