Sleeping cats on a hot afternoon

 

Sleeping cats on a hot afternoon

Herschel snores very loudly

Leonardo da Vinci said, ‘The smallest feline is a masterpiece,’ while Oscar Wilde wrote ‘Cats are put on earth to remind us that not everything has a purpose.’ 

There was a young lady of Niger

Who smiled as she rode on a tiger;

They returned from the ride

With the lady inside,

And the smile on the face of the tiger.

                                        William Cosmo Monkhouse (1840-1901) 

Our cats are limp with heat, stretching full length on cool surfaces, dreaming and twitching in their sleep.

A butterfly fluttered into the sitting room on Saturday morning. It flew aimlessly round the room, failing to find the patio door by which it had entered. Eventually, it flew too close to the floor, where Jellicoe was sitting. He promptly captured it. There was nothing left to identify, so it can only be assumed that it made a small snack for an alert cat.

Haiku Friday

Raindrops are falling,
Dripping on the wooden floor -
Must mend the ceiling!

Conservatory -
Roof made of transparent tiles
To give us great light.

Cats love it in there
Soaking up the intense heat,
Limp like empty gloves.

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Enjoying fresh water . . .

We had some hot days (for the UK) at the end of May and our big goldfish, who is at least ten years old, was enjoying freshly oxygenated water from the pump. He swam around . . . . . . and around . . .

. . . and around . . .

. . . and then he rose out of the water as if trying to find his feet!

He did this several times during the afternoon.

We've noticed fish and frogs congregating round the pump and waterfalls when it's hot - it must be a little like finding breathing easier in the forest on a hot day.