Polish Salted Mushrooms

in part for the Food In Jars food preservation challenge: February Salt preserves ( Read more... )

Tucker! This video is of his first time jumping up on the box next to my desk and getting pets. I know he's been on the desk once before, because at 3:00am, I heard Callie snarl, a *thump!* of someone jumping from the desk to the floor, and Black Kitty was sleeping next to me the whole time. But Tucker has never come up on the desk while I'm awake ( Read more... )

-Tucker has been more active and social the last few weeks. He's been allowing some pets, playing, investigating the other cats, and generally exploring more of the house. I've woken up more than once to Callie growling at him and snarling at him to chase him out of her rightful realm. He also shows a strong affinity for the litterbox in my room ( Read more... )

We have a new addition to the family. Meet Tucker!

He's a five-year-old shorthair mix we adopted from the county shelter. They say he's pretty easy-going and needs to be in a home with another friendly cat. Which is pretty cool because we have a friendly cat who really needs a buddy. OTOH, the princess kitty will just have to deal with sharing ( Read more... )

This is kind of a big month. Aside from being the birthday month of several friends, including two of my best friends, this month is also my dad's 70th birthday. It marks the 30th year I've been in the US. And Michael and I have known each other for 9 years this week ( Read more... )

The continuing health report for the orange cat ( Read more... )

Follow-up visit to the vet ( Read more... )

This is a long-ish health-related post about my kitty, the oldest of our current pack (best guess is about 16 years old), and the younger of the two from before I met Michael. ( under the cut )

I got to house-sit for my friend Holly all last week. She lives in a fair-sized condo complex right off a busy street. But given where her unit is situated, you'd barely know it. Her place backs onto a wooded creek area. The whole creek area is downhill from the condos, and she lives on the second story, so her balcony is about nose-level with ( Read more... )

Can you spot the cat in this picture?