1 october

Been very very busy, done great things with Gini but no time to write about them...
Today Sally was here, she confirmed what I also thought: Gini seems to be growing!
Plus she still sleeps on the plastic bags, plus she eats really well, plus she is outside as much as she can, plus she is hunting bigger prey - the mice have left the building :).
Sleep well Heidi! Your cat is doing finer every day...

29 September

Not much to report today: Tuesday is teaching day. But in the morning, before I left, I was able to take a picture with my phone (not a very good one) of Gini, sleeping on two plastic bags!! She is growing out of all kinds of old frustrations, too busy to sweat the small stuff! I also noticed 2 gekko's without tails by the way... I wonder...

28 September

Back from Holland! Gini and Jeroen have been living peacefully together for a week, developing their relationship... The messages I received from him made me fear she was now a one-man-farm cat, but luckily when I returned home, she was.. purring, stroking my legs, on my lap, in other words: happy to see me!!
But there definitely have been developments. She 's become positively un-scared, and begins to get seriously interested in birds...

We had a great day today, I was finishing a painting outside, Gini was around, relaxed and communicating, she is meowing: "proot proot" all the time. And walking long tracks, not low and scared, but she is clearly aware that this is her house, her terrain!!

Tuesday 22 September

Just a short one tonight - will go to bed early! This morning she's been sleeping on her orange blanket, while I was painting. When I came home this afternoon, Gini was standing next to the table, meowing loudly and walking towards the door: "let's go out!" So we had our walk, looked at the frogs in the fountain and she had a good "roll" on the pebbles...

Then she slept for a while on one of the garden chairs, ate with gusto and ended up on this computer! Tomorrow very early I'm off to Holland until Sunday night! Jeroen will have Gini for himself and he will try to give updates on this blog...

Back on Monday for sure!

Monday 21 September

We love here more every day! I had to teach a class this morning, and then a lunch meeting. To make my absence up to Gini we went for a walk in the afternoon. She really likes being outside and begins to get used to new things like grass, insects, loud birds, far away dogs barking.

The only thing she can't get used to - but even there we see some improvement - is the sound of plastic bags... but you don't hear that kind of noise outside...
And we also were inside, where Gini amused herself with her ball-toy. Mostly when I was NOT filming but I guess for Heidi this one's nice anyway...

Sundaynight 20 September

We're back, from a great sailing weekend... Gini came to the door immediately - and looked very dissappointed that is was us. I think. But maybe I'm projecting... Anyway, all's back to normal now, we're on the couch with Gini in between us, after I've brushed her for an extra long time and she has played with Jeroen's other shoes (he is wearing his boat shoes). More tomorrow!

Saturday 19 September

We're on the boat this weekend, and the live-in cat sitter doesn't know how to switch on a computer - so no updating until Monday! But you can be sure she's ok, Ginou loves Gini and has promised not to vacuum...but extra brushing