vs. Do you ever have those flashes about something bad happening just before it happens? Something that has never happened before, and yet, you can picture it happening – and then it is part of your reality? Kind of spooky, huh? Well, I’m petting our orange cat Murphy. Murphy is lying…
No, it’s not me. (Not totally true, anyone who has had chicken pox carries a version of the herpes virus which can reappear as shingles, and (possibly) Bells palsy – which I’ve had several times.) Anyhow … It’s our darling cat Leo. WTF, you might say; as indeed I did when the vet gave…
Leo has been so lonely since Ollie passed. He about broke my heart when we were playing with “THE TOY” and Leo kept stopping to look down the hall to see when Ollie would come play too. Sigh. So I started scouring the internet to try and find a little brother for Leo. I found…
It was time. He took a sudden and very bad down turn. We took him to United Veterinarian Emergency Service. They gave us time to say our goodbyes, we were allowed to be with him and he passed peacefully. Goodbye good friend.
When is it time to say goodbye to a friend? I keep wondering if I’m keeping our gray ball of fluff (and bones) Ollie around for my own comfort. Ollie has his good times and his bad times. He was doing really well. Then he stopped eating his canned special protein venison diet; so…
Literally. Every year, my dear Aunt in Michigan makes hand knit mice which are stuffed with her homegrown catnip. Needless to say, she is our cats’ favorite Aunt. Ever. These mice last the full year – well chewed and licked and loved. For some reason, these mice are also a prime target for mail theft.…
Well, made it through Christmas. Actually, had quite a nice Christmas, despite coming down with a cold that day. Once again, we were down in Los Angeles, visiting my sister’s family. Nothing like kids to make your Christmas special – and EARLY. The youngest (now 14) can only contain himself until 6 A.M., at which…
