Butzi's Four O ' Clock Take Aways

Lucinda In Heaven

An Empty Plate Is Never Fun

A while ago I wrote about a cat who lives in an Antiques Shop in Quigney. The shop consists of three old colonial houses and for the cat it must be truly paradise. There should be a lot of mice and rats under the old wooden floors. But obvoiusly even in paradise one can get lazy.

And an empty bowl is never funny !

A man who works in the shop said to me : He makes people come closer and stroke him. But when you touch him, he bites you. A true Quigney cat ! "

Little Luce

Butzi

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Butzi on the catwalk

is my friend's cat

16 yeasr of age

white as the snow on the peaks of the Alpes in Switzerland

and one of the most beautiful cats I have ever seen

except Lucinda Engele of course............

I Got A Feeling....This Is Gonna Be A Good Day

Can it get any better than this ?

Oh yes it definitely can !

at a home like this 

everything is possible !!!

The Ultimate Survivor

The ultimate survivor is a creature that has just gotten stronger through the years of abuse, cruelty and maltreatment - the years that are called your life. It's a creature that has found it's way.

Like her !

Lucinda In The Ashes

If you think your eye caught a glimpse of something unusual here - I won't contradict you.

 

I have a big, old and beautiful fireplace in my house, build many years ago and made entirely of natural stone.

In the South African winter I light it every evening and the fire burns through the night.

And I have a little ginger cat who talks all day long to me in a language that I have come to understand by now. She must have been something completely different in an earlier re-incarnation because she loves fire.

She is mad about it, adores fire. Not only heat and warmth. But real burning, crackling fire

Normally in the afternoon she waits already in front of the fireplace for me and watches me intensely when I stack the wood and prepare everything for the evening. She waits eagerly for the moment I light the fire.

Lucinda loves to watch the flames and the play of light. 

In front of the fireplace is where she likes to stay and sleep.

But now she has taken it to another level !!!!!!!

As soon as the fire has burned down enough she climbs INSIDE the fireplace.

The logs in the back are still so hot you burn your fingers when you touch them.!!!!! 

But please do not question her decision!

I was worried, very worried about her long and bushy tail when I saw this for the first time

And when I told her my concerns she just gave me an annoyed purr.

I also told her that cats are supposed to be neat and clean animals

and do not sleep in the ashes

which she ignored !

It's too nice here and I truly enjoy the warmth.

Stinky, dusty, ashy little cat !

A CATS SUNDOWNER

Cats loves sundowners

and when the sun over Africa sinks down my friend is there with me

Mavis

Mavis lives in a Bed and Breakfast in Port Alfred

EARLY MORNING COFFEE

Sarah

Lucy

the sun, some birds

and some coffee

A STRONG DESIRE

A strong desire to go up can not be suppressed.

And must be satisfied

no matter the cost