A year ago today, we welcomed our new furry friends into our home. We rehomed them from a local couple whose changed circumstances meant they were finding giving them the home they deserved hard. We hadn’t expected to return home with cats right away, thinking we were just checking them out (and being checked out), but no, we returned home with kittehs after a tearful farewell from their old dad.

They took even longer to settle than Kitty & QT, with Mingo, the boy, emerging first, although we had him and Fanty confused for a long time, because they look so similar and the collection had been a bit confusing.

They’re now fully settled, though we still have to teach Mingo to use the catflap so he can explore: his sister has it nailed and comes and goes as she pleases.