Friday 17 April 2020

A tale of a cat

My Mum is almost 94 and lives alone, except for a cat who, in cat years, is probably about as old as she is. On the back of her house is an old conservatory and she keeps the door propped open so the cat can come and go easily, and the feeding station and cat bed are in there too. 

One day a few weeks ago, she phoned me to say there was a strange ginger cat  asleep in her cat's bed, having eaten all the food she'd put out for her own cat. As I live 250 miles away, there wasn't much I could do about it, but when it was still there two days later I asked on the Facebook group for Mum's town whether anyone had lost a ginger cat,  and within a few hours had found somebody who had moved from near Mum's house to somewhere a mile or so away the previous week, but the cat had disappeared after slipping out through the door. She thought it might have tried to head back to its old home and, spotting food and comfort at Mum's house, decided to stay. 

The lady went to Mum's and yes, it was her cat,  so she took it to its new home, but still it refused to settle and kept appearing back at Mum's house.  Then once lockdown started,  there must have been fewer opportunities for it to slip out as it went several weeks without visiting mum - until it appeared again earlier this week. At least the owner knows where to find it when it runs away! 

Which leads me to the thinking behind this card, which I'm going to send to Mum next time it appears. 


The cheeky cat stamp is one I got in a bargain bundle from a closing-down sale, coloured with Promarkers to match mum's new friend, and the sentiment a Dylusions one coloured to match. 

I am sharing this with 

AAA Cards - Sketch (not using the optional "it flies" element)  

Passion For Promarkers - Clean and simple  

Show us your pussycats - Furrything Goes 

Addicted to CAS - Animal  



14 comments:

Kathyk said...

Super card and thanks for sharing the back story too, Jane

Stay well

Kathyk

Crafting Queen said...

Lovely card. Sounds like your Mum has gotten a new cat. lol

Cardsbymaaike said...

Haha...that could be my motto, and with a cat it wins my heart ;-) Thank you for playing at AAA Cards

Hazel (Didos) said...

Ahhh this is super, what a great card and a fun tale to tell. The kitty must love visiting your Mum, Hazelxx

Rainey's Craft Room said...

What a fabulous post and story. Cats know where they are loved and your mum's house must be a loving home for them.
A super clean and simple card design for our challenge this week at Passion For Promarkers, thank you for joining us.
Lorraine DT

Elaine Stark said...

Loved reading your story. A fun card too. Thanks for joining Passion for Promarkers. Elaine

Liz said...

Fun card, Jane and I love the story behind it. xx

Mrs A. said...

A very similar story with The Doc's aunt who is 93yrs old and has a stray cat that lives with her. It too has the freedom of coming and going and of course Aunt Eileen never ever feeds it (her words) and never has an explanation for the tins of cat food stacked in the cupboard! Hugs Mrs A.

Sue's Crafty Corner said...

Cats are strange creatures and go where they feel comfortable. Obviously your Mum is making him feel very comfortable. A super card Jane.

Sue xx

Margarets designer cards said...

very effective, plain simple and great sentiment

Jane said...

Brilliant card and I love the back story! Thanks for playing at AAA Cards, hope to see you join in with future challenges too. Keep safe, stay home and craft instead.

Francesca said...

Beautiful story, very pretty card! Thank you for playing at AAA Cards!

Jaydee said...

Poor little kittie glad he found a warm and cozy spot with your mom and kitty obviously prefers that side of town! Love the sentiment and your cute little cat. So glad you joined us at ATCAS this week
Jaydee

ike said...

LoL :-D Just like my cats. Such a sweet card.
Thank you for purring along to play at SUYP Cats Challenges.
Hugz
IKE =^..^=

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