My Mao was hit by a car and killed about an hour ago. He never goes in the road. He was the one cat I never worried about in that regard. I was pulling out of the driveway to run some errands when I saw his body in the road. I couldn't believe what I was seeing ( Read more... )

Today is being billed as "Day without Cats on the Internet." My kitties disagree. They begged for some catnip and then got very adorable so I could post their pics.

( Because cats don't give in to demands, eh. )

Seriously. There's been a noticeable lack of drama these past few days, and that's not a bad thing. We had a wind storm last night and today that just died down about an hour ago. Winds of up to 100 kph/85 mph - I thought the front of the house was going to come off a few times. The temperature also plummeted; it's been crazy this past week. A ( Read more... )

Mao has rejoined us. Notice I didn't say that he returned, because I had to go fetch him back. And the first thing that he wanted to do was go back outside. Uh, no ( Read more... )

We've been without internet access for the past three days. Something went horribly wrong with our satellite service, apparently. Dar and I are at the library now taking advantage of their systems, but hopefully we'll be back online at home soon ( Read more... )

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Another day spent on the lawn tractor tooling around the property. This time I was mowing the lawn - all 1200 acres of it. OK, slight exaggeration. But really, it feels that big when you're trying to tame the green beastie. So what's so dorky about mowing the lawn driving a certified antique? Well, if you're sporting a large white mask and ( Read more... )

I admit to being prejudiced, but he is such a beautiful boy.

( Mao Mao )

( Behind the cut for those tired of the cat pics )

( Because it's been too long without a pic of the Maoser. )