Well, I don't know if she can actually catch anything*, but there was something small and dark she was chasing in the driveway tonight when I went out to get her ( Read more... )

On-call week. Not getting a lot of uninterrupted sleep.

In household news, Miss Ruthie Cat has acquired a couple of new nicknames (Myrtle the Turtle and Murphy (Brown)) for her "mrrrt" and "mrrrph" noises. She's a talker. (Actually, her foster mom the_xtina called her Myrtle as well. So that one's new to me ( Read more... )

Opened the back door to bring Maggie in and there was a possum getting up in Maggie's grill empty food bowl, right there on the back landing ( Read more... )

There is now even more competition for the snuggled-up-right-next-to-the-biped position, when I am on the lappytop, anyway ( Read more... )

I have *two* interviews tomorrow - one on the phone, one in person (having passed the Dread Phone Screen, which was just now). And to think I was grumping on Monday afternoon about not much happening ( Read more... )

The sun comes out on an overcast day, just in time to go down again. I enjoyed it in the kitchen as I was making my late lunch. This is at least an improvement on last week ( Read more... )

Well, the two humpback whales who took a wrong turn at the Golden Gate and ended up in Sacramento didn't break for the open Pacific last night, like I thought. They're apparently taking the waters around Tiburon and Angel Island. Good idea to rest after swimming thirty miles in about seven hours, nu ( Read more... )

Well, it's not the first time the girls encountered each other face-to-face, but little Lucy did find more than the mousie she was chasing ...


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By popular demand ... here is a picture of the kitten, taken by her foster mom (simplykimberly) about six weeks ago. I have not subjected Herself to the camera treatment, although I will probably start snapping at her ;) shortly. She is adorable, soft, and fuzzy. (Kitten Fuzz!)


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The ever-helpful Maggie assists in the packing:


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