Just Darcy - by Annie Try
What's new in the Hobday (Try) house since last month? Those who follow my tweets or look at the pictures in a blog first, will know the answer to this. We have a new cat. Or more correctly, we have been taken on by a 4-year old tabby with a mind of her own named Darcy. Darcy has been with us for little more than a week but seems to be quite in control of the whole re-homing situation and very decisive about where she will sit, how close she will get to Maisie, our Old English Sheepdog, and whose lap is worth a visit. She has even established her place in my study - so I find myself apologising to her if I dare to put anything on the desk to the right of my laptop. Or carefully pulling my notes out from under her as she sleeps. Her place by the keys, watching my fingers as if about to pounce, is something of a compromise. I'm relieved we could come to a point of agreement - her first preference was to sleep across the keypad. We first saw a ...