Myrtle and Tony's year 2007
as it happened
On January 1st Finn's mother Karla moved into sheltered
accomodation in Ørbæk so now we can all keep an eye
on her welfare.
CATS NEWS:
Two of our cat friends died. Omar (Tony's black Siamese,
that is, an Oriental) & Cobweb (one of my Devon Rexes)
Twinkle (large black/white housecat) went to live in luxury with
Finn & his parrot Mille. Jerry & Gerd produced 3 German
Rex kittens in the spring. A boy Tag (now living in Finland) two
girls, Perletot who will make our next generation of Germans
& Cy who will be Kathrine's breeding queen with Memory
(from Evelyna's first litter)
BIRTHDAYS:
Kaja had a 50th birthday party on July 6th and then the twins
celebrated their 1st year with a BBQ in the garden of the Danish
farm house where Tine & Frederik and their family live. I
had a 75th celebration at the local Kro arranged by Kaja &
Finn. A VERY pregnant Kathrine was also there. Kathrine gave
birth to Arne on October 24th.
HOUSES:
We found the house & garden in Odense was too big and
therefore too much hard work for us so we we put it up for sale
in July. In the meantime we found a new house in Vormark which
had just been built. We were able to arrange a bridgeing loan
from the bank and started to move in on 1st November. First the
enclosed cat run had to be built before the cats could be moved.
Tony & Christian worked for several days to finish it &
two cat doors had to be set in the walls. All 17 cats, in cat
baskets, were loaded into Christian´s new car & we
followed with catbeds, litter trays, food etc on November 24th.
We seem to have been packing boxes forever & it may take
sometime before we remember where everything is!!! In the New
Year we must make a final visit to the Odense house to clean up
and check electric, heating & water meters ready for the
take over on February 1st. Tony has sold a lot of equipment to a
guy in Paris & we have sent many unwanted things to local
'jumble sales'.
READY FOR CHRISTMAS:
A lovely Danish tradition of a 'family cook-in' happened
on November 28th at Kathrine's house where Christmas cookies
were made with help from 5 year old Patrik, and the one year old
twins Cenea & Marius. This year we will have a grown up
Christmas Eve dinner at Kaja's with Finn, his mother &
perhaps Kaja's friend Dorte.
VORMARK:
Our new address is:
Vormark Bygade 46
Vormark DK-5874 Hesselager
Denmark
Telephone & email addresses are not changed.
Vormark is a small village in the country; we have a Super Spar
shop & post office in the next village Hesselager. There is
a duck pond just down the road from us, horses and goats next
door & the sea one kilometer away. What more could you
want?
Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year
Love from Myrtle & Tony
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