On the passing of my cat, Pasha

We called him our evil overlord, but our cat, Pasha, has passed on. He was on a roll lately; he killed a mouse a day for the past three days, bringing his trophy to the same spot outside the window for me to see. Except today, after he jumped up to be let in, his […]

A squirrel or two in view

This is the view from the back window the other day. The cat, I think, is looking the wrong way.

Another White Solstice

Welcome to another White Solstice. Unlike last year, the first snow waited until the solstice, a steady light snow that barely added up to an inch. Naturally, the evil cat insisted that it must be inspected. As you can see by the tracks, he did a thorough job of criss-crossing before declaring the snow a […]

Sunflower buffet

Want to eat from the sunflower? Take a number!

Mayhem under the Bleeding Heart

I’m sorry. So sorry. Not one, but two young Mourning Doves got turned into sprays of feathers under the Bleeding Heart. How appropriate. And my evil cat is not sorry at all.