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NormandieCJ
@normandiecj.bsky.social
British. Living + working in FR 🇫🇷 - Normandie / Bretagne 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 😷
Love: wildlife, cats, dogs, rabbits, hares... food, reading, photography... & life. Somewhat fond of: #TheArchers. Typos guaranteed 😁
Pro: vax, masks, Europe. Anti: DMs
Bonjour all. ☕ Hope your Tuesday is a good one. 🌼
December 9, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Morning. ☕

That's an exciting school trip - how long is he away for?
December 9, 2025 at 7:03 AM
😁
December 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
😲 but beautiful.
December 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I laughed when I read her post. In the time it took her to complain about #Caturday she could have blocked the hashtag herself half a dozen times. 😁
December 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I'm getting these 'puppy' people too. 🤨 Whatever floats whomever's boat and all that but I've done a lot of account muting over the past few days. And double whammy: I'm getting the gym bods flexing their midriffs too... I'm terrified there'll be crossover potential that I really won't want to see.😬
December 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Glad to read you're recovering properly at last. 🤞
December 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Okaaay. 🤨
December 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
...perhaps he's been cuffed or otherwise abused in the past? Dunno. 🤷‍♀️ He's estimated to be 7, was with the rescue for 2 yrs-ish so there's a lot of unknown history there. But he has settled well considering it's only 2 weeks.
December 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
He's more predictable than he was on arrival; I've every hope he'll trust us more as time passes - and he is very affectionate but on *his* terms. He's always on the sofa with us in the evenings but doesn't necessarily want to be stroked. He's very wary if we reach above / across his head... >
December 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Stanley sounds lovely. 😍
December 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Atm, we can't risk Rufus overnight in the bedroom because his behaviour is a little... capricious. Not enough attention & he'll nip. If the attention goes on for an undefined moment too long... he'll swipe. Trying to judge the likelihood of a fang or a claw when we're asleep at 2am is unappealing.
December 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
That's excellent. I'm not surprised, tho - you have a healthy diet judging by what you post and I think that general health plays a big part in healing and recovery.
December 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Not in my experience! 😁

I think the intelligence must have come from whatever he was crossed with. 🥰
December 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Labradors. 😍

As Bruce Fogle (vet) allegedly said: a Labrador is just the support system for a stomach. 😉 (owtte)
December 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
🫂💐
December 8, 2025 at 8:36 AM
😁

No, I thought I'd spammed #ORC enough with Rufus 😺 photos so this morning, I included a perky little robin instead.

Rufus is a rescue we adopted 2 wks ago - a Maine Coon X - and he's proving to be an 'interesting' lad. Eg, he figured out how to open our bedroom door. At 2am. 🙄
December 8, 2025 at 8:31 AM
He's 7 so we kinda expected him to be a bit less demanding than a younger cat... but he's clearly had some difficult times in those 7yrs. It's definitely a case of him finding his feet (& boundaries) with us. He only arrived 2wks ago & I can see he's already more relaxed generally - which is +ve. 😺
December 8, 2025 at 8:17 AM
☕ Bonjour.

Best wishes for a lovely, restful day (few days) off. 😺
December 8, 2025 at 7:44 AM
December 8, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Yeah, but... healing. 🤷‍♀️
December 8, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Morning. ☕

Sounds like a very nice day planned. 👍
December 8, 2025 at 7:36 AM
😁
December 8, 2025 at 7:06 AM