Tonight I saw a show about the jaguars at the Cockscomb sanctuary in
Belize, and I thought about Helen who used to go there. Tonight's show
focused on Alan Rabinowitz, who founded the sanctuary. In fact, there
was another show about him on the same channel last week, that went

Betty & Bam-Bam will eat dry, but Barney screams for canned!  At first, when
I mixed them, Barney spit out the dry kibble :(.  But now, he does eat it...
but still prefers the canned.
As is their duty, being hoolikittens, they get into, under, over and around

I have figured that the main reasons kittens (i.e. Lilly Whiskers) are
so cute, is so that
1. You don't kill them after they've tried to kill you by gassing out
your study by using the litter box.

Dog Quotations
"If your dog is fat, you aren't getting enough exercise."
--Unknown
"Some days you're the dog; some days you're the hydrant."

I haven't posted much recently, so ya'll have missed this past year of cat
antics but one stuck out yesterday that tickled me.
Tic (Jody calls her Luna, I call her tic-tic) was outside for a couple hours
yesterday. I walked outside and she came waltzing across the drive with a

A few months ago the cats discovered that our shower leaks and the wood trim
by the tub is rotting.  What fun it is to shred the wood AND the drywall.
What started as a finger hole is now progressing to be about 6 inches tall
into the drywall.  They can just about crawl into the ...

Before telling this story I need to explain about whitebait.
They are a New Zealand delicacy, tiny little fish caught in shoals with nets
in certain seasons, usually near river mouths.   I have seen Chinese
whitebait but don't like them as much as the New Zealand variety.

Santa Claus brought me a brand new digital camera, and he came a month
early... I was playing with it yesterday and taking shots of my two
favourite models, Scouty and Silver while they were washing each
other, and then later when Silver was playing with the camera strap...

Poor Fluffy, she picked the weekend to get some nasty bladder infection.   I
had to take her to the vet on Sunday as she was spending most of her time in
the litter box.
He gave her an injection and I have to give her pills for a week, something

Why is it that something that you do will be ok with one of the gang and get
you a face whipping by your own mother?  Cap'n Pine Cone esq. has been
teaching me SO much.  He taught me to grab the d-thing by the tail and hang
on as he runs through the house.  He taught me to sneak ...

I think I have got control over what my two Devon Rex cats, Teti and
Tinùviel, eat and drink. They are indoor cats, and by that they don't go
stealing food anywhere else.
So, after having taken care of them for about four years now, I am

Maybe not the lowest score in this group, but it's my new low!
http://home.sonic.net/~jwermont/misc/lowscore.jpg
Joyce - who promises no pixels were rearranged with Photoshop on
       this image :)

Miss Lilly-Whiskers was officially adopted by clan Miles today. All her
paperwork has been signed off by Cats Protection, and I am now the proud
slave of a 2lb fur ball. :o)
The other cats seem happy about it too. Tiger was playing "chase and

This weekend Jim and I went by boat to a marina about 20 miles from here.
At our speed, that is about 3 hours.
We planned to take Cinder and Rosie, but not sure about Friday's weather
forecast of wind and rain. That could make crossing the bay a little rough.

OK, I'm early. I get it from my mother, who always mails her xmas
cards the Monday before Thanksgiving...
Anyway, for those on the card list, cards to USA addresses went into
the mail today, and those to non-USA addresses went into the mail a