CATS

Life with cats is interesting, frustrating and at times, exhausting.
Cats have no sense of time or privacy, they want to do what they want to, when and where they want.  2am is the best time to race around and fight,  11am is nap time!
I never wanted cats.  Growing up we had a couple of cats for a short time but we were
always more of a dog family.  The same here, at one point we had two dogs.  Now just one old lady!
Cats were never part of my thinking.  I would get mad at the local cats for using my yard as a toilet. Actually I get mad a irresponsible owners, people who buy or acquire pets but then don't take care of them!  I always feel that pets don't get a say in who has them, the animals are not responsible for the carelessness of people.  That is how we got Mama, she was a stray, sitting outside my window crying.  I couldn't let her starve so I started giving her food, of course she came back time and time again, finally giving birth to the first set of kittens just outside our window.  We took them in and over the course of the past year they have become part of the family.  And as much as I moan about them, they make me smile with their antics.  Each cat has it's own personality and interesting quirks. The white cat, Steve, will mew and chirp when you call it!  Fred, the gray and white cat loves chasing a small ball up and down the corridor.  Alan, the black cat, is the trouble maker, always starting fights!

So I thought we were settled with our 4 cats.  Just waiting to get Mama spayed.  We tried so hard to keep her in but she escaped a couple of times and because the owners of the cats around here haven't had their animals fixed she got pregnant again.  Thursday night she had two kittens, 24 hours later another one was born.  These kittens are a lot healthier than the 2nd lot that all died.  They are bigger and are moving around a lot.  Poor Mama is exhausted, 3 litters in 12 months is not good for a female cat.  We will have to postpone her operation until she finishes weaning the kittens but I am determined to get her fixed as soon as possible.

Steve with lovely blue eyes

Fred asleep in his drink

Difficult to see but the new kittens

Mama and baby

Alan looking for trouble

Summer Holidays

My summer holiday is almost over.  Didn't do much, just relaxed at home, far too hot to go out too much!  But did manage a couple of outings.
David, Hannah and I drove to a museum, took 3 hours to get there!  We drove through the
mountains, nice to see the green fields and lovely cool rivers.

Tori Gate

The museum was about life in the Showa Era,  1926 to 1989.   It had displays of every day items that were used at that time, including a house and school room.  Unfortunately part of the area was the old shops but it was too hot to walk around for long!  It was an interesting place and I enjoyed seeing things that were similar to what I remember growing up, cassette recorders and record players!

Show Era classroom

It was a nice day out but very tiring!
Last week Hannah and I went to see Les Miserable, again.  The show was very good!  I really enjoyed it, even though it was in Japanese!  Getting there and back was exhausting, we had to use the trains. I really don't know how people can do that every day!

Posters

Cakes and a drink before heading home!

I am going to make a cake now, today is David's birthday!  Plus Mama cat had kittens last night!