tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25357003942669799242024-03-06T01:43:34.567+01:00We Three, Ginger cats talesTelling tales, of walking in wild places, of painting, of sleeping in warm places and of mice and other things....The Ginger Darlingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15571331660164679317noreply@blogger.comBlogger932125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535700394266979924.post-73006358987777466712014-12-04T12:19:00.001+01:002014-12-04T12:19:30.630+01:00Cat WalkIt took years, but finally I found a publisher with the heart to publish Cat Walk. This is a love story to Pembrokeshire and to cats.<br />
It can be bought from all good independent bookshops and also signed copies are available from <a href="http://www.solvawoollenmill.co.uk/jackie-morris-books" target="_blank">Solva Woollen Mill.</a><br />
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Working with Graffeg has been so much of a pleasure that I am now working on two more books with them.The Ginger Darlingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15571331660164679317noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535700394266979924.post-38972793863972892642014-06-09T23:01:00.003+02:002014-06-09T23:03:16.840+02:00Still here.......Still walking, but you can find us now mingled in with other things at <a href="http://jackiemorris.co.uk/">jackiemorris.co.uk</a><br />
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<br />The Ginger Darlingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15571331660164679317noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535700394266979924.post-77716804869305084582013-06-20T13:26:00.000+02:002013-06-20T13:26:04.116+02:00Gathering up the threads..<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Ginger Darlingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15571331660164679317noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535700394266979924.post-54684499283469301712013-06-17T00:31:00.002+02:002013-06-17T08:59:32.004+02:00Sad newsVery sorry to have to say that Lord Genji of Silverstorm was killed by a car on Saturday. So sad. This is how I will remember him best, Lord of the high hill. For now, that is all.<br />
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<br />The Ginger Darlingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15571331660164679317noreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535700394266979924.post-40895465312747552302013-02-26T08:46:00.001+01:002013-02-26T08:46:34.203+01:00Reading by Tigerlight<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is a new<a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Prints-of-Print-Jackie-Morris-Fine-Art-Watercolor-Reading-by-Tigerlight-/111018992671?pt=Art_Prints&hash=item19d93f641f" target="_blank"> big cat print for sale to raise money </a>for a wonderful charity in the USA, <a href="http://www.kidsneedtoread.org/" target="_blank">Kids Need to Read.</a> Reading by Tigerlight. Spot the Pixiecat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Been away for a while and missing the kittens. Came back with too much to do to find kittens had grown. Meanwhile I have signed two copies of I am Cat with special Genji and Lady Spittifer drawings. These are off to Catster. More on this later.</span><br />
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<br />The Ginger Darlingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15571331660164679317noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535700394266979924.post-89907613063633646192013-01-08T23:49:00.001+01:002013-01-08T23:49:15.835+01:00Spittifer the Bengal Baby plays in the Scratch Lounge<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2AXLsoQsemQ" width="459"></iframe>The Ginger Darlingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15571331660164679317noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535700394266979924.post-2674074669858209492013-01-06T18:02:00.002+01:002013-01-06T18:02:45.598+01:00Favorite places for sitting.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"We are cats. We have no pockets in which to keep money. No thanks."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The ginger pride have always walked, spend time indoors and out, come and go at will. They have access outside to fresh spring water. They seldom drink from the dog's bowl.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It has often worried me that so many cats get kidney problems. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, when reading up about Bengal cats over and again people recommended water fountains for drinking. Within days of getting the kittens I realised they weren't really drinking much. I was advised that they didn't drink much when on <a href="http://www.naturalinstinct.com/categories/Cat-Food/" target="_blank">a 'raw' diet,</a> but decided to pay the £30 for a water fountain.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mine is made by Cat Mate,<a href="http://www.petplanet.co.uk/category.asp?dept_id=363" target="_blank"> but there are loads of other makes.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9. Bengal Babies are very good at finding small things that are hidden. Below see Spitifer, also known as Spiticat, who put the elephant tamer in his place!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The finished piece, shown in the top image is being auctioned to raise money for <a href="http://www.snowleopard.org/" target="_blank">The Snow Leopard Trust. </a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Current bidding is at £200 or around $320. To bid <a href="mailto:jackie@jackiemorris.co.uk" target="_blank">email Jackie ( the cat's mother).</a> Bidding closes 48 after no more bids come in.</span>The Ginger Darlingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15571331660164679317noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535700394266979924.post-48027619258214602272012-12-09T09:09:00.000+01:002012-12-09T09:09:18.602+01:00National Kitten Awards Week.<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And this year the award for 'Best Kitten Toy" goes to The Cardboard Tube! Tennis ball comes a close second and the two together are some kind of kitten heaven. ( though where they found the tennis ball in my studio I have no idea.) Oh, and bubblewrap. That's fun too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Best posing position is awarded to Baggage ( still searching for her grown up name which might be Freya, or Kali, or Demon, or Pan), for choosing to pose on the precarious post at the top of the stairs, thus showing off the artwork to full cat potential.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Best working kitten goes to Bundle ( soon to be known as Genji, who helped to hold down the corner of a book that was being <a href="http://www.jackiemorris.co.uk/blog/?p=2301" target="_blank">photographed for my blog. </a>Thanks Genji, excellent work!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And the award for bravery in the face of dog also goes to Genji, for strolling up to each and every dog in the house to say hi. Well done to Rosie too, who was being very brave in the face of the fierce little leopard cat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Meanwhile Max gets the 'Coolest cat' award for total indifference. If a cat could raise its eyebrows and roll its eyes to heaven he might have managed it, but to be honest there really seem to be no point ( should have called him Sartre- 'Hell, he says, is other kittens. Suppose I should be glad they aren't ginger).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have never had a pedigree creature, being somewhat of a mongrel by nature, and there is much about the trade in pedigree cats that I am unsure of. How to choose? Where to go, when there are so many kittens in cats homes. All of mine have either been farm cats or have just turned up one day on the doorstep and invited themselves in. I have measured out my days in cats since I was about 22. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, I looked around and found Bengals in Wales, and a site where they were allowed out and yes, they are show cats, but there was something about <a href="http://www.silverstormbengals.co.uk/gallery.asp" target="_blank">Elizabeth at Silverstorm Bengals </a>that I liked, not least that she lives on the edge of Snowdonia, which seems the right place for these silver darlings to come from, and her cats like to walk when they can. And she was brilliant and patient and I waited until they were 12 weeks old and the this week we drove up and up and up and into the most beautiful mountains and Wales is utterly stunning, until we found and house of kittens, and a beautiful Frost and a Maharajah who reminded me of a silver Maurice.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, now we go forward. And Elmo is not sure about the kitten, what they are, how they might taste, if he might perhaps like them, and Max hasn't met them yet, for they live in my studio where there are dark corners to explore and a staircase and cushions and a bed and somewhere they found a tennis ball ( I am told I can teach them to play fetch. Given that when I throw a ball for the dogs they suggest that as i threw it perhaps I might like to go fetch it myself. )</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, let us introduce you to the new kits on the block, not yet part of the Pride, but hopefully soon. With the bright flame that is Elmo and the sharp silver that is them we will now have our own Song of Fire and Ice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>The Ginger Darlingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15571331660164679317noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535700394266979924.post-9690165335323172802012-10-27T08:11:00.001+02:002012-10-27T15:01:18.159+02:00A Christmas Present for a Cat's Slave.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She, the woman who paints, is now suggesting that I ask all the cats I know to review our book on Amazon. Not a bad I idea I reckon as we cats write better than them humans. So, if you want to win the picture above simply go to <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/I-am-Cat-Jackie-Morris/dp/1847801358/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1351268712&sr=8-1" target="_blank">Amazon and put a review on I am Cat.</a> We will chose a winner somehow in early December. I have told Her that this is not a good idea. We cats get tired easily and even now, I, Elmo, am in need of a nap, having been asleep on the bed in Her studio all night and having had breakfast and sat looking at THAT DOG ( there seems to be another one in the house!) So, if you can manage to raise a claw or a paw, give<a href="http://she%2C%20the%20woman%20who%20paints%2C%20is%20now%20suggesting%20that%20i%20ask%20all%20the%20cats%20i%20know%20to%20review%20our%20book%20on%20amazon.%20not%20a%20bad%20i%20idea%20i%20reckon%20as%20we%20cats%20write%20better%20than%20them%20humans.%20so%2C%20if%20you%20want%20to%20win%20the%20picture%20above%20simply%20go%20to%20amazon%20and%20put%20a%20review%20on%20i%20am%20cat.%20we%20will%20chose%20a%20winner%20somehow%20in%20early%20december.%20i%20have%20told%20her%20that%20this%20is%20not%20a%20good%20idea.%20we%20cats%20get%20tired%20easily%20and%20even%20now%2C%20i%2C%20elmo%2C%20am%20in%20need%20of%20a%20nap%2C%20having%20been%20asleep%20on%20the%20bed%20in%20her%20studio%20all%20night%20and%20having%20had%20breakfast%20and%20sat%20looking%20at%20that%20dog%20%28%20there%20seems%20to%20be%20another%20one%20in%20the%20house%21%29%20so%2C%20if%20you%20can%20manage%20to%20raise%20a%20claw%20or%20a%20paw%2C%20give%20i%20am%20cat%20a%20thumbs%20up%2C%20though%20what%20a%20cat%20would%20do%20with%20a%20painting%20i%20know%20not.%20maybe%20give%20it%20to%20its%20slave%20for%20christmas/?" target="_blank"> I am Cat </a>a thumbs up, though what a cat would do with a painting I know not. Would be great to have a few reviews from cats. And if you win the picture you could maybe give it to the house slave for Christmas?</span><br />
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The Ginger Darlingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15571331660164679317noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535700394266979924.post-71214719819888983932012-10-20T20:03:00.002+02:002012-10-20T20:03:49.260+02:00Another competition: dragons<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While we are talking about competitions, there is also one on facebook to win 10 ( 11 really as Can You See a Little Bear has been added) signed copies of Her books. When the winner is announced She will find out about who to dedicate them to. All you need to do is go to the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151178745252933&set=a.430056367932.201041.62475867932&type=1&theater" target="_blank">Frances Lincoln Facebook page.</a> If you 'like' it that would be good. And on this post say what your dragon is like. If you don't have one ask your cat. They will know. Good luck. If you would like to share it also, and this post and spread the word about that would be wonderful. Thank you.</span></div>
The Ginger Darlingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15571331660164679317noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535700394266979924.post-5016503451142899382012-10-20T19:57:00.002+02:002012-10-20T19:57:59.176+02:00A fragment<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sometimes when She is painting the picture goes a little awry. Sometimes She cuts out fragments of the pictures. Sometimes She sends these to people, elaborate, hand painted postcards. But this time She has decided to give this one away as part of a sort of competition that isn't a competition really. This morning when She looked on <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/I-am-Cat-Jackie-Morris/dp/1847801358/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1350754893&sr=1-1" target="_blank">Amazon</a> there were no online reviews for I am Cat, so, what we are asking is that if you have read the book, and if you feel like it, go to the <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/I-am-Cat-Jackie-Morris/dp/1847801358/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1350754893&sr=1-1" target="_blank">Amazon page for the book and leave a review</a>. We aren't suggesting that you buy the book from there. Far better to buy from your local independent bookshop, or buy signed copies from <a href="http://www.solvawoollenmill.co.uk/estore/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=41" target="_blank">Solva Woollen Mill</a> ( who will get their cats to organize world wide shipping), or go to your local library and borrow the book, and remember that if they don't have it in they can order it for you. Then go to the Amazon site and leave a review. On December 11th she will choose someone, with the help of kittens, and they will win the fragment that is above, with a light and a moth. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please leave a comment here also with your Amazon name so that She can contact you!</span></div>
The Ginger Darlingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15571331660164679317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535700394266979924.post-88774288711741925412012-10-18T12:09:00.001+02:002012-10-18T12:09:57.822+02:00Feeling like the cat who got the cream.....<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">...because I am Cat has been shortlisted for <a href="http://www.bishops-stortford-college.herts.sch.uk/events/events-festival-literature-2013-picture-book/" target="_blank">the Bishop's Stortford Picture Book Award 2013</a>. </span><br />
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