So what if it was my paws clean this sill

Wet weather = dirty paws
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Boris doesn't perspire, he glows

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Sleepy time Boris

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Boris as still life

Boris does not seem to worry about my inveterate untidiness
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Boris is Blue

Boris is in trouble,,, again. After a long period of him being kept indoors to keep him away from his beloved English Mastiff Izzy.

Ot's not that we disapprove of his inter-species infatuation but that he follows Izzy home (a fair bit away_ and has started bullying the family cat Boychik,

In the last few days we hoped that Boris might have forgotten about Izzy so we decided to relent and let him out earlier. Last night I got a call from Reuben, Izzy's owner, advising us that he was straight back and bullying Boycchik.

That'sit, Boris is being given an ASBO and will be under house arrest from dinner until about 1am

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Photo Hunt - Hands

TED



ROBYN



BEBE



BORIS

The theme for the week's Photo Hunt ishands. Although there are four human hands in the household cat paws are in greater abundance so here are some front paws insteadSource URL: http://idontwanttobeanythingotherthanme.blogspot.com/search/label/Boris
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Boris: Bad to the Bone

Don;t be fooled by the exhibition catalogue I Boris am:

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Cat ear

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Boris looking a bit dishevelled

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Tidy this sofa, slovenly scum

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Boris - the grounding continues

We thought that keeping Boris in in the evening would cure him of his excursions to see Izzy the Mastiff (the crossing of a busy road being the issue, not his affection for a huge dog)... WRONG!

All he did was head out later and wait for Izzy's late evening walk. Now he's grounded at night too. Hopefully he will forget about long trips or perhaps a love that dare not purr its name will find a way yet....Source URL: http://idontwanttobeanythingotherthanme.blogspot.com/search/label/Boris
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Photo Hunt - letters

The theme for the week's Photo Hunt is letters. There is just one letter that springs to mind and that is the rough M that appears on the forehead of all tabby cats, something that they share with several of their bigger cousins. Above are Robyn and Boris

The origin of the M is the subject of religious legends

One legend tells about Mary and the tabby cat in the manger. It seems that the baby Jesus was cold and fussing, and Mary asked the manger animals to move in closer to warm him. The manger was simply too small to accomplish that, but a little tabby cat came in and nestled next to the baby, and cosseted Him with purring and warmth. Mary was so grateful, she bestowed her own initial, "M" on the cat's forehead.

An Islamic legend states that Mohammed, a cat lover once cut off a sleeve of a garment when he had to leave to attend prayer, rather than to disturb his cat, Muezza, who was sleeping upon the sleeve. It is said that the reason he loved cats so much is that one once saved his life when a snake crawled into his sleeve. (This may be a variation of the well-known Muezza story.) Legend also claims that Mohammed bestowed on cats the ability to always land on their feet. These stories assumes that the "M" symbolizes the enormous esteem which Mohammed felt for cats and that the sight of the "M" on a cat's forehead invokes memories of Mohammed.

Make of these what you will. As far as I am concerned the M tops off the most beautiful creature on this planet.

UPDATE: Sparkle has a far more plausible theory as to why tabbies have an M on their foreheads:

"Actually the truth behind the "M" is that it stands for Master, so that humans will always know who is boss"

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Boris is grounded

For the present he is grounded after his dinner until the late evening, We are trying to break a habit of his we only discovered a week or so ago - his going off to visit another house a fair distance away which is the home of Izzy a 240lb (about 110kg) English Mastiff.

We re all worried that he will come to a sticky end crossing a busy road to get to see Izzy.

We were shocked to discover that he has been going to the other house most nights for about 10 months. Izzy's owner said that Boris followed her and Izzy home one evening and then just kept on visiting!

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Boris is not happy...

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A rare sight

THe first time Bebe, Robyn and Boris have been photgraphed together. Not sure what Robyn is doing though!Source URL: http://idontwanttobeanythingotherthanme.blogspot.com/search/label/Boris
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The term you are looking for is tapetum lucidum, stupid human

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Boris on the fifth iteration

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