Two nights ago, after dinner, Jonah was playing with clay at his art table. Suddenly, a frail, white, praying mantis climbed up from the underside and perched near the edge, it’s so-very-recently and much-smaller molted former-self dangling empty, just beneath.…
Mavis’ secret love nest has been found. I should explain that a while back, we had been experiencing Mavis’ disappearances, growing to 24 hours at a time, just before we installed the girls in their new coop – a larger…
1. Caulk We caulked the shower over the weekend. Were quite pleased with ourselves but today it kind of peeled off. So back to the drawing board? 2. Chickens Never underestimate the power of a to-do list. We are now…
Combining my new photography skillz and new pet-keeping skillz in one swell foop! (We’re totally ready for chickens now, right?)
A pregnancy is hard on a cat. First of all. There’s no good lap space left. You try to rest your head and paws against this mountainous belly and either you slide down, or the belly moves and you slide…
I had energy. My body didn’t ache. On days when I have energy, when it doesn’t hurt to move, I don’t mind being this pregnant. Seven, ten, 24 days to go. Not sure when he’s going to arrive, but I…
baby sweater in progress. cat napping.
This is our cat Bambino. He is fond of my big preggy belly. This is Molly. Molly likes to come into our house for a scratch… or a nibble… …but Molly is Not Our Cat. She belongs to our next-door…
