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Oh, for the summer nights…
I did tell you that Purdey was about to hit the headlines with her love life. The above tabloid, which may be available on some news stands (although on reflection, I trust not) speaks for itself....
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Small cat diaries
Click to view slideshow. I don’t know the exact date, but some time in mid-July Purdey will celebrate her second birthday. We brought her back from her birthplace in Blairgowrie around the end of...
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Purdey’s Olympic challenge
I don’t know about you, but for the last three days I have been transfixed by the sporting events that have been taking place at the Olympics. So many events, so much to watch! From the comfort of...
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Office tips 2: respect in the workplace
There are many hazards and difficulties in the workplace, which I highlighted in an earlier feature. Speaking personally, one of the commonest problems that I encounter is the requirement to give up...
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Purdey’s Christmas wish…
Purdey’s Christmas wish is not for turkey-flavoured gourmet cat food, or for sugar mice: it is for an empty cardboard box. Nothing makes her happier. It’s a bit like watching a leopard eating a...
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Glory is at the tips of my whiskers… time for PAWS 2013!
Another star-studded year has rolled around, and we find ourselves treading the red carpet once again, confident in the expectation of a BAFTA, an Oscar and a Golden Globe. So much talent, so many...
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‘The Lion in Winter’
While you’re all debating which movie should receive the prestigious PAWS award for Best Actor, here are a couple of trailers from Purdey’s latest film. She does all her own stunts!
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Choosing a handbag
With spring just around the corner, I have been thinking of giving my wardrobe a fresh new look… and where better to start than with a handbag? For effortless style, your handbag should co-ordinate...
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PAWS 2013 – the results!
I’m sure you’ll all have been on tenterhooks, awaiting the results of the PAWS Awards 2013. I am delighted to announce that I have been voted Best Actress by an overwhelming majority (well, a slight...
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Mmm, custard!
Those of you who follow my regular meanderings will already know that I have a distinct partiality for dairy products. Just recently I enjoyed the company of a friend from Ireland by the name of...
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Cat burglar
Does anyone like to go out in the rain? When the lawn is cold, wet and muddy, and the bushes drip on your nice glossy fur? No, is the answer. Until it’s sunny again I need something to occupy my very...
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Purdey’s nature reserve
Keen followers of this part of The Hazel Tree will probably be wondering what on earth has happened to me over the last few weeks. I’ve been doing quite a bit of napping – there are so many places to...
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Loving Angels instead
Something slightly different this time in A Room with a Shrew: a heart-warming true story! A year or so ago – it’s hard to be sure exactly when – a little tabby and white cat became lost in the...
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While I was sleeping…
My regular readers will know that I have a little white tip to my tail. Here it is in action: However irresistible it might be, while I’m asleep I don’t expect my tail to be used for purposes outside...
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Purdey’s brush with the paranormal
There’s an old Scottish legend that speaks about the Cait Sith (pronounced ‘caught shee‘), a witch in the form of a terrifying wild cat who roams the Highlands and is capable of appearing and...
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Running a small business
You may already be aware of my position as Chief Executive of a small business that supplies paper stuff. When I say paper stuff, there’s quite a lot of it, and boxes of it keep arriving and departing...
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Three steps to a pine-scented stomach
It’s that time of year again when a prickly tree is brought indoors and decorated with dangly things – some of which are very bite-able – and plenty of tantalising dairy products are placed in the...
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Brave new world – The Hazel Tree is now on Facebook!
Well, I’ve been and gone and done it. I’ve made myself a Facebook page. That is a sentence that I never thought I’d be typing! Generating a new Facebook page, when I have already made one for...
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