Pikku Punapippuri

My apologies there are no new photographs: given that Äiti's hobby is being obsessed with pictures, this is really very poor and we are all unimpressed. She says she has been busy with work, but that's no excuse! She's trying to compensate by posting an old picture.

But we have of course had a lot going on. The great news is that there have been no more fights. Yes, we've had a bit of whinging and growling and hard staring, but no paw has been raised in rage. Risto has also gained control of his bladder, but sadly Tuomo-veli has taken the opportunity to become chief piss-artiste. It was quite funny that he autographed the kitchen cupboards, immediately after the trays were cleaned and then spotted the hallway was open (usually it is closed) and took the opportunity to make a puddle on the doormat. Oh Äiti was so not pleased. Tuomo-veli was delighted and skipped around the house for half an hour afterwards. Hehehe.

Roosa has been exploring more and is most of her time in Äiti's bedroom. She slept in Aila-sisko's spot and at 4am had a lovely head rub. I was not present to get jealous as the catio was open. We braved the rain and had a great time outside. In the morning Äiti did a head count and couldn't find Ruska. Now he is excellent at hiding so she just went off to work knowing he would be somewhere, and when she came back (quite early - we were very pleased especially as she had done the week's hunting!) she could not find him again. The one place she had not looked was behind the 'cat-proof' tarpaulin on the catio, and of course there he was! He is tosi fiksu poika. We are all very impressed. He must have been cold though, as all his furs have been shaved which is an awful crime against his dignity. But he is fitting in well here, and I am pleased he is part of perheeni.