Sooner than expected we now have another cat living with us (or we're living where he is). It is a he and I keep saying she after all those years we had Tabitha and Amelia.

A 7-year old male Ragdoll called Bandit was listed as needing rehoming on a site Virginia visits. It was too early the first time he was listed, but after he was listed for the third time we thought of offering him a home. As did other people so we had to go and be interviewed by Bandit to see who he chose. And he chose us. Cass who was looking after him in her cat palace was very generous and gave us some toys and a barrel cat tower.

Virginia however didn't want any criminals in the house so after a little thought he was renamed Jasper. Poor Jasper had an awful journey to our home, we got caught in the tailback from a burnt out car accident.

Jasper is very energetic at times, a shock as we were used to living with elderly cats of course. Jasper is also more of a daredevil - jumping up to inaccessible cupboards, perching on narrow bannister rails, and even braving the noisy monster (otherwise known as the vacuum cleaner). Tabitha and Amelia ran and hid from that. When Jasper first arrived we could hear him mewing but not see him - he had jumped onto a kitchen counter.

We ordered some new toys for him - I was disappointed large parcels that arrived before my birthday were for him not for me! Still experimenting with what food to give him, he doesn't seem to eat much of the wet food Cass told us about. We'll see. Jasper will see.

Our first view of Jasper

Making himself at home

Looking down on the world

Relaxing as only cats can

That daring young cat on the bannister rail

Playtime

Cats rule