Today I thought I would be bored and lonely while Andrew went to Whitby to sleep over night there before his appointment. But I am the total opposite.. Well right now. its only 7:10pm. I cleaned the dining room, kitchen, living room, swept and took out THREE bags of garbage. After that I decorated for […]
Category Archives: Critters
Welcome to Cameron
We tend to prefer stability in our family situation, at least I do – maybe we’ll change this policy in the future, but having one empty food dish after years of seeing three cats rush over for meals is a big symbol of the empty place in our life where Punky lived. In July, we […]
Rest in Punkiness – 2002-2021
My dear Punky passed away last evening after a quick deterioration. She had gone blind 2 or 3 weeks ago, but was still trucking along, being bad and snuggly. In the past 3 days, despite profound blindness, she actually got herself on the bed and was sleeping on my pillow. But last night she started […]
Kitty overload at the Toe Beans Cafe
Today we went on more epic laundry adventures than normal – we went all the way to Port Hope, with my actual destination being a local curiosity called Toe Beans Cafe where they have a great little “cat room” to socialize with some fuzzy felines. My favourite was most likely a resident Maine Coon named […]
Cuddly Demanding Mister
Mister Sprite is a big demanding man child, and demands all of the pettings, post haste!
Punky’s Second Childhood
As sad as it is for me to be aware of, my dear little Punky the calico monster cat is pretty ancient at 17. She’s basically falling apart right now, not really able to keep weight on, though she is ravenous for food – even though the bulk of her weight loss actually happened last […]
Sprite was adopted
It’s less clear when Sprite was adopted – however it had to be well before early-mid 2004 when I left Sidney street, but well after I brought Punky in – she had two litters of kittens with Sprite between her and him becoming sexually mature. Sprite is younger than Punky as well, and was likely […]