Friday Flashback and Caturday Art.

This week the flashback comes from February 2013. It was only a month before Eric had to make his journey to the Bridge.

Tree Climbers.

We have had three days of dry weather which means we can go for walks again. We went down to our favourite oak tree.

Flynn:  I sharpened my claws ready so I could climb up it.

Up I go! The big trunk goes two ways here.

You will have to be faster than that with the flashy box mum.

I am on my way back down. It is a long way up so mum had to zoom in to see me. Then we had the biggest surprise....

Eric ran up the tree!

Eric:  I haven't climbed this tree for a long time so I wanted to show mum and Flynn I can still do it.

Here I am back down in the fork of the trunk.

When I got nearly to the bottom I looked up the other side. Flynn doesn't climb up there because it is vertical and hard to get back down. Mum shouted, "Eric! Don't even think about it. You will get stuck."

Well I didn't think about it, I did it, and yes I did get stuck. Mum had to get up to the fork in the tree then reach her arm up to me so I could walk down it and onto her back and then jump the rest of the way down.
Mum was really surprised at how energetic I was as I am spending a lot of time lying around. I have days when I feel better than others and I wanted to show her I can still climb a tree when I want to.

I am joining Sandee at Comedy Plus for the Feline Friday blog hop.

I am also joining Athena the Cat Goddess for Caturday Art.

I started with Water 3 at 60% followed by Sunshine, also at 60%.

And of course the puzzle!

99 Caturday Art 21.09.19

Friday Flashback - Tree Climbers.

This week I have three posts, a one photo post, a full length post and ending with a baby Flynn post.
Post 1

Eric 25.06.07: Flynn keeps telling me I'm lazy and never do anything exciting .Mum says I can't climb trees for toffees, but why would I want toffees anyway? She says if I climb anything I'm like a camel coming down. Well here's the proof. I CAN CLIMB TREES!!! Nearly as well as Flynn too. I think I look very mancatly on lookout duty.

Post 2

24.09.09  Flynn:  I am a good tree climber and I love to climb all trees. This is an old thorn tree and a lot of the branches are dead so I have to be careful. Eric is not a good tree climber, he usually watches me from the ground. When he does try to climb, mum says he is so awkward, he's like a camel coming back down.

Eric: It doesn't look so far up that tree now I am standing on the hedge. I wonder if I should try.

This isn't so hard, I think I will keep climbing.

Wow! Look how high I am. It looks dark up there with all the leaves and the ivy. I've had to turn my lasers on so I can see where I am going.

Hey Flynn! Look at me up here!

This is easy peasy! What do you mean Flynn, I need to go back? A dead branch? Okay I'm coming back.

It's a good job Flynn was watching, that branch could have broken and I would have crashed to the ground.

Flynn: I'm not taking my eyes off Eric until he's back down. I don't want him landing on my head.

Post 3

26.03.10 (but photos taken around mid August 2000) Flynn:  If you intend to climb trees when you are a big Mancat, it is important to practice while you are a Mancat in Training. This is an Elderberry tree which I started on when I was nearly four months old.


It was good training because now I climb huge Oak trees.

I am joining Athena, the Cat Goddess for Caturday Art and have used the first photo of Eric in the tree.

I started with Landscape at 75% then added Flow at 22%.
There is also a puzzle.
99 Caturday Art 1.06.19

Friday Flashback - Tree Climbers Part 1 and 2.

This week the flashback comes from July 2012 and these are two posts that followed each other a couple of days apart which I have put together.

Part 1. Eric: I leave most of the tree climbing to Flynn because it is much too energetic for me.

The other day we were walking past our favourite oak tree and I shot up it. I went so fast mum almost missed me.

She got a better picture when I walked along the branch though.
I am going to leave it to Flynn again but I showed him I can still do it.

Part 2. Flynn: Last week Eric surprised me by climbing up the tree. He hasn't done that for ages, but I thought I had better show him how a professional does it. I am not peeing here, I am eyeing up the tree.

Make sure my claws are good and sharp first.

Get ready to spring....

and up I go. Keep watching Eric.

This is the first fork in the big trunk and we used to sit in here together.

This is the harder part because it leans the wrong way.

But it is no problem to me and I am soon up higher.

Did you take note of all that Eric? I'm coming down now.

See, easy peasy!

No art again this week but of course there is a puzzle. The art will be back next week!

99 Eric and Flynn, Tree Climbers.

Eric's Day Flashback - Climbing Trees.

This week the Flashback is from September 2009 and was when Eric decided he could climb trees just as well as me.


Flynn: I am a good tree climber and I love to climb all trees. This is an old thorn tree and a lot of the branches are dead so I have to be careful. Eric is not a good tree climber, he usually watches me from the ground. When he does try to climb, mum says he is so awkward, he's like a camel coming back down.

Eric: It doesn't look so far up that tree now I am standing on the hedge. I wonder if I should try.

This isn't so hard, I think I will keep climbing.

Wow! Look how high I am. It looks dark up there with all the leaves and the ivy. I've had to turn my lasers on so I can see where I am going.

Hey Flynn! Look at me up here!

This is easy peasy! What do you mean Flynn, I need to go back? A dead branch? Okay I'm coming back.

It's a good job Flynn was watching, that branch could have broken and I would have crashed to the ground.

Flynn: I'm not taking my eyes off Eric until he's back down. I don't want him landing on my head.