Category Archives: Tuffy, our Cat

Hitting the Pause Button for a brief Kitty Interlude

Posted on Monday, 28 February 2011 by

After last week’s whirlwind program of activities and outings with mom-in-law, it was back to work for me today. Some editing and proofreading work had been pushed aside for a week, and now it was clamouring for attention. As you … Continue reading →

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Tuffy-cat and the open window

Posted on Wednesday, 9 February 2011 by

When my blogfriend Helen over at Walk the Cape left such a sweet comment requesting more posts about Tuffy, I proudly informed our kitty-cat that she had at least one other fan in the world (other than hubby and me, … Continue reading →

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Tuffy-Cat and the Butterfly

Posted on Thursday, 18 November 2010 by

Thud. Mreow! Thumpity-thumpity-hoppity-thunk. Mreow! Thuddity-thud. Mreeerreeow!! It took a while for these odd sounds from the lounge to be recognised by my brain. I’d been completely focused on finishing an editing job for a client, and had as usual lost … Continue reading →

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Awful news

Posted on Monday, 9 August 2010 by

We met our nextdoor neighbours at the local shops this evening, and they shared some awful news with us: Their new cat Tugger, the gorgeous, playful, adventure-seeking ginger cat that visited us last Sunday (see here), was knocked down by … Continue reading →

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Tuffy meets Tugger

Posted on Monday, 2 August 2010 by

Our neighbours (Tuffy’s previous parents) have just adopted another cat from the local SPCA. It’s a young ginger cat, a neutered male with the cute name of Rum Tum Tugger, after the musical Cats. As there are two other cats … Continue reading →

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Our tree has been pruned again

Posted on Monday, 2 August 2010 by

We have a large and well-established Rhus tree in our back garden. Since we moved in a couple of years ago, we’ve had it pruned twice already. Each time, we feared that the pruning had been so severe that our … Continue reading →

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Brrr… my arm has turned to ice!

Posted on Wednesday, 14 July 2010 by

Tuffy-Cat and I have been hibernating in the office all morning, the two oil heaters working hard to transform it from a chilly damp space into a toasty warm one. While I am beavering away at the computer, multi-tasking as … Continue reading →

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Goodbye, my dearest childhood playmates

Posted on Thursday, 8 July 2010 by

My heart is rather heavy today. You may remember that, back in April, I did some serious clutter-clearing and autumn-cleaning, giving away clothes I wasn’t wearing any longer, books I had read in the past and didn’t want to read … Continue reading →

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In adoration of Tuffy

Posted on Friday, 30 April 2010 by

Ever since engaging in some intensive decluttering and autumn-cleaning of our cupboards and shelves (as I wrote about here), I’ve been inundated with work. It’s really quite strange. Perhaps there is really some truth behind the theory that, if you … Continue reading →

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Sun-bathing kitty

Posted on Thursday, 1 April 2010 by

My sun-worshipping snuggle-bunny always finds the perfect spot. She shifts, inch by inch, from shadow to light, as the sun arcs slowly across the sky. Her soft and silky belly fur absorbs the sun’s warmth, as her paws, retracting claws, … Continue reading →

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