Summer is coming to its end, but the weather remains magnificent : our humans had an nice walk by the lake via the magnificently flowered waterfronts of Montreux and the impressive castle of Chillon.
The harvest season is not ended, and our apple tree sometimes gives us funny apples, like this one :
I remain carefully remote, because they don’t stop falling !
How is the weather at your place ? Do you already feel that autumn is coming ?
Category Archives: The Swiss Cats
Back in the past
Claire and Momo had left for a simple walk when, in the bend of a way, they were taken in a whirlwind which brought them back to the Middle Ages.
We live very close to the magnificent castle of Aigle, and the Medieval Party takes place every year. Crafts, everyday life, period costumes, everything is made so that the visitor finds himself in the Middle Ages.
Our humans attend a presentation of falconry with alternately a buzzard, two eagles, an owl, a vulture, and even a condor of the Andes ! They also attended several demonstrations : artillery with ancient weapons, ballista shooting, dance, music, paper manufacturing, paint with egg, forge, lace creation, glass blowing, and more …
They saw some representations of cat, in particular on blazons. The cat had rather good reputation at the beginning of the Middle Ages (except with the Roman Roman Catholic Church), it was appreciated for his talents as hunter of mice and rats. During the XIVth century he has been associated with infernal worship : it was the animal of the devil and the witches. Thousands of cats were put to death cruelly between the XIVth and the XVIth century because of these superstitions.
Fortunately, our humans came back in time to the XXIth century to feed us !
Meanwhile, in Switzerland…
What a pawty ! Thank you for coming to my birthday, friends ! I needed a few days to recover. Tino and Bella are the winners of my giveaway, congrats !
I also received these pretty cards from Cody, Phenny and Neilson, and Pipo :
Claire and Momo took advantage of the good weather to have a nice walk in forest last weekend.
Claire has returned to school for almost two weeks already, but you already knew it : our comments and our visits are rarer again…