Month: May 2026

  • We’ve had our third set of foster cats for almost two weeks now – so it’s past time to introduce them. They are about 10 weeks old and they are cute, cute, cute! We call them Boris, Sylvia and Nellie and we are having so much fun with them.

  • On Tuesday we said good-by to our good boys Steve and Avery. We had them for about four months! Much longer than I expected since we only had our first batch of fosters for two weeks. They were such good cats and we developed nice reassuring routines as they seemed to get more and more…

  • Bea was in Italy again recently. She spotted a Marmot above (middle) and went for a frigid swim below. She always has the biggest smiles when she is dissecting something (a pig heart). Hmmm. And a couple photos Brian took while on a run. He know I like to see the sheep.

  • Here are some photos from a recent walk at the Chicago Botanic Garden And in my backyard I turned over my compost pile and sifted it then I filled up my big pots with the nice fluffy compost. So very satisfying!

  • Today Claire turned 16. We went to the Secretary of State’s office after school and now she has her driver’s license. Just few minutes ago she drove away to pick up a friend and go to a school event. What a big day. I was very happy that Brian was able to be home for…