Blod’s first Christmas
This year my
family are getting Christmas cakes as presents. Sorry to spoil the surprise,
guys, but it doesn’t take a genius to work out what the cash-strapped cakemaker
in the family is going to give you.
My sister has yet
to get her own cat, despite her very best efforts (trying to appropriate the
neighbour’s; having a baby in a kitten-for-a-baby deal on which her husband has
cruelly reneged, and teaching the baby sign language for “I want a cat”). Unless
there is a small wriggly parcel under the tree for her this year, I’m afraid the
only cat she is getting for Christmas is made of sugar.
Everyone with a
cat will know how much kitties love wrapping paper, particularly before you’ve
put it on the present, and love Christmas trees. Mine form an orderly queue to
denude my tree of its baubles and only yesterday I heard myself shouting “Get
off my raccoon!” True to form, the kitten on the cake has nicked off with a Christmas bauble and is playing with wrapping paper.
The kitten itself
is based on Blod, one of the most beautiful cats I’ve ever seen (and I have
done a lot of research).
Blod was rescued this
year from a fate worse than death (well, death) by Jake Yapp, who has kindly
shared some photos and videos of him. Cheer as Blod is rescued! Sniffle a
bit as Blod finds a new home! And watch possibly the cutest one minute of
kitten footage available on YouTube here.
Happy Christmas,
bairn! Fingers crossed for a kitten next year. The baby is very cute too. Just keep up with the sign language.
Thats a really beautiful looking cake, I'm sure your sister will be very pleased to receive it. The cats and baby are super cute too! Wishing you and your family a very happy Christmas :)
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