yes well Karen i think your brother may be one in a million ,most people have ferocious appetites on steroids, and they usually can make you have what one calls a moon shaped face too, if on them long enough,i have even noticed it with ellie when she was on them long term last year.

She is happily snoozing in the cat shelter on the verandah,we have lovely soft seats that were from an expensive outdoor set my mother gave us, and they have baskets and a ton of blankets and a tarpaulin covering the side so they won't get wet, they love it out there,especially Ellie, it is raining cats and dogs here today and the weather is just awful and humid too, but the girls prefer to be there, Ellie is on the ground on the verandah , silly ole girl when she could be on a nice soft bed, but i have moved her many times in to the basket and she sometimes stay's other times she just goes back to her place, so long as she is happy i am happy, cats know what they want don't they?

Gonna be a very wet new year in Aotearoa,everywhere apparently.