Tara the Hero Cat

The kitties and I watched the Rose Parade today, as we always do. 

We were all thrilled to see Tara the Hero Cat on the LucyPet float, along with some hero dogs. 

All three have saved the life of a human.  Tara saved her four year old boy, Jeremy, from an attack by a Labrador-Chow mix, a dog obviously much bigger than Tara.  We think Tara is the epitome of loving devotion.

 I tried to find an image of the float, but I could only find this drawing.  It was a beautiful float.


2017 was such a horrible year for me...I'm glad to see it go.  I'm hoping 2018 will be much better, not just for myself, but also for our country and the world. 

Wishing You...

A happy and prosperous new year! (That's Anthony snoozing in front of the fire).  The cats' stockings are still hung up because, even though Santa filled them up on Christmas eve, they're hoping that La Befana, the good Italian witch who delivers gifts to children in Italy on January 6, will drop by with some more goodies for them.  I think it's a safe bet to say that she will.  ;)

It's That Time...

I hope everyone has a new year filled with love, hope, courage, kindness,  peace, happiness, good fortune and good health!

A Snowy New Year

It started snowing the evening of December 30 and snowed all night long.  Only a few inches were predicted, so I guess that's why no chain control stations were set up (these are where cars that don't have snow tires and/or four wheel drive are told to put on chains or turn around and go home).  What a mess!  The snow that landed on the warm pavement of the roads melted at first, then formed a solid sheet of ice.  Then the tiny, dry flakes of "powder" snow that the mountains of the West are famous for fell. Not a lot; only about eight inches here. But, trying to drive in these conditions without a four wheel drive with chains on all four tires is like trying to walk over a glass floor that's covered with marbles without falling.  Lots of people were stranded in their cars and there were quite a few minor accidents.  Thankfully, everyone was rescued and no one was hurt. 

By the next day, chain controls were in place and even more people, hearing about the fresh powder, came up to our ski resorts.  Good news for the ski resorts and all the merchants! 

I spent a quiet day today curled up by the fire drinking tea, cuddling cats, noshing on too many leftover goodies from last night and reading...after I watched the Rose Parade, of course!  A New Year's day without the parade would be unthinkable to most Californians.

(This photo is from Pinterest)

Happy New Year!

Wishing everyone a happy, healthy, peaceful, and prosperous 2015!

On This 7th Day of Christmas...

I wish you a new year filled with joy, blessings, abundance, love and good health!  It's a very cold new year's eve here, snow is covering everything and that snow is covered by a layer of ice.  Every so often an icy-fingered breeze plays with the branches of the pines and cedars, making them sound like a million fragile crystal wind chimes.  (About the title...we celebrate all twelve days of Christmas which makes Christmas last until the 6th of January).

Little Gloria (left) and Malcolm are happy to be home from the vet's...

(look at the smile on Malcolm's face) 

and so is their brother, Merlin, snoozing on the floor after getting reacquainted with his Christmas toys.  All three are healing well.  And me?  You know I'm happy to have them back at home! 

This is what my laptop's monitor looked like after Gloria killed it.  Scary, huh?

But it came back home today!  I'm almost as happy to have it back as I am to have Merlin, Gloria and Malcolm back safe at home. . . nah.  Having a computer doesn't come close to making me as happy as Gloria, Malcolm and Merlin do, along with the rest of my fur babies. 

HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE!

Happy New Year!

I hope everyone has a wonderful 2012 filled to the brim with blessings and happiness! (I know this is a bit late, but you know the old saying: Better late than never).