Hi all, Willow's last catch was a 5-legged cricket sometime back in 1997. Here is what she brought in today. Please note - it was completely unharmed and very lively, and we released it immediately after taking a few photos! Isn't he...

A while back, I wrote a post about Tiger and Bonnie. Someone here suggested that I sent it to "Smarter than Jack", an organisation that produces books with true animal stories to raise money for animal shelters. I did submit the story, then promptly completely forgot all about it. In my IN-box...

After the thread about perfect gifts- did anyone get any nice presents/ what the Hell were they thinking of presents for Xmas? Didn't do badly- we got money and a hamper from Dave's mum. I got cash from various people, which has so far been converted into a bottle of my favourite perfume (22.95...

B*gg*r. Just spent the day at horse spittal. Vernon has snapped his achilles tendon in his left foot and done some sort of strain of his right foot. He is now at home with a temporary cast on his left foot and using a 'zimmer frame' to walk. Currently he is on the sofa with his feet *up* having...

The barn kittens had their first visit to TED this afternoon after Christine got off work. They were little angels during the exam. Got wormed and first shots. Very healthy, no earmites, no fleas, no URIs, good weight, about 7 weeks old. Four boys and two girls. Four short hair and two...

Miss Chloe and Miss Pua have finally called a truce! I was sitting in bed, reading, this morning, with Miss Chloe sitting next to me. Since Miss Pua can't be anywhere but in the same room with me, of COURSE she jumped on the bed. There was some crouching going on between both, tails flicking,...

I was really tired when we went to bed. Even forgot to cover and put away the dinner leftovers. Got in bed, kiss good night, passed out cold, started dreaming. About that damn movie Alien. The dream started where Aliens left off - the thing had climbed onto the bottom of the ship and they...

You and I just thought we had tangled with the ultimate Disneymaniacs! We were wrong. According to an article in my newspaper, there are people who "spend hours nearly every day at Disneyland; have almost total recall of the park's history and culture; rabidly collect memorabilia and preach with...

I have to go to hospital tomorrow to get more exercises for my shoulder. I am not looking forward to it at all. What I do already hurts so badly and each time another other one is added it hurts more. I *know* I have to do it, and am doing, but the moment my shoulder stops hurting a bit, I...

On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 20:31:25 GMT, (Ginger-lyn Summer) wrote: 'Nother '55er here (July). No one at McDonald's has yet offered me the senior citizens discount, but I'm expecting it any time now . . . The waitress at a Shoney's once gave me the Sr. Citizen's discount...

I just posted a rant in answer to Jill's rant about her family and wanted to add an example. Even after all my avowals, I still try to get my mom's (never-forthcoming) approval. So... Since I got such good feedback from you guys on my "...With Mommy" stories here I thought I'd print them out and...

I swear, sometimes I think these little hairy varmint critters are trying to do me in with laughter. A moment ago I visited the den on the way out the back door. 'Den' is the right word for this room because that is what the critters have made of it. All were sacked out on the couch snoozing away,...

Our Barnabus is spending the night with the emergency vet tonight and with our regular vet tomorrow. About three weeks ago he had a problem with crystal blockage. We were getting ready to go out of town for the day when I noticed him going from litter box to litter box, not producing anything and...

I found a little clip of an Abyssinian momma cat and her two babies. Very cute! If you want to watch go to http://www.miu-nefer.nl/english/home.html click on Photos then click on the one that says "movie". It's 5.12MB and runs for two minutes. The momma cat looks a lot like Abelard!

Just a heads up: my niece seems to have posted a lot of new pics of the kittens at 4-6 weeks old. Raging kitten fever! http://mia.daug.net/kitten2.php -- Marina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki

Anyone see the crappy Energizer commercial where the brat almost puts the cat in the dryer? NOT funny! If you want to complain about it, please follow this link: (http://www.energizer.com/contact/default.asp) thanks, -L.

Today Eli was laying next to me on the floor when Lily started looking in the cat flap (to make sure Eli not around) so she could come in and have a bite to eat. Eli *always* attacks her. So I hid Eli from her long enough to get them both inside at once, so I could have a talk with them about...

Yesterday my old cat Patches http://www.mary.cc/patches/ was sitting next to my feet in my home office. I decided to let my midget skunk in the house to run around. I'm training him to be an educational animal for my wildlife rescue group. Here's a pic of him and Patches. He's grown a little since...

The bikini wax thread got me thinking about how many "habits" I acquired growing up that are shared by younger women... Besides shaving, waxing, or plucking any hair not aesthetically required (by my generation), I also *ALWAYS* paint my toenails. Even when I don't have my fingernails painted...

Most delicious thing I've come across in a long time: Slice haloumi cheese approx 5 mm thick (half a pencil width thick... I don't have my metric to imperial convertor)), and pan fry in a light oil. Once its golden brown on both sides, remove from pan and sprinkle with lime (or lemon) juice,...