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Four

I thought  there was no better time than today to share one of my favourite paintings. My dad painted this picture in memory of our cheekiest nutcase of a cat, Colonel. It would have been his fourth birthday today. It’s not a very big painting, but since my dad used a toothpick to paint it, the detail and resemblance to Colonel and his character is uncanny and a perfect reminder of the little ball of crazy we once had the pleasure of living with. 

As you may have guessed, Colonel’s story doesn’t end well. This time last year I wrote about him and the warning signs of feline leukemia which you can check out here if you’d like. 

He was one sassy kitten, and we’ll always remember him with a smile and an almost impossible story.

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I love cleaning my dirty pillows

I’m about to sing some praises about a brush. So, if you don’t have a pet or a particularly hairy person in your life, it’s about to get very boring all up in here.

I’m probably the last person to learn about these rubber brushes. Unfortunately, I don’t know the brand of the one I own so I’m already off to a bad start. Alls I know is I picked one up a couple weeks ago from our local Home Store + More.

As a pet owner to two indoor {and incredibly furry} cats, this brush is just what I needed – it claims to brush away all sorts of stuff. We have two shneaky cat cubbies in our living room shelving unit, which both our cats adore. Especially the cubby on the left, which is worse furrier …

Above – the before picture – I let said pillow get particularly furry before I attacked it. I’m all about keeping it real, so take it all in. Previously I would have had to go outside to clean them as best as I could. Keep in mind this is strictly a cat pillow, not a human pillow, so it wasn’t going to be perfect {I don’t want you thinking our entire apartment is like this}.

After a couple of minutes with said brush, the pillow looked like this … It makes me feel all kinds of shiny on the inside.

This brush is great especially on tightly woven fabrics such as velvet or wool, when the odd fluff or fur annoyingly sticks to it. One foul swoop and they’re gone. It has blown my little mind. And after I attacked our entire apartment, I felt very much like this …

Yes, yes.

Image cred 1 and 5.
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At home – I can’t be without …

Over the last little while, I’ve noticed a couple of things around our home that I’m always giving special attention. They’re silly things, but it’s stuff like this I like spending a little time on. In no particular order … 

Fruit that matches the living room. I know. I can understand how one would perceive this as ridiculous, but there’s something about a big bowl of yummy plums that makes my living room feel happier. Oranges, apples, limes and bananas get their own bowl on the microwave. Where I can’t see them. We’re not so fancy however to always have cherries. But they were there, so I was all like, that looks well played. 

Properly chopped pillows. Just a little je ne sais quoi to add some fancy to the couch region. You first floof out your pillow so it’s not squashed, and then you karate chop it down the middle. This takes your pillows to a whole ‘nother level.

Ooooh, candles. Of all shapes and sizes. It’s really silly, but candles make me feel fancy. 

Last and in no way least, our two babies – Toshi and Juniper. I  fully realize our cats are not home accessories, but they’re a huge part of what makes our apartment a home. They are the epitome of lap cats. The moment you sit down, they’re up for a snuggle. No matter how crap of a day you’ve had, or what you did or didn’t do, these little bundles of fur always make us feel a little bit better.

xx A