I Got Mail!

We got home from the latest boaty adventure yesterday, and as Dad opened the door, he said " the cat's got a letter" in an astonished voice.  I don't know why he sounded so surprised - cats do get fan mail, you know!!  Anyway, I was very excited, as I don't get much post.  Here's the letter, addressed to the Ginger Boating Cat.

Turns out its from my Grandma, who has heard about my boating exploits. Grandma lives in Devon, where it always rains, and she has a cat also, although this little cat doesn't like my Mum and doesn't have a blog as yet. I opened the card quickly to see what was inside.

It's a Christmas Card!!  Grandma says she knows its not Christmas, and she hasn't gone completely loopy, but wanted to show me that there are other cats who like boats.  This cat even looks a bit like me.

Here's a close up. I might ask Mum to see if she can make it into a special big fat boat cat award.

Inside, it reads

"Greetings from Sunny Devon (although, as usual it is persisting down again).  Having heard about your riparian adventures from your Mum, I am sending you this card so you can see that other rather large ginger cats do boating things too, but with the correct equipment.  So persevere with your harness as it will keep you safe.  Anyway, I think nautical accessories look rather cool.

(you may have to get your Mum to read this to you as I am not sure if I can read)"

You can see I was listening intently as Mum was reading it to me.  I am not sure what riparian means - does it mean I'm a big fat ginger ripe cat?  I'm not sure I like the sound of that.  Mum says it's to do with water, but I'm not so sure.

Once I'd had a good look at the card, I thought I'd inspect the envelope, see if there was anything else inside.

I'll just put my paw in here, and if that doesn't work, I'll try my nose.

I've decided I like getting mail, it doesn't matter that Grandma thinks it's Christmas, and that I like being riparian!!

I'm a big fat ginger riparian cat.

Softie Treats with Salmon & Trout

In an attempt to make up for the Kitty harness fiasco, Dad bought me a packet of these - Tesco Softies Treats with Salmon & Trout.  There's even a picture of a cute kitty on the packet.

The are 95% fat free, good for fat kitties like me, and even look like little fishes... (apologies for the fuzzy photo).

However, then Mum took a look at the list of ingredients on the back of the packet, which are listed as:

Meat & Animal Derivatives, Cereals and Derivatives of Vegetable Origin - not sure I like the sound of any of that.

Fish & Fish Derivatives - minimum of 4% Salmon and 4% Trout - I'll bet my kitty harness that there's not much more than 4% of either

and some other stuff that doesn't sound very nice.  They even contain 5% Ash.  What's that all about.

They don't taste too bad though, so I will eat them, under protest of course.

Dad's just picked some strawberries from the garden, but even fat kitties like me don't eat strawberries.

I'm a big fat ginger cat who's disappointed with the fish content of his Softies.

The Kitty Harness - continued

So, I got to go to the boat, and do some real boating, although I did spend most of the time under the chair!

Mum decided it was time to give the kitty harness a try, so I was duly strapped up.  Then, she opened the door and I peered out into the big wide world.  There were some ducks, they were a bit scary and I wasn't sure what to do.  Then, I jumped with both paws onto the grass.  I tried to get into the bushes, but hadn't realised that Mum had attached the lead, so I couldn't, so I went into stealth mode and crouched down in the grass.

Mum picked me up then, and took me down to the pointy end, where Dad was sitting in the front fishing, and she sat on the side.  I sat in the grass for a bit, just looking round.  Then, someone came walking along, so I hot-pawed it back into the boat.  Mum then passed the lead to Dad, which he put under his foot, in case I wanted to come back out again.  Unfortunately, he forgot it was there, and stood up, which startled me, and I made a quick dash for the back, and was chased by the lead handle thingy until it got stuck under the bathroom door.  I hissed big time at it, until Mum came and took it away and unstrapped me.  I'm not sure the kitty harness is working out at all.

Mum says she's sorry, but she forgot to take the camera.  She did take a couple of pictures on her phone, but not of me though.  Dad caught this

It's a fish, apparently, but it was a bit wriggly.  Here's a better one.

I'm a big fat ginger not very happy with his kitty harness cat.

This Can't be Right!

Look at me, just look at me!!!  They took your advice and got me a harness thingy.  It's not very mancatly at all!!  I hope they don't expect me to wear this all the time.

You can tell I'm not impressed, can't you?  At least they didn't get me the pink one.

I'm a big fat ginger harnessed up cat.

The Great Potato Harvest

Big excitement in our house yesterday, as we had the Great Potato Harvest.   Mum planted 5 seed potatoes ages ago, and this is what we got back.  She thinks we left them in the ground a bit too long, but its still an impressive haul.

Now, I know kitties don't eat potatoes, but there's now lots of nice soft earth, perfect for kitty business!

I'm a big fat ginger cat with loads of room for kitty business in the garden.

Fat Eric

I just read the sad news that Fat Eric has gone to the Rainbow Bridge, and our purrs are with his family.  His was one of the first blogs that my Mum read, and he was a legend.

Purr in Peace, Fat Eric.

More Next Door Kitties

Someone asked me if this cute kitty from next door was my girlfriend.  She's not, but I'm working on it.

She's got a sister though - anyone want to double date?

I'm a big fat ginger cat who lives next door to two cute kitties.