Daily Photo: From the Archives and Reprises, Torties and Tri-colors
Mimi and Peaches have a little slumber party on the Dora bed on July 31, 2010. I visited my sister
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tortoiseshell cats
Heat Stroke in Cats
How easily can a cat go into heat stroke? More easily than you might think even if they stay indoors
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Daily Photo Reprise: Lunch First, Photos Later, Maybe, 2011
I miss my tortie girls every day, even if I know they’d sometimes be annoyed with what I was doing.
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Water for Pets, Wildlife—and People—in Extreme Heat
Hot weather is miserable, no matter the temperature where your own personal heat tolerance ends. Many people think that
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Daily Photo Reprise: Cookie Picks Her Own Sweet Corn, 2011
If there was any doubt that Cookie liked sweet corn, she proved it wrong every time I brought some into
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It’s Tortie Girls Time!
The gold and orange and yellow of tortoiseshell cats may seem more of an autumn theme, but for me those
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Daily Photo Reprise: Tortie Sez, “Game Over.” 2011
This is the tortie version of, “Get over it, mom. It doesn’t make sense to get mad at the computer
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Your Backyard Wildlife Habitat: Begin in Spring to Control Fleas
FLEAS, LIKE MOST OTHER INSECTS, live everywhere around us and it’s how we manage our surroundings that helps to control
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Daily Sketch Reprise: Kelly With Grapes and Apple, 2012
When the sun moves around to filter into this window, Kelly hops over to enjoy it and have a nice
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From the Archives: Salad Days, Morning in the Garden, 2009
On this day in 2009, Namir watches for critters while Cookie supervises my harvest, or perhaps she’s planning on a
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