Seil - International Cat of Mystery (2025)

15/09/2025

Seil: From over the Rainbow Bridge I enjoy keeping an eye on everypawdy, humans & kitties alike, & I have purrfected the way of sending messages back whenever I feel the need to do so. We’re actually very skilled here at the R. B. but we only intervene when we deem it important to do so. Sometimes our contact can be a little thing such as a feather gently falling to earth, other times we will make contact through another kitty, imbuing him or her with one of our traits to get the message across. Talented, aren’t we? MOL.

Polly: The one good thing about the weather changing & the temperature falling is that the Mummy has put the heating on. Now I get to be warm just like it was in Saudi Arabia (Ed. Well, almost!). It makes me very snuggly. There is also a chance that I won’t need a baff tonight. I don’t like baffs even though I know they are necessary. I may complain a lot but to be fair to the Mummy she tries to give me a night off whenever she feels that she can. It gives her a break as much as it does me. I have to say that in all my time here I am well looked after, especially in terms of my hygiene & I know this must be difficult for my humans at times. I think they must hold the record for speedy kitty nappy changing.

Moon: Polly is not the only kitty involved in record breaking. I am too. It was a record set as recently as last night. The number of Moon kisses before bedtime has reached a new level. As the Mummy goes round all the kitties here to give goodnight kisses I run in between them. My plaintive cries suggest that I have been missed out or that the Mummy must be colour blind & has ignored me. Last night ws the best session ever & afterward I curled up on the Daddy for even more Moon kisses. He said it is a good job the TV remote control has a pause button. Surely he means a “paws button”? MOL.

Our love to one & all, Seil, Polly & Moon ###

07/09/2025

Seil: Watching the rain pour down this week it made me realise that here on the other side of the Rainbow Bridge it is not as you may expect – we do not live in eternal sunshine, we, too, get some rain but never too much to drench us all. We get just enough to keep the grass green & to freshen us up. Watching how most of my brofurs & sisfurs went charging in when the rain came but how a silly few opted to stay out even though their fur was soaking made me laugh. Yes, we are all different but isn’t that what makes us both special & unique? Life would be boring if we were all the same.

Polly: So, the Daddy went off to his conference in London but I was left behind. The Mummy was left to sort out our food & our litter all on her own. Don’t tell the Daddy but she did really well. The train tickets were pre-booked for the Daddy & he had to change at Doncaster on the way home. Had the Daddy done his own booking he would have picked an earlier train. The train from London to Doncaster was running late but it would have made no difference as the connecting train had been cancelled & it was the last of the day. The Daddy got an alternative train to Hull & the train operator then put him in a taxi for the last 25 miles of the journey so all ended well even if it was gone midnight when he got home. Purrhaps it is just as well that I didn’t go with him. Usually I am tucked up in bed fast asleep by midnight. Purrhaps next time….

Moon: Did you know that on 1st. September we moved from meteorlogical summer into meteorlogical autumn? The nights are getting longer. At the start of the week the Mummy decided that all of us who were enjoying being in the back garden needed to be rounded up & indoors by 09.00 p.m. yet by last night this had turned into 08.30p.m. The beaty of rules is that there are always exceptions & some rules just have to be broken. You also need to take into consideration that I operate on M.T. (that’s Moon Time) so for 08.30 p.m. read 10.30 or even 11.00 p.m. One or two of the other Anderson kitties (my brofurs & sisfurs) stay out with me, setting the Mummy & Daddy quite a challenge as they make being captured anything but easy. None of them have my staying power, however, & I am always the last one to come in. There is a total eclipse of the moon tonight so I think I may well be joined in the garden by the humans as the weather is promising for a good view. Moon watching may well turn into a regular event, but what will the choice be – watching that big moon cheese in the sky or watching an exquisite black Moon Kitty? MOL.

Our love to one & all, Seil, Polly & Moon ###

01/09/2025

Seil & Moon: We get a day off today as we hand over to our sisfur Polly but before we do so please allow us to explain that what follows comes from Polly’s imagination & dreams (as translated by the Daddy!)

Polly: With the Daddy going to London on Tuesday & Wednesday I decided to go with him. Whilst I may have flown on a petrol budgie (that’s an aeroplane just I case you didn’t know) to get to the UK, I had not been on a railway train so it was quite an experience. Staying in a hotel is just like being at home – they have something called “room service” which means that food is delivered to order. Rather than going to the conference with the Daddy (too boring for a kitty) I spent the day visiting all the tourist spots. I really enjoyed the London Eye. Did you know that it is nothing more than an overgrown hamster wheel? The tube was not what I expected. At home when the humans mention a tube it is the cardboard centre of a toilet roll & we all just lubz to play with it. In London it is an underground train that travels in the dark through tunnels. I visited Horse Guards Parade. Did you know that when the horses with the guardsmen sitting on them in their splendid ceremonial uniforms do poops another soldier appears as if by magic to clean up after them? Considering this to be both a magnificent idea as well as the status quo I abandoned my nappy & went nakie. Freedom at last! To my horror someone in a pinstripe suit & a bowler hat (it seems this is standard dress for Londoners!) came running up to me & warned me that a repeat of pooping in public would result in my being fined. That’s fine because just like King Charles & Queen Camilla I don’t carry cash so I shall leave it to the Daddy to pay. MOL. Tired but happy I slept most of the way home to be met at the station by Mum’s taxi. This sure was one big adventure. Bobby Ewing in the shower anyone? MOL.

Our love to one & all, Seil, Polly & Moon ###

24/08/2025

Seil: As you will read below, my sisfurs are poles apart when it comes to what pleases them at night. But isn’t that what makes each one of us special? we are all unique & what pleases one of us does not necessarily please the next. So today let us give thanks for what sets each one of us apart for it is those differences that ultimately bring us all because opposites attract. There, that’s my little bit of wisdom to share with you all today!

Polly: Yesterday (Caturday) was a really good day for me. I had a lay in with the Mummy, snuggling up on the pillow next to her. A lazy afternoon was spent between being on the Mummy’s lap in the lounge & sitting outside on the catio. In the evening the Mummy decided that it was turning cold. (Oops, is this the end of summer?). First of all she wrapped me up on the chair in a big fluffy blankie. The she put the electric heater on & I was instantly curled up in front of it. All in all, it was a purrfect day. MOL.

Moon: The nights are growing longer but that doesn’t mean I want to come in any earlier. Not at all. There are too many nighttime things to entertain me. Chasing moths is just one. There are many other busies & flying insects that come awake when it is dark & running around the garden after them is such great fun. I am not keen on the slugs, however. They appear to be slimy &, to be quite honest, I don’t actually see them doing very much. (Ed. Except that they eat the Daddy’s plants, much to his annoyance). I think I’ll give them a miss. I keep hearing an owl. It is obviously in one of the trees in the cemetery that we back onto but I have yet to see it. What about you – do you like being out at night or would you rather be tucked up in bed?

Our love to one & all, Seil, Polly & Moon ###

17/08/2025

Seil: Did you know that we never get tired on the other side of the Rainbow Bridge? It means that we can stay awake all day & all night if we want to. Sometimes its nice just to curl up. It was just as I read Moon’s post today about being rounded up at bedtime that it made me think this was a fun fact that you may not know. I know that when we first cross over the Rainbow Bridge you humans are very sad & your eyes leak but there are many positive things to consider once we are here & I think we should be encouraged to share these with you as I’m sure it can help ease your pain.

Polly: I get called many things here – thankfully they are all repeatable! – but the Mummy’s favourite is “Polly Anna Banana”. Goodness only knows why – after all I am not a piece of fruit, I am a kitty. I much prefer it when she calls me Princess Polly. Anyway, this week she bought me a present, a new blanket. I call it my princess blanket. She says I do not have to save it for special occasions & get use it whenever I want to (which is all the time). I was back at the vettie on Monday with my breathing problem but the Mummy left her phone at home with the videos of the problem so the videos had to be sent later. The vettie reckons there is nothing wrong with any major organs & it is an upper respiratory problem. I am on Loxicom liquid & some Bisolvon powder sprinkled on my food. If the problem purrsists I will have a CT scan. The Daddy wonders if it is simply hayfever. We shall see but I feel good right now.

Moon: I lubz the summer – a great time to play outside with all my brofurs & sisfurs. The Daddy says it is many years since the back garden kitties caught a birdie but it happened this week & everypawdy is claiming the credit for it. Of course they are all wrong because obviously it was me & I don’t care what the others say. Night time is just as good as all sorts of bugsies & moths come out to fly around. Chasing after them is the greatest fun & is only bettered by a late night game of hide & seek with the Daddy as he tries to get me in for bed. It’s a game he never wins & he sure is a sore loser. MOL.

Our love to one & all, Seil, Polly & Moon ###

10/08/2025

Seil: Watching my humans & my brofurs & sisfurs from here over the Rainbow Bridge I continue to be happy that all the kitties are well looked after. Polly is bathed daily & has several nappy changes each day plus various lotions & ointments to keep her fit & well. Moon is a handful. Well, she would be if you could catch her. When she’s awake she does everything at the speed of light. Polly’s towels are purple but they were in the wash yesterday so she had to have one of my orange ones instead. I sent the Mummy a message that this was Ok, after all, sharing is good.

Polly: After last week’s game of midwife & babies (yes, really!) I have to say that I am really disappointed in Ollie ( Cat - Red 1) who just will not play at being my baby. I ask you – who could possibly resist having me as their mother? I shall just have to knock him into shape if gentle purrsuasion fails! It may well be that he sees the nappies that I have to wear & thinks I will be putting him in them as well. What, I ask you, has happened to Ollie’s senses of fun & adventure?

Moon: I’m easy to find at bedtime – you can guarantee that I’ll be in the back garden playing hard to catch. That’s right, I will only come in when I am ready to do so although this week has seen the humans chasing me round the garden late at night (not that they managed to catch me!). But where do you find me during the day? Well, my secret is out now – I am on top of the wardrobes in the big bedroom. There is a cuddly toy black & white kitty up there. It is great for snuggling into & it also makes spotting me very hard to do. You should know by now that I never make things easy – that’s part of the fun of being Moon! MOL.

Our love to one & all, Seil, Polly & Moon ###

04/08/2025

Seil: I’ve just read my sisfur Polly’s post for today. It sure has made me laugh. I am so pleased because had I been there it is just the sort of silly thing I would have been involved in. Go Polly!

Polly: I had great fun yesterday (Caturday) playing at doctors & nurses! To be more precise it was all about playing at Maternity Ward! Lillibelle ( Marklets) was to have a baby kitten & I was the on-call midwife. Lillibelle had been advised that she was only having the one kitten so it would be a “lit” rather than a “litter”. The kitten was duly delivered but then came the shock. It was indeed to be a litter with another kitten on the way. I knew to instruct her to push & she was given gas & fur. Push, push, push & out came a boy kitty that was bigger than Lillibelle. Talk about swoon – never mind Lillibelle, I fainted. Once revived it was my turn to be the patient & I gave birth to a ginger boy with Olliie ( Cat - Red 1) assuming the role of the baby although he seemed to lack the necessary enthusiasm. It is fur to say that mothers & kittens are all doing well. MOL.

Moon: I cannot explain why but I did not want to come in at bedtime last night. The Daddy made several attempts to get me but he was bitten twice & scratched three times. Thankfully these were not vicious & no blood was spilt so I did not get into trouble. Well, not too much trouble as the Daddy did stamp his feet & wag his finger at me.

Our love to one & all, Seil, Polly & Moon ###

27/07/2025

Seil: Greetings from across the Rainbow Bridge. Here every day is a good day although we do all miss you, our humans. I just want to say that I hope you are all having a good day as well. Don’t ever forget that we think about you all every single day.

Polly: My flutterby counting has continued this week although I did encounter one problem. Moon being Moon ate a Red Admiral flutterby just as I was counting it. Bad kitty. Now do I include it in my count? Purrhaps it should be classed as a half? Can you have such a thing as half a flutterby? I really don’t know. It is not so warm today so I have been sitting in the dining room, curled up in a kitty pod &, with the catio door open, I am watching all the creatures in the back garden &beyond – bugsies, flies, flutterbies (of course), birdies & skwerrels. Great entertainment - just purrfect.

Moon: I continue to relay news & information back to the Mother Ship. The SMM (the Supreme Moon Mouse) shows great interest in my reports. I have decided, however, that I must “adjust” what I tell & make planet earth seem much less interesting & inviting. After all, I neither want to be recalled nor do I want my fellow Moon Mice following me here. I lubz what I have here & don’t want to share it! MOL.

Our love to one & all, Seil, Polly & Moon ###

20/07/2025

Seil: I have enjoyed watching my sisfurs from over the Rainbow Bridge this week. Just like me Polly found a loving home where her toilet & bathing needs are taken care of. The humans have adapted to this & we couldn’t have asked for more love & care. As for Moon – “the stowaway” – she brings her own specific needs. Nobody quite knows what they are yet but she will definitely have some simply as she won’t want to miss out! In fact that sums Moon up purrfectly. She will always be the star of the show.

Polly: Friday saw the start of this country’s Big Butterfly Count & I am taking part in the back garden. I have to sit for fifteen minutes each day & list how many flutterbies I see & what sort they are. The Daddy has warned me that I am not allowed to catch them, just watch them. He can be a spoilsport at times! It’s a good job I learnt how to count at kittengarten, isn’t it? Lots of white ones & one Red Admiral. None yesterday (Caturday) as it was raining so I shall try again today. Its also my third Gotcha Day today (along with Moon). That’s 1096 days (there was a leap year!). That number I can count to but if I measured my time here in either baffs or nappy changes they would be too many for me to add up. MOL. I had to go to the vettie during the week as the Mummy was concerned that my breathing was not as it should be. I have some powder to take for a week sprinkled on my food twice per day. As we only get wet nums at teatime this means that I am now getting breakfast nums as well. I think I may have to turn this into a long recovery process. Bring on the nums!

Moon: Who is the Mummy kidding? Certainly not me. She was busy yesterday grooming all the other kitties here. The lounge was filled with fur. She decided that I needed to be brushed as well. Does she not know that being short haired & sleek I do not need to be groomed? Her excuse was that I needed to look extra pretty for my Gotcha Day. OK, so she did actually manage to remove some loose fur but the truth is that I chose to humour her & played along with the brushing. We celebrated the Gotcha Day early with a big Kitty Fest on Wednesday. This morning I went into the garden early. Lots of birdies & skwerrels for me to chirrup at. The skwerrels torment me by running along the back garden fence. They have worked out that with the kitty-proofing I cannot get to them. One day, skwerrels, one day…..

Our love to one & all, Seil, Polly & Moon ###

13/07/2025

Seil: I am pleased that all my brofurs & sisfurs are busy enjoying the summer sunshine. It has been fun watching from over the Rainbow Bridge as they frolic in the sun although at times at has been too hot for some. Don’t forget – the humans have sunscreen available for those kitties who need it so don’t be afraid to ask!

Polly: It has been too hot for me this week. It reminded me of my time in Saudi Arabia. I told you recently that I have taken to moon bathing (that’s like sun bathing but done at night) & this week was no exception. It is definitely the best time of the day to be outdoors & I can take my pick of the sun loungers (or should I rename them “moon loungers”?). The Mummy says I am wrong but I am convinced she has given me extra baffs this week to cool me down. She calls me a “Sweaty Betty” How rude & my apology on the Mummy’s behalf to all Bettys out there reading this. I know the signs & hide the moment I hear the water running. I hid one day this week but the Daddy said it was a false alarm & I was safe to come out. Not a Polly baff but the Daddy having a shower. Did you know that unlike me, the Daddy does not need the Mummy’s help to put a nappy on? In fact, he doesn’t actually need a nappy at all which is a good job as I don’t know how it would fit as his tail is on backwards! MOL!!

Moon: I have been promoted this week (OK not by anyone else – I did it myself) & I am no longer a Moon Mouse but I am the Empress Moon Mouse, the leader of Moon Mice everywhere on this planet & beyond. I have chirruped the news long & loud. One advantage to being the Empress is that I can have unlimited petting from the Mummy & the Daddy 24/7. It is hard to believe that along with Polly next Sunday will be my 3rd. Gotcha Day. It only seems a short time since I stowed away on the Petrol Budgie & flew to England. Who knew things would turn out they way they have?

Our love to one & all, Seil, Polly & Moon ###

06/07/2025

Seil: From beyond the Rainbow Bridge I have to say how happy I am that Misty has settled in. Watching her from afar I can see that she is quite a pet & will hopefully bring my humans much love & pleasure. She may well become a little snuggle bunny! Time for me to check on my recently arrived brofur & sisfurs. We meet up to share stories & memories & e want you to know that we are all restored to full health & wellbeing.

Polly: I occasionally like to curl up on the spare bed. I’m glad I didn’t this morning. With the Mummy asleep in the big bed, the Daddy went out to get a newspaper. The velux window was left open. What had begun as a nice day suddenly turned wet. Monsoon conditions & the Daddy returned home to a bedroom under water. To make matters worse, the drier broke yesterday & although it is under warranty the repairman is not due until the 17th. To make matters worse, our brofur Maui came in drenched & needing to be towelled dry. I think I’ll hibernate – at least until feeding time. I shall probably have to have a baff before tea seeing as I was excused one yesterday (a rare treat!).

Moon: I have had a new playmate this week – Misty (Jazzy - Puss in carpet slippers.). She has been enjoying the back garden so I decided to show her round. When the heavy rain arrived this morning I showed her how to hide under the BBQ cover. Last night I got the most bedtime kisses from the Mummy that I have had for some considerable time. The trick, as the Mummy goes from kitty to kitty bestowing kisses, is to get in-between the kitties & to give the Mummy my famous “sad eyed” kitty look implying that she has missed me out. It works every time & as I reappear time & again so I do indeed get the kisses I desire.

Our love to one & all, Seil, Polly & Moon ###

29/06/2025

Seil: By the sound of things (as you will read below) Polly & Moon have been having some summer fun. The Mummy has declared it to be “night fever”. Now that’s a rather tenuous link to a joke that I have for you so here goes. I thought I heard a bunch of onions singing but I was mistaken, it was only chives talking! (Did you get the connection? Yes, the Bee Gees). MOL.

Polly: With the hot weather this week it has been hard to settle down. One night my humans couldn’t find me at bedtime. Eventually they tried the back garden & there I was, stretched out full length on a sun lounger. The Mummy said that rather than sunbathing I was “moon bathing”. I ask you? Have you ever heard of such a thing? MOL. In Friday I had to have two baffs (yes, really, “baffs”!) as the Mummy said I had a poopy bottom. The same problem yesterday (Caturday) meant I had a baff as soon as I got up but I was told that was it for the day. On their return from their day out (see Cat - Red 1 for details) the Mummy whisked me off for another baff. That’s a broken promise – I was Angry Kitty & made my displeasure loudly known. That’s four baffs in two days. If I get any wetter I’ll be shrinking.

Moon: It was hot last night & some of us were allowed to stay out in the back garden until midnight at which point the grand round-up began. Good kitties one & all came in but with one exception – me! No matter how hard they tried my humans simply could not gather me up. The Mummy was running around in her nightdress & the Daddy was getting increasingly exasperated. Just as the Mummy prepared to leave me out all night the Daddy had one final attempt & he managed to keep hold of me no matter how much I struggled. I think I might well be grounded tonight!

Our love to one & all, Seil, Polly & Moon ###

Seil - International Cat of Mystery