On Wednesday, I was enjoying a little bit of my newly found well-ordered life. I had run out for a quick lunch and a stop at the decorating store before my 2 p.m. meeting. Coming home with my treasures for the front porch, I noticed a small white object in the middle of the roadContinue reading “Salt and pepper…”
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Morning routines.
So, we have some very familiar morning routines around here. Get up, get coffee, make the cats a snack. There’s also scooping boxes and letting our two oldest cats go on “walkabout” outside. Except… well, the deck is gone. G.O.N.E., finally-tore-it-down, GONE. Even the former posts which were cemented into the ground have been removed.Continue reading “Morning routines.”
Our porch(es) of indecision…
For the Jimmy Buffett fans out there, there is a place in Margaritaville just for us: the Porch of Indecision. And yet, out here in the rural wilds of WNY, there is another porch of indecision. It is uniquely ours. This spring as we get ready to replace our large back deck, we built theContinue reading “Our porch(es) of indecision…”
At a crossroads…
We built the furry ones a catio that we can move with the season. For the shoulders of the warm weather season, it will sit on our small back deck which gets plenty of sun and is nice and warm for a kitty to lay back, relax and enjoy both the sunshine (and rain, ifContinue reading “At a crossroads…”
Morning sunshine and smart decisions
It’s been very dark here… it’s felt like no sun for days. Honestly, I don’t think I could live anywhere more dark or cloudy. It makes winter very tough and this year has been one of the toughest in years. My proof point? Lake Erie hasn’t frozen over in about a decade. This year, itContinue reading “Morning sunshine and smart decisions”
An open letter to Biscuits’ first human…
Note: For those who don’t know, we have five rescue cats. All came to us by way of our backyard. They are all sweet, funny and now healthy but they shared some distinct traits when we adopted them: they were hungry, full of parasites and at some level of sickness. Each took his or herContinue reading “An open letter to Biscuits’ first human…”
Seeking a lost kitty collar… and peace.
Life spun out of control. Even though I am largely retired and working on average 14-15 hours per week, the wheels fell off. Spectacularly. I mean, there were wheels rolling down the streets in opposite directions, wheels going flat and wheels running off the road into the tall grass on a deserted southern road whereContinue reading “Seeking a lost kitty collar… and peace.”
Twister’s kitty emergency!
Normally, a kitty emergency around here is when I fail to either a) get the snacks made quickly enough, b) fail to open a door quickly enough or c) fail to promptly deliver whatever said kitty wants quickly enough despite not knowing what kitty really desires. As much as I tell them that those areContinue reading “Twister’s kitty emergency!”
A simpler peace
It’s a typical Tuesday here. There is just enough snow on the ground to remind you that it’s winter (although it should melt by the end of the day) and so far there have been at least two kitty dust-ups. Both were playful but one resulted in a missing collar and the other sent aContinue reading “A simpler peace”
The Yuppie Homesteader 