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Tag Archives: Himalayan cat
Goodbye, sweet prince.
He would have had you believe he was a lion king. But he was really just a pussycat. Where, oh where, did the time go? Cody cat, aka Shoo Bear, was just a few days short of his sixteenth birthday … Continue reading
Life’s a Wheeze: Cody and Asthma
Last post was all about Soho’s birthday but she’s not the only one of our critters born in April. Cody, aka Shoo Bear, was born in April, 2002, back when I was on a tear of collecting Himalayan cats like other … Continue reading
Separated at birth?
Congrats to Pekingese Malachy, the little “stump of a dog” who “wobbled” away with top honors at Westminster this year. Someone compared him to an “alien footstool”, but I just see Cody the Shoo Bear when I look at him. … Continue reading
Posted in Absurdity, Animal/Vegetable/Mineral
Tagged animals, Cody Shoo Bear, Himalayan cat, Malachy, Pekingese, Westminster Dog Show
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It’s officially summer.
For all the yadda yadda yadda about weather in southern CA, some of us think the place should be characterized as sub-Arctic most of the time. Not this week! It is a glorious, warm, sunny day. Autumn is almost done … Continue reading
Posted in Absurdity, All Things Poultry, Spoiled Pets
Tagged Autumn, Buff Orpington, Cody, hen raising baby chicks, Himalayan cat, Hope, Shaved Himalayan cat
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Pets on Prozac
My cats do very, very bad things. Yes, I know, cats are inherently evil, (Angie sent me this link as proof: http://www.catswhothrowupgrass.com/kill.php) so short of smothering sleeping infants there’s hardly anything a cat can do that would surprise anyone. Maybe that’s why they … Continue reading
Posted in Absurdity, Spoiled Pets
Tagged bad bad cats, cat spray diagram, cat spray Prozac, cats, Cody Shoo Bear, Dizzy, Dodger, evil cats, Himalayan cat, how to deal with cat spray, orange cat, scat mats
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Happy Halloween!
No big plans for us gimps this year, but the CE and PG did decide something must be done as a nod to the holiday. Thus, we have here what I guess you could refer to as a Pumpkin Tart: No … Continue reading
Quality time.
He wasn’t here for very long, but it was oh so nice to have Daniel at home! He headed back to the city today to move into his dorm for summer school, where he will be learning Greek (not the oops-our-country-is-broke … Continue reading
Posted in All Things Family
Tagged Cody Shoo Bear, Daniel, Himalayan cat, Lady Gaga Monster Tour, PG
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Animals behaving badly.
There are moments of clarity, rare, but icily lucid, where things come into focus and I realize I am living like a crazy person. The week in review: Well, at least the week wasn’t a total loss. That gaping hole … Continue reading
Posted in Absurdity, All Things Poultry, Friends, Spoiled Pets
Tagged backyard chickens, Chickens, Dizzy, Himalayan cat, Julia and Grant
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Blog, blog, blog…
Many thanks to all of you who have phoned, emailed, weighed in and commented in support of the blog. Much appreciated. I’ve given more thought to this in the past few days than it probably deserves. I’ve been feeling a definite “dropped … Continue reading
Why Cody is a bird’s best friend.
People often tell us about their fine “mousers”, cats that keep their owners’ (or, rather staff’s) yards impeccably clear of riff-raff like gophers and mice. We tell them about Cody, who will wait for hours on end bent over a … Continue reading
Posted in Absurdity, All Things Poultry, Spoiled Pets
Tagged Chickens, Cody Shoo Bear, Himalayan cat
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