Cooking With Richard

It still needs:

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

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.

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.

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!

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 …

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

She went for a little walk around the garden earlier …

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

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

“Play with me!” … No, I’m working …

Explanation …

“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 time for kittens …

Click –> I love a box!!!

MOHIKEN!! Baka-neko

Ummmmmm!!!!

and from Clancy:

By the way, Clara and Clancy are sister and brother cats, owned by my family. Clancy looks like a white tiger, and doesn’t normally talk to anyone, but Clara is very friendly.

from Clara