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Saturday, June 20th, 2009

My cat has a problem keeping hold of collars. She’s gone through three in the space of a year, if not more because occasionally we find them again and get them back on her only to have them disappear.
I keep saying I’m not going to replace the collar this time when she loses it, but [...]

Rescue Mission

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

Mum called me the other day asking if I had kitten milk, which I didn’t. It turned out one of the various cats around their house had given birth and abandoned the kitten after removing the sac. The mother cat was barely six months old and probably confused as anything about what was going on, [...]

I love tile floors!

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

Seriously, they make life SO much easier.
When we first decided to get this place I had several friends comment that the tile floors would be horrible, but I love having them. They’re so much easier than carpet.
The previous owners left us steam cleaners, and a Swiffer wetjet so I didn’t even have to buy anything [...]

Perils of Cat Ownership

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

I was going a but nuts last night because the motion sensor lights that we have on the front of our house kept going off and I would look outside and there would be nothing there.
After a the fifth time this happened I heard the tell-tale skitter and jingle of Nimue barreling into the trees [...]

I feel loved

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Nimue greeted me at the door when I got home from the grocery store with a dead chameleon in her mouth. This is her second present in the past week. I think this means she likes us.
She went on the neighborhood walk with the munchkin and I this morning too. She would follow us for [...]

Nimue Caledonia

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

We have our own personal good news this week. We adopted a kitty from the Humane Society. Her name is Nimue Caledonia. Nimue for the Lady of the Lake in the Arthurian legends and Caledonia for the ancient Roman name for the Scottish areas that my family hails from.

As you can imagine I’m very VERY [...]

How to Have a Cat despite having Allergies

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

Think that having allergies means that you can’t have a cat, think again. There are ways to lessen the problems of allergies and still enjoy the purr-fect feline in your home.
While there have been rumors of an Egyptian Hairless Allergy Free Cat those are incorrect assumptions, perpetuated by some television shows. The fact is that [...]

Happy Holiday Cat

Saturday, December 25th, 2004