December Cat Appreciation Day

Cat on a box.

Cat(s) in a box.

           

 

Cats in their tower.

Cats trying to tell me it’s cold

Above a radiator

On a radiator

Hiding in bed

Introducing the Little Imp

A little black cat arrived…

He found a box…

He found another box….

and then he found the bag of sleeping bags

Now he thinks he rules the roost!

Appreciating cats in August

2 cats, 1 hat and a cardboard box

 

July Cat Appreciation Day

We seem to have gained an extra cat. We’ve tried to help her find her way home but visits to local vets, listings on lost and found pet websites, local posters and all the other sensible or slightly barmy ideas we’ve had to try and trace her owners have drawn a complete blank. We’re starting to think she might be here to stay and are gradually trying to introduce her to the rest of the feline family.

When she first showed up she had wax all over her head, neck and tail. This was taken when we were about two thirds of the way through brushing it out, it’s not a brilliant picture but you can see the pale streak of wax remaining on the top of her head.

The wax is all gone, and hopefully forgotten by the cat, now and she’s started to regrow fur where she’s been left with a bald patch on her neck. She’s not an easy cat to photograph, if you’re looking at her she wants you to fuss her, but this is her in her bird watching spot.

And this is her deciding that red cats are safe to ignore if there’s a meal to be eaten.

A Taste of Turkey

Imam Bayildi

I found last week’s new recipe (I’m a bit late writing about it) nestled in the page of The World Vegetarian Cookbook. I like aubergines, I’ve enjoyed everything I’ve eaten in our local Turkish restaurant, I thought I should give this dish a try. For some reason I thought it would be fiddly to make, it wasn’t; I confess I made my life easier by not bothering to peel my tomatoes but, despite the recipe calling for peeled tomatoes, it doesn’t look like they were peeled for the illustration of the finished dish in the book.

Simple made special by spice

Basically Imam Bayildi is aubergine stuffed with aubergine, onion, tomato and a few pine kernels. It doesn’t sound the fullest flavoured of dishes but a bit of allspice lifts it from nice but uninspiring to delicious. The aubergine shell had a delicate flavour, mild with a hint of olive oil, while the stuffing was rich and fruity. I polished off two portions and would happily have eaten more but I’d halved the quantities given in the recipe so didn’t have more to eat. I will definitely be making this again and next time I’ll be making the full four portion version, maybe even more. The recipe book suggests Imam Bayildi can also be eaten cold so leftovers won’t be a problem.

4 out of 5 for ease of making.

5 out of 5 for flavour.

A guest cat

This pretty lady is the reason I missed a week and am late writing about this week’s recipe.

More about her next Sunday!

June Cat Appreciation Day

3 Views of a sleepy ginger cat

May’s Feline Appreciation

A Cat at Easter

“If I cover my eyes you can’t see me!”

 

 

Delayed Cat Appreciation Day

This should have been posted on Sunday but I lost track of the date.  I’m blaming the concussion I suffered over the previous weekend, I feel like there have only been two weekends so far in February!

Anyway…. this month’s cats:

And an extra picture of my beautiful red girl.