I really like living on the Lucky 5 Star Commune. There are nice people around here who pet me and tell me I am a beautiful cat. (Of course I know this already but it’s nice to hear it repeated.) I get lots of good cat food and milk, and there is plenty of game-hunting on the property.
My most recent hunting success. It’s either a large mouse or a small rat. Continue Reading
On a cold August evening last year, I sat in bed messing around with my new iPad. I hit the camera button and shot a picture of the Melville Cat. Then I went to the app store and downloaded a free app called Instagram. I plugged in the photo, added an Instagram filter, and got this.
A grainy Melville Cat. Continue Reading
From the Melville Cat:
I never stay in one place for long. I like to be in control of my domain and keep my humans on their toes. I also get bored easily. Therefore I am always moving, always looking for new and interesting places to sit and do nothing.
Heather has a habit of tracking down my places and photographing me in them. I find this annoying, but I must admit that I enjoy reviewing the photos of me on Heather’s iPad. I’m sure that you, my loyal fans, will enjoy looking at them too.
Those of you who follow 2Summers on Facebook and Instagram may have seen some of these pictures already. But I’m sure you won’t mind seeing them again. No one can get enough of the Melville Cat.
Heather is short on blog material this week, so she asked me to provide some entertainment for her audience. I complied by presenting myself around the house in a series of creative poses, inviting Heather to photograph me with that instrument called an iPad.
My efforts resulted in the following vertical triptych. Continue Reading
It’s been a while since I’ve done an Instagram for Art’s Sake post. Here’s a shot that I took right as I woke up yesterday morning. The Melville Cat had just finished a bath and was about to go outside for a morning stroll. I grabbed the iPad (always next to my bed these days) and caught the scene just before Smokey departed.
I think this frame really captures that Sunday morning feeling.
From the Melville Cat:
Heather told me about her Instagram for Art’s Sake project. Since most of the Instagram photos Heather takes are of me (which makes sense — I’m the most interesting member of this household), I decided to submit my own post for the project. A Cat-a-Gram, if you will.
Instacat.
I’ve been on five trips, to five South African provinces, over the last four weeks.
On the road in KwaZulu-Natal.
I’ve driven solo for hundreds of kilometers along barren country roads, blasting my iPod and singing at the top of my lungs. I’ve slept in airports and stayed in more quirky B&Bs (“quirky” is often a kind synonym for “dumpy”) than I can count. I’ve camped in the bush and eaten lots of junk food. Continue Reading
Tomorrow it will be two years since I moved to Joburg.
It’s 7:41 on a Sunday morning. Even though it is technically still winter, I’m sitting on the deck in my pajamas, feeling not at all cold, sipping coffee in the sun and watching a pair of black collared barbets nibble the blooms on a cabbage tree. The Melville Cat is prowling the garden.
Barbets in the cabbage tree.
I’m really happy. Continue Reading
From the Melville Cat:
This morning I was hanging out in the kitchen of the Lucky 5 Star, minding my own business. Then Heather and Lucky snuck up on me with that terrible plastic box. Next thing I knew, I was at the horrible place called the vet.
Strange hands pulled me out of the box and put me on a cold metal table. (How rude.) Then I heard Heather speaking to the doctor, whose name was Clare. They were discussing my tail.
“The tail isn’t broken,” Clare said to Heather. “It’s an ABSENT.” Continue Reading
From the Melville Cat:
I slept on the roof last night.
I can’t tell you why. I was just scared to come down. Heather keeps asking me if there is another cat around here who is making me scared. (She thinks that maybe another cat broke my tail.) I won’t answer her. I guess I’m a little embarrassed. Continue Reading
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