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LeytonCatLady
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Cheers!
seeformiles
Lost in the wood
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
LeytonCatLady
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Lilith just did the cutest little miaow in her sleep! My heart's melting.
izz
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LeytonCatLady
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Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Miko and Draco in the garden
"Sat on a park bench like bookends"
LeytonCatLady
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They're like a pair of Buckingham Palace guards!
Calamity1971
If Mr Peanut says It's okay, then it is.
'Get off my seat'.
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
Give. Me. My. Food.
Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
Cat infrastructure update.
You may remember a while back I designed a cat ladder and wall mounted path to join two window ledges together after a near accident left patch hanging from stair railings and me with my shorts around my ankles leaning out the toilet window to save him.
Well I have noticed a new project.
Our improvised outside cat housing has seen better days.
It is particularly battered as the locals use its roof to gain access to the tower of solitude.
Well I decided things needed upgrading.
Got on the 2 to West Norwood and raided the B&Q.
I also saved the packaging my laser cutter came in to use as insulation.
I also have perspex for windows. The rest was a amazon shop.
I gave now drawn up so plans and will be starting my build tomorrow.
Working out the placement of the cat flaps after adding the insulation was a pain.
You may remember a while back I designed a cat ladder and wall mounted path to join two window ledges together after a near accident left patch hanging from stair railings and me with my shorts around my ankles leaning out the toilet window to save him.
Well I have noticed a new project.
Our improvised outside cat housing has seen better days.
It is particularly battered as the locals use its roof to gain access to the tower of solitude.
Well I decided things needed upgrading.
Got on the 2 to West Norwood and raided the B&Q.
I also saved the packaging my laser cutter came in to use as insulation.
I also have perspex for windows. The rest was a amazon shop.
I gave now drawn up so plans and will be starting my build tomorrow.
Working out the placement of the cat flaps after adding the insulation was a pain.
High Voltage
In the top 97% of Urban's most interesting posters
Well, this morning was "interesting". It was dark, too dark for a picture, even if it would have been possible to have reached for a camera, which it wasn't.
I shall have to paint a word picture, please bear with me.
Fifi, bottom left of bed by Mrs Voltz's feet, enter Casper bottom right of bed by my feet. He walks up the gap between me an Mrs Voltz and curls up between us at about my hip.
Enter Clive also bottom right of bed. He follows the same path as his brother but finishes up at about shoulder level, decides that "there" is not for him, goes back down the bed choosing to curl up next to Mrs Voltz's leg, pointing down the bed. The two boys are now joined bottom to bottom.
This is all to much for Fifi who also walks up the bed but by the more precarious route by balancing along the edge of the bed, then like Maria from the Sound of Music, over Mrs Voltz's head, coming to rest where the two brothers are currently co-joined.
We ended up with the feline version of the Isle of Man triskelion but with each foot being a head and with the three cats in question all touching bottoms.
They stayed like this until Fifi's thrashing tail made Clive move for a brief moment of respite. She does have a very thrashy tail though, it's been remarked upon by the vet more than once.
So today has started well
I shall have to paint a word picture, please bear with me.
Fifi, bottom left of bed by Mrs Voltz's feet, enter Casper bottom right of bed by my feet. He walks up the gap between me an Mrs Voltz and curls up between us at about my hip.
Enter Clive also bottom right of bed. He follows the same path as his brother but finishes up at about shoulder level, decides that "there" is not for him, goes back down the bed choosing to curl up next to Mrs Voltz's leg, pointing down the bed. The two boys are now joined bottom to bottom.
This is all to much for Fifi who also walks up the bed but by the more precarious route by balancing along the edge of the bed, then like Maria from the Sound of Music, over Mrs Voltz's head, coming to rest where the two brothers are currently co-joined.
We ended up with the feline version of the Isle of Man triskelion but with each foot being a head and with the three cats in question all touching bottoms.
They stayed like this until Fifi's thrashing tail made Clive move for a brief moment of respite. She does have a very thrashy tail though, it's been remarked upon by the vet more than once.
So today has started well
philosophical
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There is a comfort in the predictability of cats.
Scrounger waits this morning, then gets a little reward.
Scrounger waits this morning, then gets a little reward.
High Voltage
In the top 97% of Urban's most interesting posters
LeytonCatLady
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My neighbour's cat Tihomoon on our window ledge.
Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
Build stage 1 - The base.
I'm starting by putting together the base of the unit.
I set up my cutting zone.
Cut my structure. I was lucky. My offcut was just the right size for the sides.
Square up the ends with a little help from my aunt.
She taught furniture crafts so has the skills.
I'm using her domino machine to put it together.
Clamped up after glueing.
Putting in the insulation and panels will be after a break.
Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
Finishing base & Starting window.
Marked out and scored my ply before cutting. Turns out I didn't need to bother as I'm shit at using a jigsaw.
At least I was staying safe...
After I cut the ply I temporarily screwed it the the frame as the ply was warped.
After screwing I stapled the ply in place.
When cutting the insulation out I finally used my leathermans for a part of a project other than opening the box.
Perfect fit. Now on to the first window.
I cut my A3 perspex in half to get two A4 sized sheets.
I was struggling to think how I could distance my two panes to get a nice air gap for insulation. In the end I cut two sheets of 3mm A3 ply in half the stacked them and screwed them to hold them together.
I drilled and jigsawed out the centre and now I have the structure of the window. I just need to clean it up and put it together.
I'm hoping by the end of the build I'll have a deluxe cat house.
Why all the foam and air gaps? I joined a new political group...
Insulate Kitten.
Marked out and scored my ply before cutting. Turns out I didn't need to bother as I'm shit at using a jigsaw.
At least I was staying safe...
After I cut the ply I temporarily screwed it the the frame as the ply was warped.
After screwing I stapled the ply in place.
When cutting the insulation out I finally used my leathermans for a part of a project other than opening the box.
Perfect fit. Now on to the first window.
I cut my A3 perspex in half to get two A4 sized sheets.
I was struggling to think how I could distance my two panes to get a nice air gap for insulation. In the end I cut two sheets of 3mm A3 ply in half the stacked them and screwed them to hold them together.
I drilled and jigsawed out the centre and now I have the structure of the window. I just need to clean it up and put it together.
I'm hoping by the end of the build I'll have a deluxe cat house.
Why all the foam and air gaps? I joined a new political group...
Insulate Kitten.
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LeytonCatLady
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Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
I'm realising I'm starting to crowd the threat with my project. Should I stake it to its own thread?
Err.. to stop the response flooding the thread you can like or angry this post.
Like to keep. Angry to move.
Err.. to stop the response flooding the thread you can like or angry this post.
Like to keep. Angry to move.
