Tag: Fluffy

smog on the water – first published 3 April 2014

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April 3 2014 and, for some reason I couldn’t work out what day it was when I woke up. Maybe the Saharan sand smog that had hung over the city for the previous few days had got into my brain. When I woke up I thought it was Tuesday. Then I remembered the day before had definitely not been Monday so I thought perhaps it was Wednesday. It wasn’t until I was eating my granola and opened my iPad to catch up on a blog or two that I saw the date in the corner telling me it was Thursday. How did that happen? Continue reading smog on the water – first published 3 April 2014

The cat burglar part two – first published 13 October 2013

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When I woke in the night for a second night running to hear someone in the house I was fairly confident I knew who the culprit was. In fact I was more than fairly confident because I could hear meowing. This time I wasn’t alone but Commando was either asleep or doing a pretty good job of pretending to be so it was down to me to sort it out. It wouldn’t have been so bad if Fluffy was actually our cat! Continue reading The cat burglar part two – first published 13 October 2013

A cat burglar and a rhino reprise – first published 12 October 2013

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When I heard someone moving about the house in the middle of the night in October 2013 it was one of two things. Either the cat burglar was back, or there was a real burglar in the house. Of course CJ could have suddenly developed insomnia. Whatever it was I couldn’t just go back to sleep and, as Commando was at work, I had to get up and find out… Continue reading A cat burglar and a rhino reprise – first published 12 October 2013