Posted in Pet Products

Last night I woke up in the night thinking about Shadow. He's an elder gentleman cat, about 12 or so, and he has been so snuggly since we got home from a 9-day trip. While we were gone, his grandfather fed him daily. And yes, I sent an expensive email from Dominique asking my parents and daughter to call occasionally and leave Shadow a message o… read more

Posted in Shelter Makeover

Who knew that when Katy and Josh got married January 29th, that so soon I'd be claiming a new lil family member to fawn over. Thanks to HSCC Katy and Josh have adopted Chigger... just the most darlin little sweetie mixed breed dog. She's so calm and snuggly for her little size. Who knows what her life was like before being rescued? Chigger will… read more

Posted in Health & Wellness

Grey Momma Cat is here today, and still swollen up shaped like a jelly bean, but no kittens yet. I wish we could catch her, for birth and so we could tame her babies and give them a better life than in the wild here. There are plenty of field mice, grasshoppers from the field in summer and junebugs galore, if you like those sorts of foods. But i… read more

Posted in In Memoriam

When I was little, someone gave our family a basset hound mix and I named him Mr. Smith. He was a great hunter and would bring us urban prey such as umbrellas, shoes and welcome mats from the apartments nearby. He'd put them by the door. Once, Mr. Smith went fishing with my dad and me, in the ponds by NSU. We'd walked form our house and Mr. … read more

Posted in General

We have a few generations of wild cats here--- none are tame enough to actually touch, but we feed them. Once I borrowed HSCC's tender trap because one is bad sick, but dind't have any luck in capturing her. Well, actually, that trap looked like clanky cold metal and I didn't think it would be very nice to leave a cat in there until morning becau… read more