Sushi’s house — painted

October 26th, 2011

It still needs:

  1. Roof and roofing felt.
  2. Internal light fitted.
  3. Windowsill.
  4. Cat flap fitted permanently.

Sushi house, days 3 and 4

October 23rd, 2011

The colour is all wrong — I’m going to paint it again with a darker green. It’s also waiting for a proper felt roof, so it isn’t fully waterproof yet.

Sushi’s house, day 2

October 16th, 2011

Day 2 in the Sushi house …

As you can see I didn’t get as much done as I’d have liked. Still to do:

  1. Drill hole and fit cat flap.
  2. Drill hole and fit a window.
  3. Add the hinged roof.
  4. Cover with timber-effect cladding and paint.

Sushi’s house

October 15th, 2011

This is Sushi’s new house that I am building. The foundation is a wooden frame bolted into the concrete, with bricks mainly for decoration:

The back frame is built from wood and bolted to the rear wall of the house:

Believe it or not, just this took a whole day (about 8 full hours, if you include the trips to Screwfix, Wickes & Homebase).

Tomorrow:

  1. Add a front frame
  2. Add plywood sides and roof.
  3. Probably I will make one side out of a sheet of perspex so there is a bit of light and she can see out.
  4. The roof will be hinged so we can change the cat litter.
  5. Add a cat flap in one side.

Future jobs:

  1. Seal around the sides so air/water can’t get in.
  2. Add some lead flashing maybe.
  3. Paint it!

Chillis

October 10th, 2011

From the garden, thanks N-sama.

Sui hanky

September 27th, 2011

I’m hoping this will make the bestest rice ever …

Guineafowl sandwich

August 24th, 2011

Guineafowl is pretty tasty.

Sushi cute!

August 24th, 2011

Sushi’s first day exploring

August 13th, 2011

This was a video I took on the very first day that Sushi came to our house. You can see she was exploring the new smells in the house …

Paws

August 4th, 2011

Sushi’s posh nosh?

July 30th, 2011

Sushi loves Waitrose Duck and Rabbit cat food (adult version). She ate the whole bag in one go, which never happens with other cat food.

I think she might be a growing up posh …

Update: 30p per packet = £ 1.20 per day = £ 438 per year

Snails 2

July 24th, 2011

After feeding them on lettuce for 3 weeks I starved them in the refrigerator for a couple of days:

Rinsed:

Plunged into boiling salty water, for 12 minutes:

Sushi, playing with a stick. It’s her favourite toy now:

Garlic and parsley:

Winkle-picker:

After boiling them, I drained them and extracted them from their shells:

Fried in garlic and butter:

The result, with a bit of parsley:

We all agreed they tasted a little bit like slimy mushrooms. An enjoyable day was had by all in the garden.

Thanks to P-p for taking the photos.

Cobblers

July 23rd, 2011

A bramble cobbler, brambles from the garden of course. The recipe is this one.

She’s had a busy day

July 22nd, 2011

She went for a little walk around the garden earlier …

Mimi-ge?

July 19th, 2011

If you look closely, you can see she has really long ear hair, like M-kun.

Furries

July 13th, 2011

I like to think she’s dreaming about chasing blackbirds.

Sushi

July 11th, 2011

“Play with me!” … No, I’m working …

Drugs for kittys

July 11th, 2011

Explanation …

Sitting and playing

July 8th, 2011

“Play with me!”

It’s bloody hard to take photos of her because she doesn’t stop moving …

“Now I want to go to sleep!”

Sleepy

July 7th, 2011

Sleepy time for kittens …