I wrote a number of cat related posts recently, mostly about Beniamino, @clareartista 's tom cat and now also mine, as we have been living together for almost 9 months, of which almost 6 months in ItalyIf you missed those earlier entries, here's links to Wild Gardening con I GattiCat-apulted by ParpingA Parp a Day keeps the Doctor Away and Just another Shitty Day in Ittylay

What follows is a wee li'l story inspired by @clareartista and me mistakenly drinking (caffeinated) coffee for the first time in about a month.After the Sunday market, on a slightly chilly but beautiful day in Mid May, Hypersensitivosaurus and Cold Turkey decided to go for a warm drink at a local bar.

Thursday afternoon, our new tent arrived. Friday morning, @clareartista and I set out on a hike, out of the city and into the hills/mountains, to give our tent a test ride rest.We carried the thing with us, as well as some food and two bottles of/for drinking water and left home around 9 in the morning, to avoid having to walk during the hottest hours on what seemed to be (one of) the warmest day(s) of the year, so far.

Yesterday, late morning, I decided to go into one of the gardens below our house to chill and hopefully get creative. Minutes later, I arrived at a somewhat hidden garden wall that I once had a romantic moment on with @clareartista .

Today, before lunch, I sat down in an abandoned garden that Clare and I take care of. I rested my back against a stone wall, facing the mountain view that gives me daily peace as well as a longing to go out there ( as mentioned in yesterday's write up ). Away from the city, into the wild.

They say… that a parp a day keeps the doctor awayNow this might work in April but what about May?Another question that’s being raised is:What about a single parp per week?Will that suffice?After all, you can hardly call that parping, can you? Two parps are the minimum required and even those don’t come close to a parp time job(by).