This lunchtime I saw Maynooth University Library Cat in a more pastoral setting than usual. Having just had his lunch, it being sunny, and the area around the Library being somewhat busy, I reckon he had it in mind to have a quiet snooze in the shade of the trees.
This week at Maynooth University numerous parties of schoolkids have been, and are being, shown around the campus. Naturally an important stop on this tour is the abode of Séamus the Library Cat. The weather has been nice this week so far, as it was today, so said feline has generally been out and about and making himself available to be admired. On my way to lunch I managed to bypass a large coach party of schoolgirls and reach the cat’s spot ahead of them. I found Séamus giving himself a good wash and brush-up in anticipation of the arrival of the visitors.
It being a spring-like day, Maynooth University Library Cat took the opportunity to choose a spot away from his usual post so he could loaf in the sunshine.
P.S. The pink flowers in the first picture in front of the daffodils are examples of Lenten Rose (Helleborus Orientalis), all parts of which are toxic (cf. Mandelson)
I hadn’t seen Maynooth University Library Cat for a while, so it was nice to see him today, on post, as large as life. Approaching him I saw him receive a number of back scratches. It seems he enjoyed them and continued to present his back to passers-by in the hope of getting more.
Maynooth University Library Cat has endured the very cold weather we have had recently, but when I met him this lunchtime he was rather hungry. So much so that he scratched my hand in his eagerness to get at the food I put out for him…
P.S. There seems to be a bit of a thaw today.
I saw Maynooth University Library Cat on the way to my office this morning. Most students I saw were heading in the opposite direction, in their Christmas jumpers, to pubs, or at least to queue outside them as they weren’t yet open. I think it will be a quiet day on campus, if not in town. Such is the Maynooth Student Xmas I blogged about yesterday.
Anyway, as you can see, Séamus was looking a bit disgruntled, though as usual he was receptive to a stroke or two and a head scratch. It had been raining overnight and such food as was in his dish had turned to mush and was in need of replacement. At least his water bowl was full.
On my way to lunch today I saw Maynooth University Library Cat trying the well-known “staring at an empty dish” ploy. It worked, as it always does..
When I got to Pugin Hall for my own lunch I was confronted by this
I didn’t see the bat in question.
P.S. WordPress just told me that this is my 7,500th blog post!
On my way through South Campus this morning I saw Maynooth University Library Cat on his post, a sure indication that he wanted to be fed. I therefore took an item from his larder and did the honours…
The post concerned is just to the left…
In the Dark 