In the house where I used to live I had an outside table where I usually put a folded up towel or blanket so that my cat had some safety from the cat next door who used to come over and terrorise her. Anyway one day I had washed the blanket and replaced it with a soft cushion. I had a very old silk patchwork type cushion cover which still looked pretty fancy although it was too old to use anymore on the couch inside.

So one day I had visitors and they arrived to find my cat on the garden table all curled up on this really beautiful lush silk cushion and next to her was a glass of water. She just looked at me strangely and said "is that the cat's cushion and is that the cat's glass of water?".

I said "yes", and she laughed and obviously thought I was a little strange. To this day my cat still drinks water from her glass although I've replaced it with a plastic one for safety reasons.

If there's a storm, my cat will want to run out in the rain. My old neighbour's cat wasn't as tough as he seemed and used to cower and hide when it rained.