Sleep 7

Nightcap.

Sleep 6

Blythe dreams.

Sleep 5

Wounded kitten nest.

The kitten has been nesting in here for the last few days. It's not normal for her - she usually likes sleeping somewhere obvious, so people can see her, praise her cuteness, and give her pats and love. But for the last few days, she's been sleeping here - in the back of a cupboard, hidden behind a shirt. We only tracked her down by the jingling from her collar when she woke up.

We found out why yesterday. Turns out she has a very large abscess on her leg - I discovered it by the trail of oozing pus and blood that was sliding pinkly down her fur. One very fast trip to the vet later, she's clipped, drained, medicated... and much happier. She's gone back to sleeping in the middle of the floor, and her hidden nest is abandoned.

Sleep 4

'After life's fitful fever, he sleeps well.'

St Stephen's Cemetery, Newtown.

Sleep 3

The morning after the night before.

Rumpled sheets, crumpled doonas, and plenty of cat hair - you can tell that two humans and one to two cats spend their nights here.

Sleep 2

Underslept, with teddy.


As I think I mentioned, I don't sleep well any more. I'm usually woken up by something hurting at some stage during the night - and if not, my blood sugars will stage a rebellion and I'll have to stumble out in the wee small hours to gorge on lemonade and ginger nuts. Sadly, I think the lack of sleep is starting to show. I do like my jammies, though.

Sleep 1

The cutest bundle.

This is the kitten, Murky, asleep. She's come a long way from the day we found her (here); she's over a year old now, and almost full grown. She's acting far more grown up, too - she's even learned not to randomly pounce the other cat (well, not as often). She still spends a lot of time killing leaves or random socks, and she still chases her own tail on occasion, too, and even catches it at times.

As you can tell from the shed fur, she spends a lot of time sleeping on that cushion. And she sleeps hard.

Theme for the week starting Monday 30th March...

...is something I would dearly love to have more of - and preferably with fewer interruptions from pain.

Next week's theme is SLEEP.