Tag Archives: Summer

Ta-daaa !

That’s it ! After one month of works, our new kitchen is finally finished ! The table is just missing (it won’t arrive before three weeks) : imagine a white table with anthracite feet and four chairs (2 green, 2 orange), OK ?

Before – after :

What Claire and Momo prefer : the dishwasher ! (it’s the first time they have one)
What we prefer : the return to normalcy !

However, we live in slow motion, because we’re living exceptional weather conditions. Indeed, the period from April till July is the hottest that Switzerland has lived since 1864, and the driest since 1921 (source : MétéoSuisse). We hope it rains, and the temperatures come down !

Cats in summer : 5 tips to bear the heat better

It was hot, very hot these last weeks, and even if our distant ancestors lived in the desert, we have to protect ourselves from the heat during the day all the same. Here’s a brief reminder of summer best practice ; this advice is also valid for bipeds.

5 tips to bear the heat better in summer

Always have some water available to hydrate you (inside and outside).
Stay in the shade and cool during the hottest hours of the day : the cool of the ground under bushes, or the cool of the stone floor in the house are very pleasant and contribute to your comfort. And if you’re lucky enough to have conditioned air, enjoy it !
Reduce your activity : keep your energy for playing or hunting at dawn, twilight, or during the night.
Ask your human to keep the house as cool as possible by closing blinds or shutters.
Ask your human to pet you regularly with a wet wash glove : that’s so good !
And why not to play with some water to cool your paws ? A basin with some water, toys which float, treats to be caught in small cups, here we are !

We’re back !

The school year ended well, and the children are finally on holidays since Friday noon. As dean, Claire still has some work at the management office, but the working rhythm is much less stressful than during June.

At the moment, we’re camping at home : the renovation work of the kitchen has started, as well as the pose of stone floor in the laundry.

Here is the state of our kitchen at present :

And here is our temporary lounge – dining room :

And our temporary kitchen (in other words : the garage) :

The rest of the house looks like this :

We can tell you that we’re living in the garden !

At the end of May, we won a giveaway at our friends of Katzenworld thanks to their partner 4cats. The package arrived in the middle of June, but we warned Marc-André that Claire’s thumbs were unavailable until July.