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Welcome to The Compost Bin, which contains my musings on my life. I live in Herefordshire with my husband and 11 year old daughter. We have 4 acres of land which contains a woodland, small orchard, garden and veg plot. We grow our own organic fruit and veg and make lots of cider, wine, jam and chutney. We share our lives with 16 Chickens, 3 Cats, 4 Guinea Pig and assorted wildlife!

I am a freelance Forest School Leader and Environmental Educator so work with both adults and children on all sorts of things. I also volunteer as a Master Composter and Master Gardener, helping people make compost and grow veg.

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Wednesday, 25 August 2010

Our new companion cat

Rescue cat is ADORABLE!

All black except for a bunch of white hairs in a whorl slap bang on the middle of her chest.

She has been at the vets for 3 weeks while they tried to find her owner, with no joy, was found starved and shivering under a shrub and with an injury to her hind paw ( looks like a trap injury, she had lost 2 toes...)

She is so friendly and delightful and purrs and purrs and has already draped herself repeatedly around my neck

Tom Cat and Tabitha think she is the anti christ, of course and much growling and posturing is currently going on in the kitchen...Rolling Eyes


Her name is Cleopatra....she has green eyes....  and has some Siamese blood I think, judging by the way she talks and sucks fur, wool etc!




5 comments:

mrsnesbitt said...

Wow! Truly beautiful!

Dx

The Garden Path Flower Shop said...

She's a beauty! With a veterinarian for a daughter, I have been the happy recipient of many rescue kitties over the years.

Earthenwitch said...

Gorgeous, and rather like one of my own rescue cat, Pyewacket. Bet she's happy with you. :)

Hathor's Bath said...

It's almost amazing to think that Black cats are impossible to rehome, isn't it? I'd take ALL the black cats if I could!

I give a HURRAH and hope for some positive rehoming cat mojo for myself, I want another one!

Annie said...

Definitely some Siamese by the look of her fur and eyes. I can almost hear her voice as we had a similar puss named Isadora Duncan when I was growing up. She lived to 18 or so, so hopefully you should have many happy years.