Sorry

 On YouTube, I got a couple of comments on the video I posted yesterday, saying that it was cruel.

I'm sorry that people got upset by it. 

David wasn't being cruel at all, just playing, just for a minute. 

The kitten wasn't hurt or traumatised by this. The kitten was Sam, he is the most loving cat, always looking for cuddles.

This is Sam now.

I've seen cruelty, I've seen animals abandoned by their owners. That's how we got Mama cat!

I could be very angry at the cats as they cost me the house I was renting. I loved where we lived before, it was in a small city, I could work from home teaching English. The area was convenient, with shops and doctors just a few minutes' walk away ( I can't drive). I was given a choice: move out or get rid of the cats. I chose the cats. My life here is hard, the house is small, falling to pieces and in the middle of nowhere. I've lost most of my income and have to rely on my adult kids, not what I wanted in my 60s. 

But I love my cats, I would never be cruel to them, or allow anyone else to be cruel. 

Another Throw Back Video

 I'm working on a small project of making some of my cat photos into colouring pages, using AI, of course. I want to put together a PDF to sell on my Ko-Fi page. I don't have a timeline yet, but it's interesting to see what AI comes up with.

I'm not artistic at all, but I find colouring very relaxing. I thought other people might enjoy colouring too.

The photo

And the drawing.

To find photos, I spend time going through all the thousands of photos and videos I have on my computer. I keep finding photos and videos that I haven't seen before, or maybe I just don't remember!

Today I found this video of David being shouted at by one of the kittens, I think it's Sam, but I'm not sure.

It's kind of cute!!

Sam Again

 Recently, I haven't let Sam in my room. I have plants on my windowsill, and he keeps trying to eat them. I don't think this is very good for him or the plants!

Today, however, he was crying so pitifully outside my door that I decided that he could come in for a while. I let him in, and he went for the plants straight away! I got out a bag of fish flakes that are for the cats. You can buy similar ones for people as well, but they have more salt in them. 

I was watching Sam as I got the flakes out of the cupboard. I didn't realise that the package was open and upside down, the flakes fell out, like a small snowstorm! Sam charged across the room and started to clean up the mess.

I don't know if I caught it on video, but the flakes were going up his nose, making him sneeze, which blew the flakes further. At least one spot on my floor got cleaned!

New Video

 I've been playing around with NotebookLM. 

I'm amazed at how easy it was to make a short video from one of my posts.

Please watch it and let me know what you think!

Brushing The Cats

 The cats are shedding their winter coats like crazy.

I have to sweep and vacuum every day, sometimes twice a day.

We've been brushing the cats as much as possible. I would love to brush each cat every day, but sometimes it's hard to find them, or they are sleeping on the highest shelves.

Today, David managed to give Fred a good brush until Toast jumped up and got in the way.

After I finish posting this, I'm going to see if I can find some of the other cats to brush!

Teasing The Cats

 I don't know about other cats, but mine are very food-centred.

I keep the food in one cupboard, with cleaning supplies. Every time I open the cupboard, the cats come running; they know the sound of the cupboard opening.

I can understand that they associate the sound with food. What I don't understand is when I open a can, usually tomatoes, they come running as well. We rarely feed them wet food, so why do they associate the sound of a can opening with food? Is it some natural instinct that indoor cats have?

The other day my son started to play with the pull tab on a can of food, and this was the result.

At the end of the video, my son went down the corridor to feed them, which is why they are running away again.

Ignore the dirty floor, I sweep every morning, but by the evening it's a disaster again!

Mother's Day

 Happy Mother's Day to all cat Moms out there.

I never wanted cats. Growing up, we always had dogs. Dogs, I understand, not cats!

But when Mama cat showed up my heart melted. She was such a tiny thing, so sweet and cute. Very quiet and not at all aggressive. Even when she first came around, she would let us pick her up or stroke her.

This was before she came into the house. She would come around the yard and meow outside the window. I thought we could feed her and give her clean water, but leave her outside.

That changed when she gave birth to 4 kittens outside our window during one of the worst rainstorms I've ever experienced. We had to bring her in, or the kittens would have drowned!

Mama with her first litter

When this photo was taken, one of the kittens had been adopted.

Mama cat is the matriarch of our cat family. 

She is still very quiet, rarely fights, she lets the other cats push her away from her food, she never demands attention, but is very happy when she gets love!

So Happy Mother's Day to Mama Cat, you really changed my life!