My cat has a fascination with all things stringy. No... rather, it’s an obsession.

A hair band? A piece of string? A stringed needle? One of those plastic/metal thingies they use to keep bread bags closed? A rubber band? The red string for easy openage of cracker packages? The string of yarn going from my knitting to the yarn ball? In her eyes, ( Read more... )

It finally happened. My cat attacked my mice.
It was my fault, actually... I turned my back on her while I was handling the babies and she stole one. She didn't kill him... I think she only wanted to play, but he still got a bite mark in the back and a nasty bruise (for a baby mouse; it was about the size of a rice grain) by the time I managed to ( Read more... )

Well, I promised pictures of my furry family, so here they are:


Some of the babies, enjoying a snooze in my hand.


Just the white babies this time. There are four of them, and while their fur is still growing, they look a very soft shade of pink. :3
The picture is blurry because my camera doesn't have a good definition for such close-ups. The babies ( Read more... )

I got a couple of lab rats a few days ago, the really small kind. One is brown-gray, and the other one is white-and-brown spotted. Oh, and they were both visibly pregnant when I bought them. I saw them in the pet-shop the last time I went to buy cat food, and I felt sorry for them, being stuck in a small tank with thirty-forty other rats. I ( Read more... )

So I went to the fair today. There's this weekly fair held conveniently close to my home that sells very fresh -and fairly priced- fruits and vegetables. If you stick to the stuff that's in season, you are guaranteed to get a great deal for your money and very yummy meals for the rest of the week. I usually go right before closing time, when you ( Read more... )

Heeey! So I was testing my new digital camera the other day, and who best to use as subject than my ever-so-patient cat?
Here she is doing a trick that I taught her. She stands on her hind legs and begs!
You wouldn't believe how long it took me to get her to learn that trick. ^^U

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TITLE: Her Love and Her Beloved
GENRE: Family, light angst
RATING: G, K
CHARACTERS: Doumeki Haruka, Doumeki Shizuka
DISCLAIMER: xXxholic belongs the four wonderful Osakan women that go by the collective name of "CLAMP", and some other companies and organizations that claim ownership of their babies.
STATUS: Complete
SUMMARY: Doumeki Haruka finds an ( Read more... )

Yesterday, my cat threw up a huge hairball. I stepped on it. While barefoot.

If that is not the very definition of "ew", I don't know what it is. -_-

That is the kind of thing that makes me wonder whether getting a cat was really such a great idea... I can't wait for shedding season to be over. Oh, Winter, how I miss thee... At least then my cat ( Read more... )