Claribell...is hiding under the bed, apparently traumatized. In her 7.5 years of life, she has lived with five other cats, and has seen all of the get sick and then leave for a final vet visit they did not come back from, with the exception of Wonton who died very suddenly, and Miko who got sick and spent a long time at the vet's, but then died at ( Read more... )

OK, not to keep harping endless on the new bike, but since it's been raining for most of the day, the only thing I can really do with it right now is attach the various accessories I got for it. Thus far, bell and lights have been successfully attached, though in the case of the rear light it was a little tricky as they tell you not to remove the ( Read more... )

The kitten has hit new records for cuteness. Over the past few days I've occasionally seen her staring fixedly into the air and then leaping up as if trying to catch something, which made me wonder if my apartment was infested with some kind of tiny flying insects that only she could see. The last night I finally noticed she was always doing it in ( Read more... )

All right, you've heard about her inadvertently getting locked in the refreigerator and falling into the bathtub. But those are minor compared to today's grand event. The fearless feline adventurer has really outdone herself this time ( Read more... )

OK, as many of you know, I have a new kitten, who is the world's cutest creature - two and a half months old, a brown tabby with some white parts. And she is also in the extremely frisky stage of life - the "terrible twos" as some have been known to call it, since it kicks in around two months, kind of like two years for human toddlers ( Read more... )

Well, there is nothing to take one's mind off one's woes like a new arrival in the family. My fur-family, that is ( Read more... )