Pet Tag
Samson was tagged by Pearl over in Shu’s Small World, and is mighty chuffed! Says it’s a weird feeling to have a lovely blue cat (is she blue?) come flickering out of nowhere, give him a playful swat, then vanish again. But maybe he can do the same to a few others – should be interesting to try. If a big cream cat appears all of a sudden, don’t scream… it’s just Samson.
1. What I was doing 10 years ago.
This one’s easy – I wasn’t born then. The cat before me had just about been born himself. He was a Grand Premier (though not 10 years ago!) I’m not sure I will bother, myself – maybe one day, but I’m not in a hurry.
2. 5 things on my to-do list for today.
Eat, sleep, roam around my territory, chase wasps, and toss the fake mouse a few times (if I can’t get a live one).
3. Snacks I enjoy.
Just our usual meals, preferably meat rather than fish. Anything else isn’t food. Delilah eats Stilton, salmon, and cheesy crisps, but I don’t fancy any of that myself.
4. Things I would do if I were a billionaire.
Retire to my own private island with Delilah, Diddums and her mother. The island will have any number of fresh springs we can drink from.
5. Three of my bad habits.
Using the litter box just as Diddums sits down to rest with coffee or lunch; constantly demanding to have the tap turned on for me; getting my eye scratched during play (I’m recovering from my fourth scratch, or is it my fifth?)
6. Five places I’ve lived.
Small village where I was born. And then this room here – corner of the sofa, squeezed down as far as I could go. Then I moved behind the computer desk, sometimes switching to the book shelf, where I hunkered down behind the piles of books. Then there was the top of the tallest unit in the room. Now I live downstairs in the cat hammock beside the front door. It’s a great address… catches lots of heat at night from the radiator, and a warm golden pool of sunlight in the morning.
7. Five jobs I’ve had.
Friend to Diddums; companion to my playmate Delilah; a little excitement in the life of Cheeky (who still likes to ambush us); park keeper; somebody for Diddums to blog about. That’s five.
I tag…. your pet or animal companion! *Pow!* A big cream cat appears and thumps into your leg like a particularly heavy sack of sand.
Living in Scotland, UK; I work from home as an editor and pet-minder. I was born profoundly deaf and am no stranger to agoraphobia. I began renting out my house and have moved upstairs at my mother’s place. I used to have an Oriental Ticked Tabby (
I never did a meme thingie. Seems like a lot of work for a cat.
Samson,
Your meme was so informative and interesting! I read it to Pearl (who is indeed blue — with huge gold eyes) and she was most interested. Minnie, the tiny imp of an Abyssinian, overheard me and asked if she could go to your house and play with you and Delilah sometime. I had to tell her “no”, since one of her favorite imp things to do is nip the ears of other kitties — your ears are FAR to beautiful to have some notches taken out!
Shu
Hello, Legolas! WordPress sites are now available to Internet users in Turkey (but YouTube is now blocked), so I can read your blog again!! Yay!!!
Gorgeous photo!
If you’ve been reading my blog, you will know that I have just finished writing a novel. Want to read it?
That looks like fun…I think Geek will take up the challenge.
Samson is getting big!
Asked my cat if he was interested. He just said, “Mañana, mañana…”
I used to have a cat who took notches out of ears… very annoying, as I had working show cats at the time.
Hi Kate, I’m glad you can see the blog now - I’ll have to read this novel! Sorry I’ve been a bit quiet lately.
I’m glad Geek is taking up the challenge and I hope Alex might too… as for Space Cat… oh, I had the perfect comeback ready but I’ve gone and forgotten it. Rats.