Simon's Cat

I've been following Simon's cat for a while now, and it's lovely gentle humour, tongue firmly lodged into the corner of his mouth! He's now on You Tube. Have a look and smile away your Friday.

Animal Communication - of a Different Sort

David Evans loves animals and is setting up a new website where the animals themselves can talk to each other (through us!). It's still under construction, but he has now created his landing page, which I'm linking to here. He's keen to get ideas, etc from the pet loving public, so I said I'd ask you guys for your feedback.

Is this something you think you'd use? What would you like to see on it? Any ideas at all at this stage are very welcome as it's still very early days.

Please feel free to contact him direct on yourpetsdailylife@btinternet.com.

Many thanks!!

The Purpose of Species

A great friend of mine, Julie Lines of Voice of the Animals, has just started a new blog dedicated to channelling messages from the various species (as collective consciousnesses) we share this planet with - messages for the human race. This is a fascinating project, and one we would love as many people as possible to become a part of.

The animals on this planet have thousands of years of wisdom and for each species, their own individual way of interpreting what's happening right now.

This is the website, please jump right in!!

Me and the Pigeons

Ever since I can remember I've had a very close relationship with nature. I've always been able to feel the connection of all things on this planet, and one of my favourite things to do, still, is to sit quietly in nature and let my energy and the energies of all the animals, birds, trees, bushes, and plants merge together. Even the unseen energies like the weather and the feel of a day, and then at night the moon and stars. Absolutely magical!

Even after all these years I'm still trying to come to terms with spiders (like many humans), but I find I can love most of the species we share this amazing world with. After all, we were all made from the same stuff and really, we are all the same.

There are some species that get a bad press. Particularly rats and pigeons. In fact many people consider pigeons to be rats with feathers!! It's easy to get drawn into the collective conscious, and start to believe what other people believe - if you're not alert and careful not to do this. To be honest, until a few years ago, I'd never given much thought to pigeons, one way or the other.

Then I found I was looking at them with new, fresh eyes, thanks to my friend Mark. He's always loved them - when he was a young boy his grandfather used to keep racing pigeons. So now I'm much more aware of them, and they make me laugh, can keep me amused for hours!!

Bella and I can spend ages watching them in the garden. We feed the birds, and of course, that includes the pigeons. They've become quite savvy these days. In the morning, there they are, all gathered on the roof. When I come down to the kitchen, they fly down to sit on the fence at the bottom of the garden, waiting for me to come out with something to eat. If Bella and I take too long sitting there, a couple of the more confident ones will jump down and walk up the garden towards us. Asking for their food!! They've become almost tame.

The other birds don't seem bothered by them, although there are one or two bullies that chase off any other birds, fellow pigeons included. But on the whole, they all bustle around in the garden quite happily together.

All it takes is for one bird to get brave, then the others follow - almost like the sheep of the bird world. Their landing and take off skills aren't wonderful, and it's hilarious watching attempted landings, only to see them lose it and fly back up to the roof. And they're great at spooking each other. If one takes fright at something (usually nothing at all!), they all lift off together in one noisy cloud.

I love to have them around, and so does Bella. (and I love rats too!)

An Amazing Ability

If you've been reading my blog posts you'll know that I spend a lot of my time communicating intuitively with animals. I didn't realise that I could do this until three cats shocked me by communicating with me!! It's clear now that they knew that I could do this easily, and I'd love it!! And I do.

It's brought a whole new dimension to my relationship with Bella and all the other animals I take care of. When I'm taking care of animals while their families are away, I can be sure that I'm doing everything possible to make their time as happy as it can be. It's helped when it's time for an animal to leave this physical existence as I've been able to pass messages between them and their carers, and more recently I've found myself repairing difficult feline relationships (will write a separate blog post on that - absolutely fascinating!).

The great thing is that we can all do this. It's part of who we are as human beings, to be able to communicate intuitively with others. We actually do it a lot without even consciously realising that's what's happening. And it's very easy to learn how to do it consciously.

It's my dream (well, one of them) that there will come a time when the whole human species has remembered how to do this, but we're getting there.

If this is something that fascinates you, or you'd just like a fuller, more meaningful relationship with the animals in your life, then help is at hand!!

Julie Lines runs Voice of the Animals, and from time to time she runs playshops (so much more fun than workshops), to help people to learn, to open up to this amazing ability. I'm thrilled and honoured that she's asked me to come and co-facilitate a playshop she's running here in Manchester on 27/28 November.

Have a look at her website for more information, or to book. Also, I'm very happy to help with any questions you might have. Looking forward to seeing you there!!

The Healing Cats

To those of us who share our lives with cats, they are amazing magical creatures. We know they have the ability to intuit when we need comfort, and they love to sit with us to bring peace and stillness. It is in this peace and stillness that healing takes place............

I've said it before (and likely will again from time to time), but I really have learnt so much from the cats I spend my time with, and my own special angel cat, Bella. But the most wonderful thing I have learnt is how they all have this ability to heal, all in their own ways, if we let them.

Some cats, though, are more special than most. And I've just spent an hour or so with two of them.

It must be nearly a year ago that I started to take care of Nina and Simone when their family went away, and I've been back a few times since. It probably wasn't until this week though that I truly realised what they were doing. They talk a bit, but mostly show me what they want by gentle leading. And what's been happening is..........

I arrive and we all sit down for a bit of a fuss. Lots of purring and chirping takes place (them, not me, I just tell them how lovely they are), then I do the washing up and put fresh food out. While they're eating I go off to sort out the litter, and by the time I've done it, they're hanging round the bedroom door, and lead me in.

It's now become obvious to me that I would do this consciously at first, and sit down on the floor with them while the Reiki flowed - me leading them. But now I'm just following them, and while I sit there with my hands open, they sit on the floor beside me, one either side of my outstretched legs. The clever thing is that while I send Reiki to them, they are reflecting it back to me and each other. So the three of us have a little energy circle, without touching, but all feeling the energy move between us, building and nourishing more and more and more. Every now and again I take a peek, and they're sitting quite still with their eyes closed, relaxed and meditative, but alert at the same time. Very conscious of what's going on.

Simone is the leader in this, she's the very wise one, an old, old soul, who's been helping other creatures for many thousands of years. Nina is getting there, helped by Simone, but her own spiritual development is very young in comparison.

I love my visits with these very special animals, and come away feeling refreshed, uplifted, serene and in love with everything. Thank you so much Nina and Simone. xx