by Mel | Jun 23, 2023 | Life
[ID: three images of a young calico cat sitting up straight on top of an armchair. In the last image her head is tilted in interest.] Charlie is VERY not into the excavation and blasting noises behind the house*, but sometimes the excavators are interesting to watch...
by Mel | Jun 22, 2023 | Life
Charlie and Mango are so dang cute. They have what I’ve dubbed “bath fights” that start with grooming and end with wrestling matches. Charlie sometimes attempts to help out Cinna and Marty with their hygiene but they are very not into the buddy...
by Mel | Jun 21, 2023 | Life
This old guy may be 16 years old but thanks to his arthritis shots he sure has some good zoomies, especially after his multi-hour naps 😆 Eric says that in the late evening, Marty and Charlie have a trill-off chatting at each other then play chase a bit. I love them so...
by Mel | Jun 20, 2023 | Make
One of the many wonderful things about having our own space now is that we’re able to try projects that weren’t possible while in a basement suite. Eric has expanded his tinkering from lighting to woodworking and is really enjoying it. One of his recent...
by Mel | Jan 18, 2023 | Life
Grief is a sneaky bitch, and 2022 was rough, friends. We brought Charlie home in July, then immediately dealt with a series of cat health problems, including Marty spending most of a week in the vet hospital with acute pancreatitis. It was a lot of very intense...
by Mel | May 30, 2022 | Life
Our girl is gone. Her last day was blessed with sunbeams, treats, and as much love as we could give her. She’s been sick for a long time, and it was time to let go – she was ready. She was so small, but her personality was huge. We have a crater in our...
by Mel | Mar 24, 2022 | Art, Photography
I live with a ghost. She meows at night / and in the morning. She’s waiting for me / to pass on. My guide into beyond. xo M (An experiment with a photo and typewriter. Photo by teenaged me, words mine.)
by Mel | Mar 24, 2022 | Life
I love how the quality of light changes in spring. The afternoon sun is a little higher, a little warmer. The cat fam sure loves it – there are sunbeam naps at every opportunity. It’s been a rough winter. Depression is heavy and irritating at the same...
by Mel | Nov 9, 2021 | Life, Photography
Magnus and Cinnamon are the security team ’round here. They sit on the freezer and watch the birds on the front lawn out the kitchen window, peering out through the plant forest. They only charge a few leaf chomps for the service 😄
by Mel | Oct 17, 2021 | Make
After *mumble* months in time out because I kept miscounting, this month I hauled knitter ass and finished Duwamish for mum <3 The tonal variegation of Mineville Wool Project 4/8 is lovely – while there’s some striping of colour across the rows I...
