The eccentricity of the ex-pat - 15th November 2006

What you are looking at is a cat apartment building up on the first floor balcony of an ex-pat neighbour here in Cyprus. If you examine it closely you will see that it has a small flight of steps up to its very own small balcony on the roof. After all we wouldn't want pussy to strain himself climbing up onto the roof to have his nap.
Around the edge of the veranda is a safety rail in case pussy should roll over in his sleep and fall off and hurt himself. If you look closely you can even see pussy having a little nap in the late afternoon sunshine. The fact that pussy had to climb up on a 9 foot carport and jump a 4 foot gap to get onto the balcony appears to have gone unnoticed by the owners.

There is a school of thought that says that I am well at home here in Cyprus with this kind of eccentricity.

There is another school of thought closer to home which says I am far beyond eccentric. As I haven't yet built a catbox with a balcony and safety rail so I guess there is still hope for me.