Humphrey update

What’s the best thing about having a cat?

I think it’s the unpredictability and independence of cats.  Often I think I know how Humphrey will behave based on previous actions.  And then he does something so unexpected that it makes me laugh out loud.

We were watching a nature programme the other day.  Now especially with something like Springwatch, he reacts to the birdsong – in particular he likes the small birds like blue tits – possibly because he hears them in the garden.

But for fun I was watching the children’s programme In the Night Garden last week while I was doing my ironing.  Well I’m a Derek Jacobi groupie.  And I don’t know if you’ve seen the birds that that they have on the programme, blue and purple and green.  Well they don’t exactly make a proper bird noise but Humphrey walked in and straight to the television and sat in front of it and watched it.

Not distressed like he is with real birds, but quite intent like he wanted to know what was happening – a couple of times he turned back to me as if to say – look at that.

Mad I know but it made me laugh and I can accept the illusion that he sees what I do and understands!