September 2012 - Costa Calida Chronicle

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Hi, it’s Shannon here again and I am
going to tell you about our Cat-A-Tonic
Cattery. Just recently three one year
old kittens and a cat called Felix came
in. Felix used to be a feral cat that was
rescued and now lives in a home and is
cared for. She is a bit wary of people
and tends to hide in her run when
anyone enters the cattery. Katrina –
(remember her from last month?) and
I went in every day to see her and the
other cats and eventually Felix calmed
down and she allowed us to pick her up
and stroke her. On the third day she
was even waiting at her gate to greet
us. The three kittens were jealous
and mewed all the time until we went
to see them. After a few days they all
Hi, Connor here. I have to tell you
about Katrina’s over-reaction to being
covered with freezing water and our
water fi ghts in general. As you know
we have had Katrina staying with us
for a good bit of the Summer. Katrina
is our niece and is the same age as
Shannon. Our pool developed a huge
leak, so while Dad was fi xing it, we
had to use a smaller one, one of those
blow up ones that get higher with the
water. It is quite big and we can all still
get in it and it is certainly better than
nothing in the hot weather we have
been having. To help us stay cool we
had a lot of water fi ghts with bottles
and water balloons. Katrina does not
like to have a water balloon thrown at
her, even if she is in her swim things
so, obviously we all threw them at
her! Isn’t that what Uncles are for?
Hi, Nathan here again. This month I
would like to tell you about our trip
to the Guns past Isla Plana. As usual
the view up there is great and when
we arrived it was so hot we decided
to have lunch fi rst then take some
photographs with Katrina, as it was
her fi rst time there. Mum stayed by
the picnic box while the rest of us went
down under the guns with our torches.
It was very dark and a bit scary going
up the ladders with nothing but a dim
light. The rooms were strange and
even stranger to think that those guns
actually fi red once and people had to
work down there. It was very hot. It
was a relief for me when we came back
out into the light because I don’t like
ladders in the dark. The gun barrels
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went home, but came back for another
stay and the owner told us that as soon
as Felix saw her cat box she jumped
straight in as if she knew she was
Anyway, one day Katrina said she was
going to get into the pool to cool down
and she asked Nathan if he would mind
getting her a drink of water from the
cold water machine. Nathan did. As he
was bringing the water over to her she
was on her way up the steps in to the
pool and Nathan just could not resist
are huge and point out to sea. The
weather was so hot that the metal of
the guns was too hot to touch. Katrina
wanted a picture taken of her sitting
on the barrel. She started to laugh
because her clothes sort of melted onto
coming back to Cat-A-Tonic. She said
it was the fi rst time she had ever done
that. Felix has been in for a while now
and she looks forward to my visits. The
kittens try to climb the mesh on their
run door. It is funny to watch them as
they have to jump down from the top.
It is good to see all these happy cats
and see them settle in with us.
On a different note.. I will get my GCSE
Spanish results soon. In fact when you
read this article I will have them, so I
will let you all know how I got on next
month.
throwing the very cold water over her.
She screamed and fell in to the pool,
falling face down in the water. It was
very funny and we all laughed. Even
Katrina saw the funny side of it, but she
would have preferred the drink I think.
Don’t worry, she was not hurt, as the
pool is not deep at all. Just her pride
I think!
As for the main pool, well Dad has fi xed
it and we will soon be able to go back
for a proper swim. Katrina has gone
back to Scotland, so the water fi ghts
are not as much fun because Shannon
and Nathan don’t mind getting wet
and don’t scream every time a drop of
water touches them! Thanks for the
fun Katrina.
the metal and when she tried to jump
down, Dad had to catch her and she
had ripped her all-in-one shorts thing
she was wearing, that I called a baby
grow! The material had stuck to the
gun and when she jumped it stayed
where it was! Dad had to lend her his
tee shirt to tie round her waist so she
could walk back to the car. Mum said
she could fi x it when we were home.
She did, so that was alright. Poor
Katrina, she did give us a lot of reasons
to have a laugh. It really was great to
have her to stay for so long and I am
sure she enjoyed herself.
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