Life with cats, and other things…
8th August 2026 It is safe, I think, to assume that anyone who decides to check out a blog with a name like this one has some affection for animals. I will therefore not apologise for the frequency with which I post photographs of my many friends, furry and feathered. If I should come upon … Continue reading Dear deer
August has been busy after weeks of blank pages in my pocket calendar and I constantly feel I am running to catch up but never quite succeeding. In the old days, I could juggle quite a few tasks and I wondered what I would do with so much free time in retirement. Now, I wonder … Continue reading Just there and just so
August, I've decided, is a good month. Previously, I disliked it because it tends to be overly warm which does not suit me. However, Summer is inevitable and at least August is at the right end, tapering off toward Fall which is possibly my favourite time of year. The other thing about August, I've come … Continue reading Pink
1915/27th July 2026 Days have already shortened noticeably. Evening draws in much earlier. Lily has yet to adjust and intermittently continues with her 0430 wake-up calls at which time it is now still pitch dark, which does not make rising at that hour any more appealing! Greeting the dawn is all very well, but I … Continue reading Bumpkin
3rd August 2026 After seeing the osprey at the Gage Road observatory, we drove around to check out the wetland. The air looks smoky, but it was only lingering mist. . We stopped at another observation point but this was the only evidence of birds! There was a time, once, when I would have been … Continue reading Sad people
30th July 2026 Weather up here changes in a heartbeat, but for once it settled in and rained solid for two days causing floods in parts of the Northeast. Perched on the side of a hill, we are safe from such things although we did once come home to a flooded garage, but that was … Continue reading Another notch
Lily and the 'nip. Today's WP daily writing prompt made me laugh out loud: What’s your home decoration style? Let's see, what could we call it? . "Cat-astrophic Quarters by Down-to-Earth Designs" Yeah. That'll do. . The dear darlings are all hunkered down today as it's been tipping down rain since early yesterday afternoon, with … Continue reading Decoration
20th July 2026 There is a lot to be said for a simple life. With low expectations, the smallest thing can bring you joy. . A couple of days ago, it was the blooming of a first sunflower. This one had not been deliberately planted or carefully nursed. It grew in front of the porch … Continue reading Sunflowers
1644/2nd July, 2026. Yucca. With no answers and no improvements to the malady that was affecting me, I decided yesterday to forgo applying the steroid eyedrops I had been using for two weeks. While they seemed an unlikely suspect, the use of those drops did coincide with the beginning of my slump. This morning, I … Continue reading Cheerful
30th June 2026 If I was wealthy, I'd quite like to have a nice garden, maintained by devoted professionals who would remove faded blooms promptly. It is natural that flowers last only a short time, that blooms die, and maybe the right thing is to allow Nature to run its course. In most instances, I … Continue reading Connections