Category Archives: animals
Entirely Norman. I’m sorry. Kind of.
“A cat is more intelligent than people believe, and can be taught any crime.” -Mark Twain Notebook, 1895 I can only assume that for the last few weeks, Norman has been keeping this intelligence under wraps. He owns two lovely … Continue reading
Norman Cats and Crochet
I like to crochet a bit a lot, ok, almost obsessively. Norman doesn’t seem so keen. As soon as I get out the bits I need he tries distraction techniques. If that doesn’t work, he lies on my pattern…. ….or … Continue reading
Paw Pal Post
It has just dawned on me that Norman cat has received more interesting mail than me in the last week. Totally unprompted, he’s received a postcard from Corfu (from a German sounding cat!) and a letter from Ithaca. I have … Continue reading
Introducing George, and George, and George, and…
If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you may remember the slightly daft idea I had to give my Dad some Giant Thorny Stick Insects for Christmas. It turns out it’s probably the best present I have ever … Continue reading
Norman’s first day…
There have been pictures all over Facebook today of little people starting at reception, big school or big, big school. Norman and I have felt a little left out, so we put our heads together and decided that at 3 … Continue reading
Four legged frolics
I wrote a long start to this post, but I just deleted it. Instead, my introduction is that I have been feeling the need to be needed more and more lately. I realise that’s pretty much selfish, but there you … Continue reading
Animals, the big, the little and the electronic
We went to the vets today, me and Norman. Just to be clear, unlike the time I had a bike crash and got the vet to check me over, this time Norman was the only patient. It was just for … Continue reading
the pog blog 