Cats Sleep Anywhere

A couple of months ago

when I was reading Meredith's blog

Mereknits

I noticed her cat sleeping on the bookcase and looking like a bookend!

It reminded me of a poem that my younger daughter learnt at school.

Cats Sleep Anywhere

(Eleanor Farjeon 1881 - 1965)

Cats sleep anywhere, any table, any chair

Top of piano, window ledge, in the middle, on the edge

Open draw, empty shoe, anybody's lap will do.

Fitted in a cardboard box, in the cupboard with your frocks.

Anywhere! They don't care!   Cats sleep anywhere.

Since then

I have had my other daughter's cat,

as a lodger, while they were in a rented home

See my earlier post

The Visitor

I knew virtually nothing about cats

Yes we did have feral cats on the farm but

a cat in the house.....

Let's say

she was getting me trained nicely

when she left at the beginning of December

and I do miss her!

She determined where she would sleep

and I followed behind her...

and moved her bedding accordingly

She had liked to sleep behind the farm overalls

(can you see her blanket on the right?)

But, once the boiler was lit

that is where it had to be..... so our towels

could no longer dry there!

If I went to sit in the garden room

she would sit on the window sill outside

looking sorrowful

until I could stand it no more and let her in!

and then she would sit on the back of my chair

tapping my shoulder with her paw

and nudging me with her head

So...yes I miss her

but

I'm telling my family please don't think

to buy me another

I don't think I could take more training!!

I am feeling a little better

and so have picked up the crochet that I started, while I was feeling so ill,

before I was admitted to hospital

It's the Ripple pattern

found at Lucy's Blog Attic24 Neat Ripple Pattern

I have read others say that it's very relaxing

if you need something gentle to do

and I must say that

I'm enjoying it

Before I went into hospital

I was offered a recliner chair.....

and by the time I came home it had been installed

and my lamp beside it

It is just so cosy and exactly what I needed!

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I know it's a bit late but I would like to wish you all

a Happy, and Healthy New Year!!

I'm linking withShare your cup Thursday