Cats like orange

We have this bright orange bag that we got when we bought some cookware and it is a cat magnet! Without fail, every time this bag is left out the cats are laying on it or touching it in some way. In the case of the photo below the bag was full and laying on …

Swallows & Swimming pools

When our swimming pool is not being used by humans it serves as a perfect bar for the local swallows (jaskółki) whose superb flight skills, and I guess eyesight as well, allow them to run the length of the pool and just take the slightest sip of water before pulling back up into the sky. …

Tree fluff is upon us!

It’s that time again, when the Poplar trees shed their fluff all over Strangely Park. They have been threatening for a while now but today it is coming down in bucket loads and the cats are having all kinds of fun trying to catch it. Almost as much fun as catching wasps. By the way, …

Tree growth

I was looking at the trees outside the office earlier and there is a very noticeable difference in their timing of foliation. As far as I can tell they are all the same species and as you can see they are all located in the same place, same soil, same light and I guess pretty …

Talking to the cats

CATS: waa, waaa, waaa, waaa, waaaaaaa! ME: I’m sure someone fed you hours ago before I got home you bastards! CATS: Who us? I think you must have mistaken us for some other cats. Nobody fed us, honest they didn’t….pleeeease feed us. ME: You ever heard the tale of Peter and the Wolf…err, or is it …

Lisa the lizard

Zosia “saved a baby lizard from drowning” in the pool and then built her in a luxury condominium complete with a leaf and a dead fly. The lizard claims to be a friend of Edward Snowden and is demanding to be put on the next flight to Moscow. The plot thickens.

RIP Nelson

Sad to report that our cat, Nelson, passed away sometime this afternoon at the young age of 4 years and 5 days. What happened exactly is a mystery. This morning he was fine and through the day nothing seemed untoward. No strange behavior or funny noises. I was home most of the day as I’m …