Author: kazbah33pics

I don’t know why the fan Outback came on by itself the other day – but I’m not one to look a gift fan in the mouth – and by the time M Kaz came out to investigate she found me at the very top of my tower – revelling in the gale-force wind blowing my hair … oops, I meant fur. We’re still not sure why it happened and why the fan came on at full force. M Kaz had to unplug it to get it to stop because the buttons on the far weren’t working, and the remote wasn’t working. I’m not sure when she’s planning to have the electrician in to have a look at it. There’s another couple of jobs she wants doing too – some she can’t do. Yes, M Kaz, there is absolutely nothing stopping you from getting the ladder out and changing that light bulb in the toilet – you just need a new bulb, sensible shoes, and the ladder.

It’s still raining most days here at Jannie, and I even managed to get out in it the other day. I think M Kaz was a bit surprised when I charged out there through the open front door – yes, she had left the door wide open while she was taking a photograph of something (not me for a change!). The last time I managed to get out in the rain, I came straight back in – this time I just stood there in the rain waiting for M Kaz to put the camera away so she could carry me inside. And then take some photos of me.

There have been heaps of photos of me, of course, and she’s even started making stickers of me to use on her phone.
She’s been spending some time on her phone using AI to make emojis, which she uses to tell Aunty Wendy her Wordle score. Well, she would if the AI could get it right. ‘Six ants sitting on a picnic rug’ she told it – and it gave her four ants on a picnic rug.   It’s amazing that it can do that – but also amazing that it doesn’t quite get it quite right.

M Sooz is still not well – and this is more than a week later. She’s been to the doctor twice now and is having some tests done.  Hopefully, they will find out what’s wrong with her, and she can be well again. It can’t be any fun for her.

Well, I think M Kaz was suitably impressed with my ‘watch cat’ abilities yesterday when the people collecting for the Fred Hollows Foundation came to the front door.  Yes, they did ring the doorbell but I knew who was there before M Kaz.  I wonder if they were expecting someone to pull back the blind and peek out – but if they were, I bet they weren’t expecting it to be a Nigey.  I’m not sure who started laughing first, M Kaz or the collectors.  “Do you do this all the time, Nigey?” M Kaz asked – well, maybe when you’re not here, M Kaz, otherwise you would have seen it before now. I may be working on other surprises for those Mummies too. 

We are in for some more wet, rainy weather according to those people at the BoM who make these things up on a fairly regular basis (according to M Kaz).  It is raining now though so they got that bit right.
M Kaz has been a bit irregular with my blog entries of late (late being the operative word)  so I am thinking of switching over to ChatGPT or some other service that will keep my blog up to date.  She isn’t going to like it when I tell her but, on the other hand, it might just remind her who’s the boss around here.  (Yes, yes, we all know she lets me think it’s me and sometimes I believe it – or is that what I want her to think?)

Those Mummies have finally finished watching “Call the Midwife” – all 14 seasons of it – and they’re now looking for something else to watch.  They did watch the Christmas special of “The Madam Blanc Mysteries” with Aunty M but the next episodes of that aren’t due out until the end of the year.  M Kaz read today that production has just started on the next season of their other favourite “Midsomer Murders” but there was no suggested date for when it would be ready to air.  So, what to watch after they’ve done their fall back series (with only 6 episodes) with comedian Sue Perkins travelling along the route of the Orient Express but in parallel – not actually on the train? 

It’s totally unacceptable M Kaz.  It has been over a week since my last blog!  Just because it was your birthday week, you think you can just leave me hanging.  No, definitely not acceptable. 

And, if that’s not enough, what’s this about a new pet at Jannie?  Yes, yes, I know it was a birthday present but you don’t have to lavish so much time and affection on it.  It’s just a dolphin afterall.  And then there’s the turtle, the stingray, the lobster and the fish to nuture.  The thing is – she’s not sure how long it takes for them to reach their full potential (read:  size).  They’re supposed to grow each day while they’re in water – and at the end you can take them out and they will revert to the original size.  That’s what the instructions say anyway.

I prefer to actually play with my pets (aka friends) to be able to run around so we can play together.  A little dinosaur came in to be with me the other day and we were having a lovely game of hide and seek.  It tried to confuse me by dropping its tail but I wasn’t fooled.  It was very good at playing possum too.  Even M Kaz was surprised when she thought she had to send it to …. I’m not sure to where, but when she came back, it had scurried off somewhere.  It took a bit to find it again.  It was hiding between the boxes the shelves came in (which, I am almost ashamed to admit on M Kaz’s behalf) are still leaning against the wall near the table months later.  She keeps telling herself it’s opart of the decluttering project and even I have to admit she has done some of it, but there is still a little bit to go.

The weather has been lovely here at Jannie since ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred came and went.  There are still heaps of trees down in the area and according to what M Kaz was saying, there will be heaps of Norfolk Pines on the Gold Coast which will need to be cut down because they are no longer safe following the drenching rains and high winds.

M Sooz went to breakfast with Aunty M this morning – it is Thursday, so it was expected. What wasn’t expected was when Aunty M picked my box up off the table – with me in it – and twirled me around in the air. It was very exciting – especially as I’d only just had a snack.

Chris came yesterday to do the yard – which means if there are any snakes outside, we should be able to see them now. Hopefully there won’t be any but there has been some flooding in the reserve/playing fields out the back, so it’s best to be on the safe side.

HAL was out and about yesterday afternoon. I’m glad I’m not the only one he chases around the house. He chased M Kaz out of her office and the bathroom.

Did I mention we had a casualty during the Cyclone? My original cat tower did not survive. By the time M Kaz realised the rain was coming through the shade cloth on that side, the tower was already doomed. To its credit, it didn’t collapse until the next day. It’s just another reason for the Mummies to go out to the tip or get one of those blue flexi-skip bags from the Council. And, no, my new boxes haven’t been confiscated yet although I noticed the air-fryer box is now inside the microwave box: that can’t be good. If M Kaz brings out the box cutter/Stanley knife, I’ll know it’s only a matter of time before they go the way of my cat tower.

As it turns out, I’m not the only one who pulls the toilet paper off the roll . M Kaz did it the other day too. I think I’m impressed. Just a little bit anyway. I wonder if she’s going to keep doing it, and whether that’s why they ‘ve just invested in some “double length” rolls. Hours of fun.