Friday (vintage) pet blogging

Back when Alfie was a wee thing. Still a terror but a wee terror. They still do this, btw.

Sunday morning comin’ down video: little poodle dog

Mademoiselle Gabby would likely find this most unseemly:

(damn, does Marcia Ball rock or what?)

Friday multi-species household blogging

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Cat outside meowing, CHECK
2nd cat, inside, meowing, CHECK
Dog glurping from nearby water bowl, CHECK
Dog snuffling wet nose in my face, CHECK
Parrot loudly riffing, CHECK
More dog glurping, CHECK.   Mmmmm, water
I love how Alfie can see me, but goes [...]

Rest in peace, Louie

For Katie, who adored and loved him and gave him a wonderful life.

Hear that lonesome whippoorwill
He sounds too blue to fly
The midnight train is whining low
I’m so lonesome I could cry
I’ve never seen a night so long
When time goes crawling by
The moon just went behind the clouds
To hide its face and cry
Did you ever see [...]

The original dog

Each dog is splendid and unique to the one who loves dogs and chooses to live with them.  But many of us have that one dog, often long passed, that began it all, that changed everything, that taught us.  This is that dog, my original dog.

Rescuegrass

It was hard to get back up again.
One thing, then another, then too many to note separately began to weigh me down, make me stop moving. Free time became, literally, down time.
I told myself with all the class field trips I was getting enough exercise. I told myself I needed to stay [...]

Alfie goes walkabout

Alfie’s been chomping at the bit to go all the way outside, not just onto the deck and yesterday evening, I allowed him a bit of an “expotition” into the great wild beyond of my chaotic backyard.
I’m proceeding with caution before he goes solo. Yeah, I know he’s a cat and has loads of [...]

Friday Kitten v2 blogging

Okay, Alfie had a growth spurt. I think it was Tuesday.

I’m not kidding. It was overnight, and Bam! he was suddenly fundamentally different and larger than he’d previously been.

He moved in on May 12 I think he was between 6-8 weeks old then. That would make him around 11-12 weeks now.

“I dunno. I [...]

Drive-by, just-because kitten/dog snuggling

Interspecies cuteness alert.  For those who may be wondering,  I am ABLE to focus my camera.   It just doesn’t always happen when kittens are involved.

Fucking Huxtables n’ shit

Quote from here