Category Archives: The Swiss Cats

Photo session

ZORRO : Crack a smile, Pixie !
PIXIE : I don’t feel like…
Pixie doesn't want to smile.
ZORRO : C’mon, a pretty smile for the photo…
PIXIE : I don’t want, I tell you !
Pixie really doesn't want to smile.
PIXIE : Don’t push me around, I’m not in the mood !
Pixie really really doesn't want to smile.
ZORRO : Wow ! Girls ! You’re so touchy …
PIXIE : Do you want a slap again ? My paw is ready, you know !
Pixie tells Zorro that she doesn't want to smile.
PIXIE : What ? Do you also want my photo ?
Get it ? Pixie doesn't want to smile.
♪ ♬ Love is in the air ♫ ♩

Happy 725th birthday, Switzerland !

The Swiss National holiday was celebrated for the first time in 1891 to commemorate the 600th anniversary of the Pact of 1291. The Pact of 1291 is chosen at this moment as founding act of Switzerland rather than the Oath of Grütli which was previously celebrated. The date of August 1st is chosen because the treaty of alliance between the first cantons is dated the beginning of August, without specifying the exact day.
The 1st August is an official holiday since 1994 only.

We are ready to celebrate : the house is decorated (those are the flags of the 26 Swiss cantons) :
drapeaux des 26 cantons
The flowers are decorated :
gabion 1er aout
And even our enclosure is decorated !
enclos 1er aout

Happy August 1st to all the Swiss !

1er aout 206

Successful garden patrol

A fearless vole decided some times ago to build his own tunnel of Gothard (our national pride), nearby field up to our garden, by passing under the concrete border.
trou de campagnol
One morning, the merry road worker borrowed this beautiful tunnel. However, he had not planned customs officers’ watchful presence : us. He just manages to take refuge in the center of the bundle of hydrangea, in a place we could not reach.
Zorro and Pixie around hortensia
He yelled so hardly being afraid that Claire heard him through the opened window from the inside of the house and came to see what was happening !
Vole in hortensia
We tried everything : impossible to dislodge him from his hiding place. Then we decided to have a good nap to think about the problem.

During the afternoon, the vole took advantage of our extended nap to go right by our nose escaped our vigilance and went out of his refuge. But this moron chooses to visit the garden, instead of taking off in no time by where he had come !
Vole in hibiscus
This time, we stuck him against the trunk of the hibiscus. And it’s there that Claire and Momo spoiled everything : they pushed OUR vole in a plastic bottle of which the bottom was cut, and evacuated him in the field nearby.
Vole in the bottle
Waste of time : this stupid vole returned in the garden during the night, and next morning, Claire and Momo found a half devoured backside which they easily recognized…