Archive for September, 2009

Le bon et la maladie

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

I know I have been absent of late but this was most due to the pressures of start of term but this week’s events have meant that my absence was all the more prolonged. I was in Paris with pao on Saturday as part of a super plan to meet Lynne and Nathan. This is [...]

Ophelia update and kittens

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Just dashing in to say Ophelia is back home again. The vet thinks she had a kidney infection so she is on antibiotics and we’re hoping that will clear it up and all will be well. She may have liver problems stemming from the kidney but we’ll wait and see. She was quite ill – [...]

Get well soon, Ophelia

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

I’ve been away for work over the last week and when I came back I noticed Ophelia was ever so much thinner than she was when I left. pao took her to the vets yesterday and the vet says she has an enlarged kidney so she is there at the moment for observation and is [...]

The Elephant Cat, Kittens and Apple

Sunday, September 13th, 2009

We’ve had the pleasure of looking after Oscar this week and a fine fellow he is to. We were more than a little surprised when a cat the size of an elephant greeted us with a very high-pitched girlie meow. He is such a lovely puss and it was fun to go and visit him [...]

It’s official: I am suffering from kitten withdrawal symptoms

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

I haven’t seen them since Monday. pao visited today and said Minerva came and sat on his lap and fell right asleep. He is posting more photos soon. The weather turned cold and horrible as soon as we hit September. I’m going to have to hurry up and get the kitten blanket ready soon. I [...]

Move over Minerva: I could do with a nap, too.

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

It is now officially one of the busiest times of the year for me so my posting may be sporadic. We had news from kittenland : Sirius is continuing to lap up kitten food as fast as he can and when he doesn’t get kitten food he eats the litter in his tray. Minerva isn’t [...]

mumblings from the beleagured mrspao