Real Tree Cat Tree Cattree Indoor Home Installation

Today's big reveal is a little something myself and husband spent some more time working on.

About a year or so ago we made our cat a cat tree, the original post can be found by clicking here.  Anyway, in that post I think I mentioned we had also obtained a real tree that we were going to turn into a cat tree once we had the time and means to do so.  We spent time de-barking it last summer and then it just sat in the garden for almost a year.

Well, Sunday we pulled our fingers out and decided to finally do something about the cat tree.  The reason why? We were putting up our Christmas tree and we didn't want the cat to climb that! Haha.

So, we grabbed our sisal rope, some snap hooks and brackets and set to work!

I have uploaded a video to my YouTube channel showing the process which you can watching by clicking here.

What do you think?!  I know not everyone would want a tree in their home but I love it, it is almost like a funky art installation as well as serving a purpose as a cat tree.  It also has a couple of platforms on it so that he can survey his land from up high.  You can tell who rules the roost can't you?!

Sorry about the unfinished plastering / walls in the background, we had an accident, they will be fixed soon!

Let me know what you think in the comments below, I would love to know :0)

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Park with the pooch

Hey guys

Today's post is just to share some beautiful (well I think they are) photos that I took whilst walking my pooch at the park over the weekend.

It was a perfect winters day, sun was poking through the clouds, birds chirping and clear fresh air to clear your head, aaahhh.  

It was quite chilly so I made her buckle up in her pink stripey jumper (bought from Pets at Home about 3 years ago) and off we set.

It has become a bit of a favourite past time of mine / Saturday morning ritual to walk her while the hubby is getting on with stuff in the house and a time that I use to really do my deep thinking and be at peace with myself. I love spending quality time with my fur baby too as she is doggy sat by nanny during the day on weekdays while I'm at work. Weekday evenings and weekends just never seem enough to me but my hubby has refused to let me be a stay at home mummy to the dog! Boo him!

In case you are wondering, she wears a Perfect Fit Harness available from the Dog Games Ltd website but I shall go into that in more detail as I am going to be writing a blog post review of the harness soon. *Watch this space*

 Love the reflection in the water of this photo ^

 Wouldn't this just look magical in winter covered in snow?! ^

What is your favourite thing to do to chill our and escape the world? Do you have a dog? If so, what breed are they, age, name? I would love to hear about them as I love all animals.  If you have blog posts about your pets please feel free to leave links to them in the space below.

Thanks for reading guys!

Robin Sparkles


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Instagram - What is your favourite lense / effect

Hey guys

Today I wanted to get peoples opinions on the craze that is Instagram .  I must admit that I love this app on my old iPhone so much that I have kept hold of my iPhone was well as my new Blackberry just so that I can use Instagram! (Unfortunately this app is crazy well not available on Blackberry App World - sort it out Blackberry!)

I have tried different apps on Blackberry that claim to do the same sort of thing but lets be honest, they don't come close to Instagram on iPhone / Android.

Do you have a favourite effect / lense that you like to use on Instagram? What do you like taking pictures of with Instagram?

Please comment below or share links to your blog with Instagram photos that you have posted.

Here are some of my own Instagram photos below :0) - let me know what you think.

Take care guys

Robin Sparkles

Castle using Instagram

Hedge row using Instagram

Jubilee cake using Instagram