CatDonna's Cats

Latest: I've tried, but it's really impossible to upload pics with this connection. We're getting broadband in a few days so if you'll bear with me, I'll get all the text out of the way first and then we'll have lotsa picture posts. Deal? Yeah. *shake pinkies on that*

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Today we went to the city for some shopping. The "city" being Hwllfordd aka Haverfordwest, although the town centre was pretty quiet and small.

Still, we managed to run our errands and stuff. I bought a cool bikini! And I'm actually getting tanned/burnt here! Summer is truly upon us all.

Going swimming again tomorrow. Hopefully we'll get the beach all to ourselves. We're thinking of going to a particular little bay called Dale West, surrounded by cliffs and not too accessible. Watch this space. :)

Some interesting things I want to share.

• We came across a poster of a Manx cat that looked EXACTLY like Teddy: a bob-tailed ginger tabby! The husband says Teddy is now officially a Manx, to anyone who asks. Prestigious, ok.
• The mystery of the black cat is solved. The mother-in-law says one of the neighbours has a black cat that used to come over to our orchard almost everyday for, um, private business. He still drops by once in a while. I tell you, if this is Singapore there'll be another Everitt Road saga by now. But my parents-in-law aren't bothered, they quite like the fella.
• Today we were waiting for the bus when a HUGE swarm of insects came buzzing near us. There were easily a few hundred of the little critters. The husband thought they were horseflies but I, with my special x-ray vision, had a feeling they were something else. I was right: we were standing right next to a swarm of WASPS and we didn't know it. Better still, about five of them boarded the bus with us. It was pretty tense on the bus, I tell you.

Finally I leave you with this lovely incident.Today in town I came across something that's banned in Singapore, and I, the naughty and rebellious Singaporean, was so happy that I took a picture of it
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A Staffordshire Bull Terrier*!!! [Banned in Singapore, but a popular breed in the UK. Why? Because THEY'RE SO GENTLE AND GOOD WITH CHILDREN.]

*The pic was supposed to be here, sorry. Umm, try to imagine one for now?

I know this is a cat blog but I REALLY, REALLY love the different breeds of the bull-and-terrier family. Bull terriers, American Pit Bulls, Staffordshires... I've had opportunities to get close to them [I also own two bull terriers] and I haven't met one I didn't like.

It really is a pity about the whole bull-and-terrier issue, and not only in Singapore: the legislations, the indiscriminate breeders, the false assumptions about these lovely animals.
Doesn't the situation sound VERY FAMILIAR???
In this sense, dogs and cats have a lot in common.

Sometimes you really wonder just how well-informed our high-level decision makers are.
And in the end, the animals suffer.
*switch off melancholy reflective mode*
Nonono I'm on holiday, I shall think happy thoughts. Isn't he SOOOOO CUUUUUTE!!!!!!!!!

Love and [sun]kisses
CatDonna

++Update++ I've just come back from a late night walk where I played with Mr Black Cat. It turns out his current fav chill-out place is the churchyard next to the vicarage, where we're staying.

Yep, that's right: I played skritchies alone with a black cat late at night in a cemetery.

It was fun [and Mr Black Cat was a sweetie] except at one point when he suddenly stopped playing and STARED at the gravestone I was sitting next to. FOR THE LONGEST TIME.

As if someone was beside me... *cue spooky music*.

Anti-climax: It turned out that the someone was a shrew that Mr BC later caught and played with, but let go after a bit. Heh heh.

Was intending to take a night shot of Black Kitty with gravestones and the moon in the background but that would be a little too creepy. Maybe a day shot next time, then.