Daily Photo Reprise: Kitties And Cream, 2010
From Christmas morning in 2010, Cookie and Kelly enjoy their treat! The girls get their Christmas morning breakfast treat—a dollop
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Adopting Pets as Gifts: An Animal’s Love is the Gift
The holiday season is here! Time for the biggest gifts and the best surprises, eating and drinking merrily, countless visits
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Rescue Story: Cookie’s Homecoming Day
On December 6, 1992, during a heavy storm of snow and ice, a little neighbor boy brought me a kitten
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Girl Talk, 2011
What secrets do you suppose my two tortie girls were sharing? That cute tabby boy who’s been visiting from Midland
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Saying Thanks (Almost) Before Every Meal
Eager for her bowl at each mealtime her humble and reserved personality had other cats served first, but that gave
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Daily Photo Reprise: Who’ll Stop the Rain? 2011
It wasn’t rainy today, but I remember this November afternoon with Cookie in 2011 when she insisted on visiting the back yard, in the rain, and somehow all the lyrics from pop songs about rainy days just happened into the day.
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Daily Photo Reprise: Lucky Seven, 2010
From this day in 2010… Here they are in a really lucky shot—all seven of my household ON the cabinet!
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Easing Into the Senior Years
NOVEMBER is “Senior Pet Month”, “Adopt A Senior Pet Month”, “Senior Pet Health Awareness Month” and possibly a few more
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Daily Sketch Reprise: Emeraude’s Autumn Afternoon, 2013
I’m just remembering how happy Emeraude was last autumn spending afternoons on her bathroom windowsill. We all enjoyed this lovely
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Daily Photo Reprise: I Thought I’d Make the Bed, 2011
Every day it’s a race to get upstairs before they do so I can flip up the sheet and quilt
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