This blog post is dedicated to my friend Mandy who loves all things cat... “I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through.” ― Jules Verne Ah what a marvellous cat Dusty is, clever, beautiful and full of cheek. Dusty… Continue reading Dusty & Carrol
On the 30th of May 2012, I wrote this blog post about Terry and I leaving Mauritius and saying goodbye to O.D. the stray orange dog that we fell in love with while we were living there. Now 5 years later almost to the day I am happy to share with you all that our… Continue reading THE ORANGE DOG – a bittersweet tale of courage and hope
A person can learn a lot from a dog, even a loopy one like ours. Marley taught me about living each day with unbridled exuberance and joy, about seizing the moment and following your heart. He taught me to appreciate the simple things-a walk in the woods, a fresh snowfall, a nap in a shaft… Continue reading MAGNIFICENT FLYING DOGS – Groenvlei Lake, Goukamma
I can hear your whisper and distant mutter. I can smell your damp on the breeze and in the sky I see the halo of your violence. Storm I know you are coming.” ― Robert Fanney The fields quivering, the skyline a grimace, At any second to bang and vanish with a… Continue reading THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTNING
Pray don't talk to me about the weather, Mr. Worthing. Whenever people talk to me about the weather, I always feel quite certain that they mean something else. And that makes me quite nervous.” ― Oscar Wilde I made Cassie's acquaintance one cold and rainy Tuesday morning at the riding stables. Tut, Tut, looks… Continue reading a Rainy Tuesday with Cassie
“Let me wake up next to you, have coffee in the morning and wander through the city with your hand in mine, and I'll be happy for the rest of my fucked up little life.” ― Charlotte Eriksson, Empty Roads & Broken Bottles; in search for The Great Perhaps In a Café She clasps the cup… Continue reading IN A CAFE | Poetry – A Soft Place To Fall
“There are two means of refuge from the misery of life — music and cats.” ― Albert Schweitzer This is the story of Ninha and Lucky, the nursery cats. I could hardly believe my eyes. As the man wheeled out the wooden trolley, a cheeky striped cat hopped on and was clearly delighted to… Continue reading 2 CATS, 1 NURSERY AND A WHOLE LOTTA LOVE
Hey there peeps, hope you had a fabulous chocolate flavoured Easter! Here at Custard Cottage there was NO chocolate whatsoever; me and Mr T are trying to fight the battle of the bulge, I'm sorry to say but I think the bulge is winning (insert wistful grin here). It's so much harder to keep your weight down… Continue reading MACAVITY : THE MYSTERY CAT |Poetry – A Soft Place To Fall
“Is not this a true autumn day? Just the still melancholy that I love - that makes life and nature harmonise. The birds are consulting about their migrations, the trees are putting on the hectic or the pallid hues of decay, and begin to strew the ground, that one's very footsteps may not disturb the… Continue reading Custard Cottage Chronicles – Well now. That’s the end of that!
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