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!

From the garden, thanks N-sama.

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

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 …

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.

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 …

I was just cleaning out the snail cage:

Actually three of them were dead, so I have 20 altogether. Just right for a nice meal for two this weekend.

Singing …

Talking …

We’ve got two of them in the garden stealing food from the smaller birds.