Life in the Land of Dreamy Dreams

… an appropriate Pratchett quote. Haven’t done one in a while, anyway:
“Cats are sacred,” said Dios.
“Long-legged cats with silver fur and disdainful expressions are, maybe,” said Teppic. “I’m sure sacred cats don’t leave dead ibises under the bed. And I’m certain that sacred cats that live surrounded by endless sand don’t come indoors and do [...]

I saw this CNN headline and knew it was a grey:
Lost parrot gives vet his name and address
The poor boy got lost in Tokyo and was first taken to the police station, but I guess he didn’t want to be a stool pigeon (har har), so he wouldn’t talk to the cops. A few days [...]

A few days ago I put up youtube videos of the amazing Tui, and I’ve since found out she’s lost, having been caught in a crosswind and swept away when Andrew began flight training her.
He told me he has a substantial reward offered and is relentlessly walking the neighborhood and getting as [...]

So I received notice that there was something new up on a particular YouTube channel. That led me to look at my other subscriptions, one of which is to Andrew & Tui.
Andrew is a Kiwi living in Kansas and Tui is the African Grey he’s trained since she was hatched. She clearly has his [...]

Charlie’s ferret Nora was quite the trooper. She was 9 (average ferret lifespan is 5-7 yrs), had cancer and diabetes for the last year, and generally she just kept on truckin’.

In 2003, in the midst of renovations, our neighbor announced “Yo weasel escape!” Sure enough, she’d scurried under some contractor to go explore the big [...]

I don’t want to go into too much detail, but it’s been a tough week. Many little things went wrong along with one massive and unforeseen thing.
A terrible accident has taken Zulu way way before his time. I have been more devastated than I could have ever imagined possible by the loss of a [...]

Sunday was quite the busy day. There were Mardi Gras Indians, romps around the city, dinner with friends, shopping for Alison.
 Each of which pales beside something that took about 10 seconds to actually happen. Lunch was being delivered from a local sandwich place, so naturally the dogs went bananas when the bell rang.
This is S.O.P. [...]

Sammy & Kassie follow/are followed by the puppy. Everywhere. He’s also picking up Sam’s vocabulary. She has a vast and impressive range of socializations and soon I’ll have not one but TWO dogs following me around going “Wrrororoooow! Rooow. Mmmumpfh!”
(Translation: Gotta go out! Seriously. Maaaaa! C’mon!” )

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Alison has a new dog. A teeny weenie dog of exactly the sort I said I’d never have. I’m only interested in big dogs, with big barks. I don’t have any sheep for them to herd to earn their keep, but at least they can pretend to be my security system, right?
 What the hell’s a [...]