Cats are clever and sometimes they can be pretty tricky. This is something it has been my misfortune to find out over the years of living nose to nose with THE HEIFER. The love and attention she pays to me just before her mealtime would rival a Harlequin Romance. She gets her wet cat food…
Month: November 2018
Introducing Abby
I work shift work and normally when I am working my 12 hour nights I arrive home close to 8:00 am. One night I was able to get off a little early and I slipped in the door around 3:30 am. The house was dark and Bruce was asleep in the living room Lazyboy chair…
How This Blog Began
Bru and I were living a good life with Reggie, our parrot and TJ, our wiener dog when, for some reason, I thought we should get a cat. This really came out of nowhere because I am not a cat person and neither is Bru. I can only assume that I was under some kind…
Bella’s Got a What?
Back in about 2010 when Bru was walking around pretty good, we had just got THE HEIFER from the Cat Sanctuary. She was a smaller version of today’s Bella and a bit sleeker. She took over immediately, terrorized our wiener dog, ignored the parrot, and generally hung out where she could sleep but was close…
Spa Day
Photo by Alexander Mils on Unsplash I have only been to a Spa once and that was years ago. It was nice. The music was soothing and there were juices to drink between treatments. No whiskey anywhere, though. I looked. A stranger did some stuff to my face and someone else massaged my back. There was more, but…
Crows, Seagulls and Pizza
One early Sunday morning, way back in 2008 when Bruce and I had just moved to Strathmore, Alberta, we went over to Walmart just as the store was opening. The parking lot was deserted but when we got out of the car, we could hear one heck of a racket going on. We looked around…
Perchance to Build
Years ago, when a circus came to town, kids came from miles around to watch them put everything together. The Bigtop tent went up along with a bunch of other stuff and it was probably a pretty good show. Likely the kids were just hoping for some kind of disaster where a lion got out…
Bella Welcomes Abby
Photo by Steve Johnson – Unsplash There comes a time when, as the holder of the Deed to a single cat, your mind could wander to thoughts of getting another cat. There is no explanation as to why you would begin to think this way – it just happens. I certainly didn’t think it would…
I See The Signs
I have had some interesting experiences over the past couple of years and two of those times the root of the issue was a posted sign of some sort. Whether I obeyed the sign or not, I got caught up in some kind of drama that I felt was unfairly directed at me. I will…
I Have Lost Control
Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash For the sake of context, our house number is 245. This was written in May 2018. The military operation of #245 seems to have gone askew over the past few months. As I stroll about our fortress, checking things over for the spring, I have noticed that order has…