Wildlife update

Categories: cats

Tags: plants, spiders, Cats

Date: 09 September 2006 20:52:40

One of the things about moving into a new house is becoming accustomed to the forms of wildlife which may be found there. Yesterday I was sitting and watching tv in a darkened living room when, out of the corner of my eye, I saw something flit along the phone cable. After a couple of minutes it did it again in the reverse direction, then went to ground. I am assuming it was a large spider, really quite big to be visible in a dim light. I have taken to keeping my feet curled up on the sofa in order to prevent any 'Incy wincy spider, climbs up Farli's leg' incidents.

I was sitting reading in bed the other afternoon when I heard a cat scratching itself on the landing and padding about. Nothing out of the ordinary there, you might think. One problem - we do not own a cat. When I wandered out onto the landing to say hello, it streaked down the stairs and into the garden, where it arranged itself into a flaked out position and commenced washing behind the ears. By the time I got down there, it looked up as if to say 'What me? Upstairs? Oh no, you must be thinking of some other cat'. It proved to be quite friendly, but since we are looking into getting some kitties of our own, I don't want to encourage it too much. Mr Farli came out to meet it, was taken in by the soulful look on its face and wanted to feed it. The last thing this cat needed was another meal - quite rotund and sleek. I wonder how many other houses it frequents. For those interested in such things, it is long haired, mainly white, but with a wide stripe of dark tabby down the middle of its back.

Final item of wildlife news concerns Herbie the Basil Plant, who is still alive over a week after arriving. I have bought him a plant pot holder (black and from Ikea) to live in and remembered to water him most days. This is looking quite promising.

Nothing of interest has happened today. I mowed the lawn and tidied the shed. Now I am listening to last night of the proms.