After a lovely exchange of comments with G in Berlin about how minimise the affects of cat allergies and what a pain in the bum it is to get a drivers licence in Germany, she suggested I might like to participate in a "what's on your bookshelf" meme-thingamebob. I gladly accept her suggestion because:a) This week I dusted EVERY SINGLE book in the house (and I mean thoroughly dusted) as well as the bookshelves and EVERYTHING ELSE in the house (including the cats), so the photo gives the impression that my apartment is always this tidy. See how shiny that shelf is!
b) I thought it appropriate that since the initial exchange between us was about cats and how to keep them from killing my visitors, that my cat's obsession with the bookcase should be featured. What on earth possessed us to buy a 'cat cubby hole' bookshelf is beyond me. My only defence is that the bookshelf is from Ikea and I had no idea that "Bjurstå" translates to "you'll have a bugger of a time keeping your cat out of this bookshelf". Those Swedes have such an efficient language - all that in just one word.
c) The cat (Poppy) happened to to jump into one of the more enigmatic sections of the bookshelf - the one that houses some of the more esoteric books in our collection (I must add that these are my husband's books - he has a thing for old books).
d) All I've done is clean for the past week, so this gives me something to blog about.
5 comments:
Now that is a decorative bookshelf! What a beautiful cat- my Felix looks like her disreputable, battlescarred older brother (he was a stray tom in a prior, pre-kidnapping and castration lifetime and the tattered ears and jowls are reminders).
Poppy is indeed gorgeous!
Her glossy sheen suggests that beyond mere dusting - furniture polish has also featured highly on your week's agenda? :)
Am so jealous though that your sister's visiting. (I'v been nagging mine to come for ages!)
Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy...
Oh, my. I have allergies and two cats. I always blame the cats and DH always blames the bunnies :)
That cardi is beautiful! Please say it's for you!
Dusting first is cheating... but I'll forgive you because your cat is beautiful. We also had a black cat just like that and her name was Poppy... I still miss her.
Dina - the cardi is for my niece, I managed to finish it the day before they arrived. It fits her - just! Given the weather we have been having, an extra cardi certainly has come in handy!
planetgermany - I think I'm off the hook on the call of cheating - as it was non-bookshelf meme related dusting - just a serendipitous confluence of events.
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