Hey.  It's been forever since I've posted though I pop in and catch
myself up every so often.  My puter's been up and down...as have health
and life in general.LOL
My Punkers is getting up in years and is faded and creaky.  Her kidneys

I only got 1 present as I don't celebrate it, but Otis got 2!! One was
a chicken fillet which he woofed down so fast he threw it straight back
up again, little piggy.  Doesn't usually get meat apart from what's in
his cat food, so I guess he can't really be blamed.  The other was ...

The garden has been taken over. I used to have a lone semi-tame male
pheasant residing in the garden. Well, he was wild but wouldn't run a mile
when I went out to top up the bird food supplies. In the Spring, he'd bring
a couple of ladies along too :-)

Happy Holidays to all! Hope all your holidays were festive. The one
thing our cats enjoy this time of year is all the presents wrapped in
tissue paper! One cat in particular, Lucy our black and white who is 16
years old, loves tissue paper. We will lay a couple pieces down and she

Last night while I was sitting in the back room contemplating all that
didn't get done, my little calico  girl came in to see what I was up to.
Now earlier she had spent a good fifteen minutes denuding a catnip plant.
(Camera is still missing)   She gets her head in the middle of ...

I found a working email address after some searching. The following is
from Theresa --
Yes, you found me!
Please pass this on to RCPA!

I didn't get home until after 1 AM local time, so it's Christmas here.
Kenzie was hungry, and was meowing at the closet door where her bag of
food is kept.
Instead, I put down an extra food bowl (Blizzard's, RB; sniff....)

Today Buster was outside.
As I watched him, he shimmied up a small tree. Higher he went, until
he was about ten feet up.
After Buster got settled in, a young lady (new neighbor, I think) was

I've been away for a bit but want to thank everyone again for the holiday
cards which are still arriving in the mail <G>
John came to visit for a couple of days after dealing with some things at
his mom's house in Rochester.  He brought a number of things back to give

We had a delightfully quiet little christmas at home with the girls,
and I took a lot of photos, especially of them enjoying their
catnip-sprinkled christmas stocking...
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/555406681VAmKfu

A very Merry Christmas to all!!!!
Randy, Dennis, Smokey, Sweetpea, Tippy, Teddy & Kramer
http://picasaweb.google.com/crmartin1
http://kittenwar.com/kittens/74045/

Thanks to everyone for the cards we have had so far.
Ours are going to be late, but will go in the post soon - parenthood
has delayed Christmas preparations this year but I will be sending
soon.

Feel free to add your verse to this little ditty:
The Piratecat Sailing Carol
Pinecone is a pirate cat
He's fluffy not fat

Well, east of the mountains we have been pounded all day and the
evening News said it won't quit for another 24 hours! The News also
said the governor had declared an emergency and called out the
National Guard with HumVees to rescue stranded motorists. All the

For the upteempth time I muttered to myself "God, I hate Christmas". I
smiled through clenched teeth and sayed a perfunctory "thanks anyway" after
the person behind the post office counter - that I had queued up at for a
good 20 minutes - informed me matter of factly that they were ...