We went to a TICA Show (Fog City Cat Club) in Pleasanton CA today. There must have been three aisles of Bengals! Lots of Bengal kittens too! There were some splendid Maine Coon representatives including a cousin of Squirrel's (Holdermaine's Prowler) who is a Very Handsome boycat! He's a red-shaded silver (w/o white) so looks… Continue reading

I have a temporary contract job in the South Bay — an hour's drive from my house. In order to put in a full day (and I'm putting in 9 hours each day so that I have a small "time bank" to handle possible contingencies), I leave the house at 7:30. I get up between… Continue reading

Until today, it never occurred to me that Jays might like walnuts. Continue reading

Want a pet that reminds you to take life slowly? Continue reading

My friend Marian, in Nashville, TN, is blessed with a home on the edge of a wooded space. Her backyard is host to many wild creatures – deer, raccoons, and flying squirrels! She shares their stories and photos with us on my favorite mailing list. Recently, she had a visit from a pair of young… Continue reading

I've been out to do a little work in the garden, mostly deadheading the roses. These are delightful roses, disease-resistant, exuberant, easy to care for but they are NOT (ouch) thornless, oh my no. Bebop came out and helped (actually, Bebop had his own agenda, which involved lying in the sun, rolling around on his… Continue reading

Once again, I forgot to take a camera. Sigh. Pics are representative; from enature.com. But we did see these. Time to put a camera in the car; it does no good on the shelf! Coming onto the trail we met a woman coming out carrying a lizard! She had caught him and was holding him… Continue reading

Bebop and I went for walkies in the garden this afternoon. I found (and turned over) a water-collector (it's the base of a picnic table umbrella; the umbrella has been taken down and the picnic table moved but the base was collecting rainwater) – it's almost mosquito season. Anyway, under the thing was a worm… Continue reading

"Meow TV" (sponsored by the Meow Mix cat food company) will premiere May 30 on the Oxygen cable channel and will run several more times throughout June. Broadcasting from their fictional living room, hosts Annabelle Gurwitch and her cat, Stinky, will narrate segments like "Squirrel Alert," (where squirrels run up and down trees to fast-paced… Continue reading

Our development backs into a large Open Space area: watershed, animal/bird refuge, national recreation area. We hear coyotes on the ridge some nights; occasionally deer come down into the development. Mostly we get skunks, raccoons, wood rats, and an occasional possum. Continue reading