New Beginnings

Seems like the time between blogs gets longer and longer! I've got legitimate excuses this time I think. Getting ready to move and between packing and purging, getting things ready at the new place two hours away, and getting this house ready to sell has been all consuming. Not everything's quite ready yet, but it's wonderful to have the luxury of not being in too much of a time crunch to move from one place to the other in one day or even one week! Right now it's getting things switched over to a new state, finding another job, getting water, elec., etc. turned on and most importantly, getting the cats' new digs finished.

Here's the new rescue set up, much bigger and better than the old one I have now (no leaky roof and uninsulated walls)! It's not totally finished yet, still got to put in shelves and ramps and their Little Tykes play equipment, but the guys are gonna love it and I can't wait to see them enjoying the extra space. Getting them there, not looking forward to.



I know the dogs are going to love moving too, lots more trees and land for them to run and explore! I'm hoping the openness and fresh air will be more accommodating to my creative ventures as well. And Marls, since you're never gonna see my house pics unless I post some here's a few to give you an idea. I'll post more once I get it decorated more to my liking.

View into the DR and kitchen.














The LR.














Master bath (that wall paper's gotta go!)

Time Flies

I can't believe I've let so much time go by without a post! I've been doing stuff, just not taking the time to blog about it - bad me! Found a couple really cute pics of my dogs when they were youngsters.



The border collie mix is Boots (he came with that name, don't blame me) and the big doggie is Acadia (I did name her) who is half Rottie, half Catahoula and all baby. They are now 9 and 11 respectively. Time so flies!



Finally decided to try the video portion of my camera and tape some cute moments with my critters. I tried to get my talking cats, Sammy and Chance, to do their thing, but both of them clammed up when the camera came out. I guess they'll want to sign an agent before they'll talk on screen. Actors. So, this is my very first try, please ignore the erratic camera operator! LOL! This is Hannah, my oldest kitty at 12 and Weebee (another one I did not name), the rescued Cornish rex who decided she didn't want to be adopted and stayed here. She so does not like to be interrupted from her nap. LOL!



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In sadder news, I had to have two of my FeLV+ kitties put down last week. I knew when I decided to have a sanctuary for the positive ones that I'd lose them way too early, but I'd rather give them a few good years if I can even if it hurts worse when the times does come. Actually they were both pretty old for a FeLV cat; Pretty Baby was about 12 or older; Jamie was also about 12. This is Pretty Baby (P.B.) in her prime. I don't have my scanner working so I couldn't post a pic of Jamie, but she was small, all black with a corkscrew ear from an old hematoma. Rest in peace my girls.

Busy Days

Ok, I almost fell asleep waiting for these pictures to load, so, yeah, I'm tired. Been a bit busy at work and at home so I'm looking forward to the weekend!

We got in more wildlife yesterday, another squirrel, a turtle and these baby opossums. I should have never said aloud that I missed the little critters I took care of last year! They are cute, but a lot of work, oh, and did I mention messy! :)



Spent Monday taking pics of the adoptable kitties to go up on Petfinder while I was out in the enclosure. The gray tabby in this pic is Sundance (yep, he has a brother named Butch Cassidy). Don't know if you can see it that well, but he has a huge lump on the side of his neck that gave us a scare. At first the vet and I thought it was an abcess, but when antibiotics didn't do anything for it, she suspected the worse; lymphoma. But it's not, just swollen lymph nodes, thank goodness! He's still on clavamox, but it's a rare disorder (my cats naturally have the unusual stuff) so the treatment will either be nothing or start him on prednisone. He's still doing great, so at least that's a relief!

Here's one of the baby squirrels of the season. One of my first blog posts was about the opossums I raised, so far this year we've only had squirrels and birds. This is one of Andrew's "kids", almost ready to be released.

Long Time, No Blog

Nothing too exciting going on lately so I've gotten out of the mood. I did join Facebook so I've been playing with that instead of blogging. I've got a few old friends on there, but what's more exciting is finding new friends that share my interests (mainly animal rescue and writing).


I was in a panic Thursday, trying to find a home for a border collie dropped off at our clinic for euthanasia. It's always sad, but this dog was happy, hyper, healthy weight, very loving, her only problem was she had a mild case of megasophagus. Her elderly owner didn't know how to take care of her and thought no one would want a dog with health issues so he signed papers to have her put down. Being the animal lovers we are, a couple of us knew this dog had plenty of good years ahead of her started looking for someone to take her. With a little luck and a twist of fate we found a BC rescue who at first said 'no', but then called back willing to take her. Then we had to check with the owner to make sure it was all right with him (I know, sounds wonky, but vets have been sued over such issues), and he didn't get back with us until almost closing time so I was sweating it. Not sure what I'd have done if he'd said no.


Anyway, all is well, the rescue LOVES this sweet girl and she's in foster care now, safe and happy.

Snow Days Pt. 2

More snow fell during the night, but alas, the sun is melting a lot of it off today. The weird thing is that it was 70 degrees Friday and the snow hit the next day. Freaky, but that's Memphis weather.


Anyway, this isn't normal for us to get this much snow, which is why I'm compelled to take pics. Usually we get more ice than snow, so this was nice, especially since no power outage this time!

First Snow of 2009

And it's still coming down. It'll probably all be gone by tomorrow, but it was pretty. Marls, you can stop sending this stuff my way, ok?