Show us your pets or favourite animals by sending us pictures of them, past or present. This might be a photo you’ve taken yourself, or a good quality image of a drawing or painting you’ve done of your pets or other animals, or your favourite drawing of the family pet by a grandchild or young person in your life.
Orlando says: ‘Being hopeless at art at school is no excuse. Have a go!’
Stick drawings are absolutely fine by us.
Show Orlando what cat or animal paraphernalia you have at home. For example: clothes, cushions, ornaments, fittings, paintings, furniture or crockery that depicts your favourite creatures. Please collect as many as you can together, send Orlando a photo of them and tell us the story behind how you came to possess them.
With either of the above, tag us on social media using the hashtag #ShowOrlando have that depict a cat.
We’ll also feature new Show Orlando content on our website monthly.
This week’s Online with Orlando content comes courtesy of Mandy Macdonald, and is both a Show and Tell Orlando ? Mandy Macdonald is 77 and is an Australian writer living in Aberdeen. She’s written about 250 poems which have appeared in various publications in Scotland and further afield, and a pamphlet, The Temperature of Blue, … Continue reading The Vagabond
Hello Orlando, I wanted to show you an excellent present I received at Christmas! The person (husband) who bought me this knows me very well so it was a typically thoughtful choice, and I thought you would appreciate it. If anyone reading this is envious enough to want their very own, they can buy it … Continue reading A purdy Christmas present
This week, our esteemed Online With Orlando caricaturist, Louis Dunn, shows Orlando his twelve cats. That’s right, TWELVE! They are all siblings, so thankfully have very few spats – even at chow time. Their mother, Inky, was feral, and kept having kittens beneath the deck at Louis’ house. He was eventually able to catch her and … Continue reading A Dozen Cats
Hello Orlando! I received this card today from someone and it cheered me up immensely when I was feeling down. It also reminded me of you! I always love receiving cards with cats on them, but I’m especially partial to ginger cats because I am a redhead. The cat on this card is not quite … Continue reading Orlando – this cheered me up
Dear Orlando, Happy Caturday! I am dictating this to my human Miss Annabel Sings who I hear is coming to work with you on a pilot project. Good for me, I get some alone time. When she told me about you, I thought ‘oh I must say hello’. I hope your humans tell you daily … Continue reading Hello from Dexy
