This morning I gave $4 for parking to a middle aged man dressed in a suit and a red tie. I have a monthly pass for the lot, but for day parkers they have one of those boxes set up where you put your money in a tiny slot labeled with your spot number. He only had a $20 bill for a $6.00 parking fee. He asked me for change for $20, but all I had was $ ( Read more... )

I took two of my three cats to the vet yesterday morning. My appointment was at 8am, too early for my liking, but I suppose that was the only double appointment available.

I noticed a tapeworm segment on Ki just before I left for my Thanksgiving travels, and this was the first chance I had to get him to the vet. As usual, I had to convince the vet ( Read more... )

Friday before I left for Marcon I replanted the three plants that had been uprooted the night before. I noticed that the four surviving plants were farther back, so I moved the uprooted ones back in the same line. That seems to have been the problem; they all made it through the weekend without being uprooted, and seem to be doing fine. This ( Read more... )

My tawny barn cat (pictured) is sitting in the tall grass in the paddock outside the hay barn. Relaxed but alert, he scans the ground. Every so often an ear twitches. I believe he is hunting mice.

I acquired an outdoor cat along with the new property. Barney is very sweet as well as a good mouser. I usually put food in his bowl on my way out as I am headed to work. Yesterday, when I turned on the outside light to head out the door, I saw Barney through the window sitting on the back stoop. He had a mouse in his mouth. I could tell the ( Read more... )