Just to quote one of daddy’s favourite bands, the weather is changing and so I have to adapt to new sounds, smells and other senses. As the time changes so does the sun, wind, rain and other things that fall from the sky. Mummy says there’s something called snow which I haven’t seen yet but she thinks I’ll enjoy this too.
I love going outside but for a blind cat the extremes of weather can be difficult to cope with.
Recently it has been quite hot 🥵 sometimes when we’ve been out and so mummy and I just chill out on the grass as it’s just too hot to run around and chase critters or hunt. It’s just nice to sit outside and listen to and smell what’s going on.
When it’s a bit cooler in the evening that’s when I chase the insects and birdies and leap and run and frolic. Mummy and I have a really good time out on walkies when there’s lots to chase I make her exercise as well, she tries her best to keep up with me but I’m super fast.
Sometimes when we go for walkies it’s raining, I don’t mind the rain and getting wet but when it’s very heavy rain it’s really loud, a bit like the shower mummy and daddy use in the bathroom. It means that I can’t hear anything else and it hurts my ears, making me disoriented and confused. If it’s very rainy then I also get splatted from the ground up so my tummy gets wet, I don’t like that as I get a cold tummy which isn’t very nice. If it’s raining then mummy takes me a different route for walkies so we go out where there is a hard surface and no grass, if I go out on the grass then I have to walk on my tippy paws so the water doesn’t get on my soft tummy fur. The hard side is still ok as there’s lots to explore as there are big planters I can sniff about in and some trees to climb as well. Occasionally I can hear a noisy dragon coming, it makes a loud roaring noise and then rolls past with a grumble, when I hear this dragon coming I hunker down and make myself small and try to hide, mummy says “Its OK Jenny it’s just a car it won’t hurt you” but she makes sure the lead is short in case I get scared and try to run away.
The lighter rain is fine and I’ll quite happily run about and explore, I don’t mind getting a bit wet and I can always shelter under a bush, mummy though has to stay in the rain – she’s very patient! The rain brings out all different smells from the ground and so it’s exciting exploring all of these to see where they go and what I can hunt. We
Some days when we go out the wind is blowing, when it’s blowing a little then this is really fun as I can hear lots and lots of exciting noises, the wind catches the trees and bushes and makes it sound like there’s lots of things for me to chase, I hear a noise over here…there’s something else over there…then something in the tree. I need to chase them all, every last little noise just in case it’s something that I can catch. Mummy laughs a lot when it’s like this as she says I go completely mad running around, chasing and pouncing on everything that moves, leaves, grass, bushes, everything is sooo exciting that I get wind assisted crazy zoomies!
Sometimes though the wind blows really strong and then I get scared, the noise is so loud and I can’t hear anything else so I don’t know what is going on, I can’t hear if something might come and hurt me so I crouch very still on the ground I make myself as small as I can and look up so my ears can try to tell me what is going on. I fear that maybe the wind will blow me away as it’s so strong and I’m only little. I hope that it is over soon so I can stop being scared, then I hear the familiar sound of mummy’s voice “It Ok Jenny, it’s just the noisy wind, it’s nothing to be scared of” and I remember where I am and that mummy is with me looking out for me and so I will be ok.
Sometimes it’s cold outside but that’s ok, I don’t mind I’ve got a fur coat after all. Daddy and mummy thought that being from Cyprus I wouldn’t like the cold and bought me a furry jacket for when it gets cold, I tried it out once but I didn’t like it, it makes a funny rustling sound and it came down to the top of my legs, which made me feel like hey didn’t work properly, it was just cramping my style and getting in the way of my great outdoor explorations. I’m a street cat not One of these pampered pooches, I can’t be seen in a coat, all my friend and the other pets who see me will laugh at me, what were they thinking?
The absolute best bit of walkies in any of the different conditions but specially if I’m wet is getting a good towel rub down afterwards indoors, fluffy towel, body massage up and down, up and down, it feels soooo good, then quick wash, dinner and snooze in the warm.
The only type of weather that mummy and daddy say that I haven’t seen yet is something that they say only happens when the weather is really cold. They say there is something really special and magical that falls from the sky that is different from rain and makes everything look really pretty and special. Daddy and mummy can’t wait for me to ‘see’ this, last year wasn’t cold enough for it to happen but apparently this thing is called snow. I’m really looking forward to seeing this snow as mummy and daddy have made it sound so special and exciting. I guess if that if it falls from the sky this year it will be a story for another day.
Jenny’s Story 