Happy birthday Mom (and Anita too) – This week is my Mom’s birthday. She’s been gone since 1986 but I always remember her on her special day. My niece also has a birthday this week. In our family we celebrate … Continue reading
Category Archives: Humor
The eyes have it!
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I am getting more like my cats every day. I have an eye booger. The technical term is viral stye. There probably is a Latin term. It hurts like hell. My eye started getting tender on Sunday. I was … Continue reading
Introducing Lily the party animal
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Something was eating my pond plants. My beautiful water lilies, marsh marigold, parrot’s feather — almost all gone! I wasn’t sure what was eating it. I couldn’t develop a solution without knowing what did it. Some people suggested raccoons or … Continue reading
Morgan, part-time cat, full-time aristoCat | For Animal Lovers
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It’s been a while since I wrote about Morgan. She turned two sometime this summer and there was a change. She was always an active cat. She would stay up all day and sleep all night without the napping that … Continue reading
It’s three years and going!
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Without readers there are no writers! It’s been three years since I started this blog. Holy cow! Blogging has been good to me in unforeseen ways. I learned how to operate my camera AND download (or is it upload?) photos. I … Continue reading
Keys? What are they for?
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Do you use keys to get into your house? Or to start your car? We don’t. I almost forgot how they work. No, we don’t leave things unlocked. We had keypads installed on all our house doors except the front … Continue reading
Are bugs smarter than us…or is it just me?
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I spent the morning working with my pond plants. I had on long jeans, socks, croc knockoffs, a tee-shirt and a baseball cap. I sprayed my jeans, shoes and hat brim with a Deet insect repellent and used a sun … Continue reading
The age card
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There are many good things about aging, ok maybe not many, but certainly a few. One is that along with a Medicare card (and wrinkles and seborrheic keratosis or skin boogers) you get an invisible age card that gets you in and … Continue reading
Random five for August 24
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I’m watching you! – After the raid in the pond in which most of my pond plants were eaten, I bought an infrared trail camera. It takes pictures in the dark without alerting the subject. Before I can develop a … Continue reading
The friend chain
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This weekend we are invited to a picnic. These friends are really friends of friends. I am always amazed at how we make friends. It’s easier to make individual friends than couple friends. The dynamics between four individuals is so much … Continue reading
Views and Mews by Coffee Kat 