Spoiling Murphy...

It's a lovely place to spend an hour or so if you've loadsofmoney and suffering from an attack of the gimmes.

After gazing at faux rusted lanterns and eye-wateringly expensive garden furniture...enormous bunches of artificial flowers that look real, even close up. I was fooled by the sweet peas...handmade soaps wrapped in gorgeous papers smelling divine...I did give in and bought a Grapefruit scented one...pretty bone china mugs and matching tea-pots...no milk jugs though, doesn't anyone use them anymore?

Bean bags...huge things that cost €200...there was a white one...imagine a white bean bag...it was on a shelf, bearing a discreet label...Please Don't Touch Me. There are the very latest glossy cookery and gardening books...and one about crocheted flowers which I looked at and put back hastily after seeing the price label...a darn sight cheaper to look up a demo on YouTube.

There's a section for the sort of kitchen gadget which appears to be a good idea at the time but ends up right at the back of a drawer...forgotten about. Those tiny forks to jab in the ends of corn on the cob...petit four moulds...a thing to hang on the side of a saucepan so your wooden spoon doesn't fall into the soup...a special asparagus cooking pan...

Then it's the sweets...proper old-fashioned mint humbugs and acid drops and fudge...sherbet pears and all-sorts...they come in scrunchy cellophane bags. So it was chocolate fudge for Himself and liquorice comfits for me.

The pet section has everything and much more besides for any animal you'd keep as a pet...parrot cages and stands...budgie toys and chinchilla powder for their jackets...automatic cat feeders and electric fences 'for strong and stubborn dogs'...bags of highly specialised food for elderly dogs or those who are obese...even some as 'ideal supplementary food for wolf-hybrids'...suppose you'd usually feed them on half a cow...live crickets for spiders and freeze-dried mice for snakes...

And cat stuff.

I homed in on the cat thing I found on their website while Himself almost collapsed at the price until I pointed out I was using my modest nest egg of pennies saved up for such purchases...he cheered up after that.

A lad put it in the car for us...it's awful heavy... and we brought it home...I stuffed Murphy into the sleeping compartment where he slept for about five minutes before emerging to leap onto my desk again...

[sassy59]

Oh aren't you posh paws Murphy - lovely cat post and bed but what do you have your eye on from your higher position?

I like our Haskins Garden Centre which I can, but don't, walk to as it is full of everything you describe and more but sooooooo expensive. I tend to just look generally but did buy our old cat a nice bed to put onto the sofa. Not too expensive and she loves it so worth every penny.

Take care Vashti and lots of love to Murphy. xxxxxxx

[Hidden in reply to sassy59]

It's nice just to wander about and have a look sometimes isn't it?

He had his eye on Bobby...you can just seen him on the floor behind Murphy's thingy...he's a Border Collie actually, though doesn't look like one now 'cos we had the dog groomer cut all his fur off...lol

Hoping you and Pete have a good enough week xx

[sassy59 in reply to Hidden]

Ok so far thanks Vashti. Wishing you well too and Murphy of course. xx

[redted]

Awwwwwwwwww,now who has been spoilt,😀 it looks beautiful,I am sure Murphy will love exploring all the playthings, typical that he jumped back out but that was to be with you,he will love his hidey hole once he gets used to it. Murphy you are one lucky kitten.

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He's fast asleep behind the settee now...on the floor!

[redted in reply to Hidden]

Now that is just typical,Lol but plenty of time for him to get used to his new toy.😄

[Bevvy]

Oh what a spoilt baby!

Mine has 2 humongous scratching posts that take up loads of room. But she doesn't like the small ones!! She is a big girl though so probably scared of scratching smaller post and falling over.!!

[Hidden in reply to Bevvy]

Murphy's contraption is bigger than it looks in the photo...and we have little enough space as it is!

[newlands]

Spoilt kitty so what Good for you

Take care

Dorothy

[Hidden in reply to newlands]

Exactly Dorothy...why not spoil him...

[Azure_Sky]

What a lovely luxurious cat post. How lovely that Murphy is bonding with you so quickly.

I expect there will more cat posts soon! One for every room!. You can get snazzy outdoor cat verandas too.

If you put a seat on Atilla, I bet Murphy would hitch a ride in it!.

[Hidden in reply to Azure_Sky]

Not at the price we paid there won't be!

[Azure_Sky in reply to Hidden]

They are £24 upwards on Amazon. Not difficult to make if you know a carpenter.

My mother always used wicker baskets for her cats. They seem to like them. George likes his and doesn't chew it.

[Photogeek]

Lol.

[Photogeek]

Vashti love it. He will be king of the castle very soon and will love it. Oh I want another kitten.

Lol

Hannah x

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Wish we'd had two now...lol

[Offcut]

We have something similar to that near us and they have all sorts of things that I could never afford. They have a nice large cafe and coffee area. We ended up buying a peace lily and pot (they put good air in the room apparently) When we got to the check out we were offer a special offer of for £10.00 each we would be members of their coffee club and get mails every now and then with offers of goods I still will not be able to afford. We declined and said we will look it up online. It worked out we would have to go at least 6 times to get a return on our investment. So allowing for travel and the fact no matter how many times we go, we will still not buy much more than a coffee and another plant unless the other has died.

Be well

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If you risk another Peace lily I seem to have found the answer to keeping them alive...let them droop before you water...and keep well away from heat and sunshine. I put mine in the bathroom...the ones I tried to keep in the sitting room just keeled over.

The one we went to has a lovely café...but the coffee is €2-50...and it's Kenco which gives me indigestion...lol

[Photogeek in reply to Hidden]

Hi Vahti just to let you know that Peace Lily's are poisonous for cats, so

Keep Murphy away from it. My cat Luna eats all my flowers. Must post a picture so you can see her. Lol

Hannah x

[Hidden in reply to Photogeek]

Thank you for that Hannah...it's on a high shelf out of his reach!

[Offcut in reply to Hidden]

I was told wait until they are nearly flat then water. We just never do very well with any house plants.

[Hidden in reply to Offcut]

Bit of a difference between droopy and flat...lol

[Snodgrass]

What a wonderful present for the kitten, if we have pets they should be spoilt!

[Azure_Sky]

Has Molly tried to join Murphy on his perch?

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