AdrianMugridge
© Adrian Mugridge (2018)
Boo
She wondered in one day
We owned Boo for 10 years, from the age of 7 until she died when she was 17. She used to belong to a neighbour, but one day she wondered in and was unwilling to leave. Her previous owner was moving house so she ended up moving in. She used to nose around the house and sometimes could be found sat on the loo seat trying to drink out of it. She also used to sit by the computer keyboard and chase my hands around the keyboard and mouse. Once I was working in the loft and she climbed up the step ladder and leaped though the loft hatch and spent 30 minutes exploring the pipes and the water tank. She had to be lowered down in her basket after tempting her into it with biscuits. Her favourite spots were the bench on the patio, under the pear tree, on the fence, or on the shed roof.
And stayed for 10 years
She was not a hugely energetic cat, and was sometimes rather staid and aloof. She would always come and sit next to you, normally on the arm of the settee, but never on you, she was not a lap-cat ! About a year before she died, she lost her sight. We did not even notice until the vet spotted it. It seems this is very common for cats to go blind in old age, and also very common that their owners don’t realise that they can’t see. Cats map out their surroundings and hold a map in their heads, with them at the centre of it. She would happily walk from the bottom of the garden, through the gap in the little wall between the patio and lawn, enter via her flap, then through the kitchen door, into the lounge, up the stairs, turn half way up, into the bedroom, jump up onto the bed and settle down without bumping into anything !
Pear tree
She’s now buried under the pear tree, which was her favourite spot when the sun was shining and she could warm herself up !
AdrianMugridge
© Adrian Mugridge 2018
Boo
She wondered in one day
We owned Boo for 10 years, from the age of 7 until she died when she was 17. She used to belong to a neighbour, but one day she wondered in and was unwilling to leave. Her previous owner was moving house so she ended up moving in. She used to nose around the house and sometimes could be found sat on the loo seat trying to drink out of it. She also used to sit by the computer keyboard and chase my hands around the keyboard and mouse. Once I was working in the loft and she climbed up the step ladder and leaped though the loft hatch and spent 30 minutes exploring the pipes and the water tank. She had to be lowered down in her basket after tempting her into it with biscuits. Her favourite spots were the bench on the patio, under the pear tree, on the fence, or on the shed roof.
And stayed for 10 years
She was not a hugely energetic cat, and was sometimes rather staid and aloof. She would always come and sit next to you, normally on the arm of the settee, but never on you, she was not a lap-cat ! About a year before she died, she lost her sight. We did not even notice until the vet spotted it. It seems this is very common for cats to go blind in old age, and also very common that their owners don’t realise that they can’t see. Cats map out their surroundings and hold a map in their heads, with them at the centre of it. She would happily walk from the bottom of the garden, through the gap in the little wall between the patio and lawn, enter via her flap, then through the kitchen door, into the lounge, up the stairs, turn half way up, into the bedroom, jump up onto the bed and settle down without bumping into anything !
Pear tree
She’s now buried under the pear tree, which was her favourite spot when the sun was shining and she could warm herself up !
