(l-r) Abby and Bella We initially thought they worshiped the Devil; turns out, he worships them. Friends with each other however murder has been attempted and failed. ABBY fuzzy calico innocent of most crimes Modus operandi: sticking stinky, fuzzy paw into mug of water as part of physics experiment only to learn that the mug tips over just like…
Author: Judy Cole
Introducing Reggie
Reggie is our parrot – African Grey by species but don’t get any romantic notions that he traveled to Canada by ocean liner to join the family. He was born in Okotoks, Alberta, 20 minutes south of Calgary, in 1997 and we suspect he was the one brown egg in the nest. He is mostly…
Introducing Bella
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…
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…