I'm not alone!

Well, I'm not alone after all.......... I have some company here albeit minimal! lol, oh and 'David', if you pass this way again, do you have an url or a link or summat so I can return the favour?


Today the cats decided it was summer at last, despite it being colder than the last few days. 'Ditto' who is not yet two spent the day gleefully rediscovering the 'hunting business', though her skills require considerable honing after the winter break! I kept an eye on her for a while for fear she would proudly bring me a 'present', only to find her repeatedly pouncing on a small piece of plastic bag exitedly. She did progress to stalking a twig, dancing about after an insect or two and 'chattering' at a bird that stupidly came to land in close proximity, but thankfully, thus far, I haven't been treated to a doorstep 'gift'! Things will change no doubt as her summer goes on and her skills improve, I would like to be able to be miffed with her when she presents me with a trophy but I can't be for long.......she's a cat, it's what they do!

Poppy on the other hand, the matriarch at almost 17, is done with her hunting days and having not so much as poked her nose outside the door for 6 months decided today was the day. She's none too sure about all the open countryside. Having spent her life in a town she's far more at ease avoiding cars than facing a cow or a sheep but made the effort to potter onto the balcony, she watched Ditto play with apparent disapproval, sat in the sun for 10 minutes and then hobbled back inside!