Wednesday 7 December 2016

Animal Tales and the cat has lost it's spot again

My mother is visiting, the cat and dog are happy to have her around as it means there is someone at home all day while Peter and I are in work.

There are strict instructions NOT to feed them, even though both of them will bother you until you do.

My mother is managing to ignore the cat's demands, however it keeps turning up randomly around the house and making her jump, like the bathroom.

Her resolve with the dog hasn't been as good and the dog has been 'sharing' yogurts and cheese sandwiches.

The cat and dog have their own bedroom, yes I know it's a luxury, but Peter and I live in a 4 bed house, so why trip over them all day and besides the cat has a habit of knocking on the bedroom door for attention during the night so we shut them both in their room so not to disturb our sleep.

The cat's sleeping place of the coffee table has been taken over by my mum, so we're back looking for her spot again, she's currently favouring random boxes and is back to demanding cupboard doors are left open for her to choose from.

I haven't seen our stray cat for a few days, I'm assuming it's found a house where someone will feed it, it's very friendly and has probably been a pet at sometime, if I see it again I may take it for a microchip check. Normally if it's lost there are posters around and I belong to several online animal groups, I'm assuming it was dumped.

With National Day over and Christmas on the way, the UAE is out in full force with their decorations, which include lots of animals. The Falcon is the national bird of the UAE and there are several light up ones at The Mall of Emirates.

 My Mother loves her gardening so we visited Dubai Miracle Gardens




And of course no trip to Dubai is complete without a visit to Dubai Mall to see the aquarium, we won't however be visiting this one as you can see so much from the outside, but we'll be going to the one at The Atlantis on the Palm for an afternoon as I've not visited there yet.



Christmas is shaping up in our house, and while not technically real animals, it does involve some Panda's this year as my alternative to 'Elf on a shelf'






8 comments:

  1. What is it with cats and boxes? Henry loves a box UNTIL we call it Henry's box and then he'll refuse to sit in it. He really is a very odd cat!

    Lovely to see you have your Mum visiting and thank you for linking her (and your animals) up to #AnimalTales ;)

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    1. we introduced another box now the cat won't go near either of them

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  2. Sounds like you have your hands full with your cat and dog! Your pictures look fab especially the aquarium it looks amazing! #PoCoLo

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    1. we have another dog visiting us now over the christmas period while our friends travel

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  3. Hi Suzanne, it sounds as if your Mum has a soft spot for your dog, I'm sure dogs know who to target! It's great that your animals have their own bedroom, as our dogs beds take up too much precious space. Lovely photos, your Mum looks like she is having a fab time.

    xx

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    1. we've all had a great time, too many photos to sort through now though

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  4. My cats used to have their own bedroom too, much the the OH's disgust. But they weren't allowed in our bedroom once we'd moved in together so it only seemed fair. Hope your mum survived the cat's antics :) Thanks for sharing with #PoCoLo

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    1. we had to chuck bob out of his bedroom while jelly was staying so the cat had her own space at night, bob isn't interested in going back in there now, preferring to sleep outside the bedroom door

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