The Cattery

I can now put construction, and specifically of catteries, to my resume.

What’s that? You don’t know what a cattery is? Well, let me explain, but I’ll start from the beginning: So, Roach killed himself and left 9 cats and no will. Becky, being the most legitimate cat lady I’ve ever met, obviously went on a cat rescue mission. Complicating this whole tragic event even more is the fact that Roachs mother and sister (and her friend, debatably partner) apparently didn’t really know him or care about him or something, but within a week of them being here, they liquidated the entire house and obviously only cared about what money they could get. Totally rude, and they took over and kicked becky out and took her keys to the house and everything. So, the last weekend, cattery construction ensued.

There were already 17 cats on the farm and they all have their own territories, so Becky decided it necessary to build an enclosure in the jungle around her daughter Abby’s house. Abby is on the mainland and that other guy Mike stayed there while he was here. Anyway, there was some extra tin roofing panels, and Becky decided to nail them to 2x4’s that were nailed between trees to create the ultimate Mad-Max-Jurassic-Park-Cattery-Fort.

It was a whole weekends plus Monday’s worth of work, and Michael and I were in charge of dragging the individual panels of roofing up the hill and screwing them into the 2x4. Then we had to put lava rocks at the base on either side (which was mostly my job) and shoots it was hard work. This is what it looks like from the inside and even though it’s blurry, you can kind of see the rough terrain on which we were building this extreme cat fence.

And this is from the outside. it was the craziest thing I had ever built, but it was pretty fun- and Roach left Becky some money to take care of them and she gave me $100! thanks roach…

This is one of the new cats named Penny hanging out in the cattery… note the giant rocks piled up on the edges of the repurposed roofing…

Since we spent the energy and time on the cattery, the greenhouse basically got ignored for 3 days, which was not good, because plants don’t stop growing if you need a break. We’re pretty behind in terms of pruning and clipping and treatments, so things are going to be a little bit hectic for awhile, but another WWOOFer guy who has been here before is coming in a couple weeks. So that’ll be a big help.

Until then, I hope you see as high a level of humor as I do about the cattery…

It is a real sight…

This is part of the stairs going to the second floor and Becky a little bit. She’s been staying up there with the cats until they get used to it or something. This is the corner of the fence against one side of the house. These pictures really don’t give the grandeur of the structure enough credit.