When we acquired our new pet, we tried to ensure that he had all the right accessories to ensure he felt at home. One of which was a lovely, warm cat bed with fur lined interior. A complete waste of money as it turns out, as he prefers the fruit bowl half full of green lego…

Someone also warned us that cats and christmas trees don’t mix. As much as we have tried to discipline Sparky, it seems climbing the tree, grasping some tinsel in his jaws and then leaping off the tree and bombing across the room into the study has become his favourite ‘game’. The result is that our once colourful and bright christmas tree now looks abused.

Still, in between shooings and banging the newspaper on the floor just short of his little fleeing tail, I took this rather cute shot of him peering out from the branches with an obvious look of contempt. He knows that he will be forgiven.

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