. . Herk's Katten

Outside:  snowing. The door to the bedroom: locked.  Plan C: napping on clean warm laundry. But do they respect ones privacy? No.

En route to the future residence. The Chick keeps her cool and cleans her claws. What have we got here? - Ye olde cow shed... ...

Chucky has taste of the letter of my dental insurance company that explains... ... why they don't have to make any refunds to me ...

Late afternoon on the boat, heading back to the 'Woudsend Woods' (that dark bit of trees on the left). Even though there were no t...

We're having a heatwave. The old fridge has a melt-down. We buy a new one. Chick approves.

 't is been a long day. Time to go to bed.

We've had a storm and we had yukkie weather and we were wondering if the winter was ever going to end. But you can tell spring is comin...

Got this lightbox to take pics of things, not cat. But the Chick & Chucky universe, a new toy ia a must-share. So there.

Chucky is chewing - probably on a body part of a mouse or rat. Behind him sits a hungry magpie - bravely or foolishly taking his chances. ...

Chucky has decided he needs lots of TLC. Right now. A laptop can rest easily on the knees (why not change the name to kneetop?) while he s...

We've given up trying to rescue the chair from the cats' claws. Let them tear the thing asunder. Chucky has given up trying to esc...

I looked up straight up from the horses' stable (through the hole we use to get the hay down from the loft into the stable). And there...

“Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.” ― G.K. Chesterton   Sandwich sharing - eating on both ends.

Both Chick and Chucky are catching mice and rats galore. All kinds: voles and shrews and brown rats and black rats (they have beautiful fu...

This afternoon, Chick ran into the barn, proudly carrying a dead young black rat in her mouth. Sometimes she put him on the floor to me...

As we were having dinner outside, mother duck and six children dropped in to see if there was any part of the French loaf left for them...

The rural cat equivalent of a City Trip: visiting a neighboring farm.  Chicky doesn't like to get her paws muddy. While the humans...

Chucky brought a gift: a still warm, dead but self-caught brown rat. He has taken a few bites, but we are welcome to most of it.

Chick and Chucky can still surprise me with their appetites. Sometimes unpleasantly - last week one of them dragged a big dead rat into th...

He could go out - but it's cold and wet and windy. So he keeps warm near the stove instead. The stones are very warm.

Queen B resigned last year as queen - she is back to being princess. This is a reason to party. Princess B (top right) is thanked for her ...

Is it just the heat, is she being protective or just social? Is she, perhaps tired of being blue and in it for the tan? Fact is, the momen...

A very proud Chick came home with a dead rat, slightly bloody and still warm. I think her very brave, taking on a rat but would prefer her...

We knew there was a roaming rodent in the barn - we heard it scurrying, hidden from view by some old junk. The we saw a furry four-footed ...

'Aaibaar raadsel' or Cuddly Enigma says the heading. And of course Chucky will not let Inge read a text that may help her to rea...

Some animal lovers do not eat meat on Animal Day. We do and  we share. Our Steak Tartar was also enjoyed by Rouschka, Quincy, Chick and Chu...

 Chick likes to be in the know - nay, she demands it. She noticed we were in a room she did not have access to. Unacceptable, of course....

Would love to take some action pictures - cats chasing things (birds, mice, bugs, spiders, each other). But I guess no feline cooperation ...