Today there was sunshine. Lots of sunshine. No rain. I was up and about really early and took a cup of tea into the garden to sit in the sunshine. Sparta the puss had the same idea [without the cup of tea, she prefers milk]. She was sitting sunbathing on a little brick wall behind an enormous clump of sedum. I like the sedum because it provides flowers quite late in the year which is really good for insects. I try to make the garden friendly to wildlife. We have bats visiting each evening, hoovering up the insects over the pond and there’s a good range of birds. I quickly sketched Sparta and the sedum. I don’t particularly like drawing nature, it’s hard to draw plants without making them look like botanical drawings. I find it challenging to come up with a visual shorthand for them but this drawing isn’t too bad, I’ve never drawn the sedum before.
Sparta and I had a big argument just before I did the drawing. She ran into the kitchen with a newly murdered sparrow. I took it off her and gave her a row. Like she was bothered! That’s why she was sitting with her back to me in the garden. Sulking.
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I just had to laugh because our cat Nigel brings in friends too. Unfortunately, his friends are still ready to party…. Dog doors are evil evil things!
I enjoyed your Sedums.
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What a great name for a cat lol
Love Sedum, we have loads in our garden. And I think your ‘visual shorthand’ for them is excellent. I know what you mean about plants on their own being quite a challenge. I think that’s why I have such a soft spot for them all mixed up with manmade stuff – especially ruins and abandoned buildings.
You might have already seen that we’ve been having hedgehog issues over the weekend – took a poorly one to the Gower Bird Sanctuary yesterday and waiting to see whether he’ll pull through and get healthy enough for us to go back for him and re-release him into the garden. Fingers crossed!
aaawww poor thing. I’ve never seen a hedgehog around here but they wouldn’t make themselves obvious with the psychokitty around anyway
Love the name Sparta / Spartapuss for your cat! My cats bring us rats and mice as presents – yuck!
I think our choice of name might have influenced her lol