von sybilla | 25. Juni 2014 | Allgemein, Ausstattung |
How is your summer so far? Ours is cold. We have been in single digits (!) every morning for days. So instead of going outside, let’s stay inside and try to find a nice place to snuggle up in. We have a couple of expert who know just where to go....
von sybilla | 24. Juni 2014 | Ausstattung, Innen |
To match our low chair and to be able to put the outdoor furniture where it belongs we got ourselves a new, super low table on eBay. It turned into an instant favourite of Marvi’s who is sitting, lounging, jumping and hanging on it off it and under it. In other...
von sybilla | 23. Juni 2014 | Außen, Sommer |
What are those nice red beetles doing? They are working on the destruction of my lilies. They are scarlet lily beetles and they are the most common garden pest destroying lilies in Europe. If you have not seen any of them you most certainly don’t have any...
von sybilla | 20. Juni 2014 | Allgemein, Außen, Verhalten |
In this fourth and last part of our focus week I want to come back to the recent events I mentioned on Monday. First the sad event: Herbert is gone. Not only did his humans move but also they committed the unforgivable error to let him go outside immediately. The rule...
von sybilla | 18. Juni 2014 | Allgemein, Außen, Verhalten |
For this third part of our focus week I have to apologise to all non-German readers as I don’t know what local authorities, charities, rescue and animal protection organisations you can contact when the intensive search of your neighbourhood yields no result....
von sybilla | 17. Juni 2014 | Allgemein, Außen, Verhalten |
The second part of our focus week is all about cats that have gone AWOL. Again, before contacnting authorities, shelters, etc. make sure that the cat has not been accidentally locked into your garage or shed or in the houses, garages and sheds of your neighbours. As...
von sybilla | 16. Juni 2014 | Allgemein, Außen, Verhalten |
Anne was in tears when the rang our doorbell. She had stayed at her boyfriend’s house for the weekend and as she didn’t want to leave her 12 year old tom cat alone in her apartment, she had taken him with her. All went well but then he had suddenly...
von sybilla | 13. Juni 2014 | Außen, Tierschutz, Verhalten |
Jaspar’s twin is still around. He may not come to dinner every night – that is why I once thought he has left – but he does make an appearance a couple of times a week. As I have already told you the doppelgaenger has decided that it pays to be...
von sybilla | 12. Juni 2014 | Allgemein, Ausstattung, Innen, Spielzeug |
The world football championship starts tonight. What do ecstatic football fans need apart from the goals of their favourite team? According to our local newsletter, they require a comfortable supply of beer and barbecue sausages (in packs of 11, of course). And how do...
von sybilla | 11. Juni 2014 | Ausstattung, Innen |
Remember the cardboard scratchpad I bought to distract the cats from shredding my favourite rug? After little more than three months of intensive use by 5 cats (Joschi and Islay favour the vertical scratching devices) it has been scratched out. I have taken a picture...
