"The Cat Who Will Live ForEbah", also known as "THE cat", also known as Lucy, was resting under the verandah in the afternoon heat.

I brought out the shade cloth for the pool, since it is time to put that up for the season. The heat is making a noticeable return as summer cranks up the thermo dial.

The shade cloth is clearly some monstrous creature that has come to attack her, or will if she turns her back on it.

I have noticed that the closer she gets to total senility, the more vocal she gets. There were therefore "MEOWW!"s of protest every metre or so as she moved away from The Green Beast, which was in fact no less than a couple of metres from her in any case.

Eventually she settled in the shade of the garden up against the rock border. She has decided that this should be a defensible position in case she needs to launch a counter attack against the shade cloth creature.