Cats

Homestead Cats

It took Snickers a while to master trees, but once she did, she lived for climbing. Cats have always been

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Say Cheese!

Everybody say cheese! Every year, I set goals for myself and our family. Some get done, a lot don’t, but

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Herc

Such a pretty kitty. Way back when Jack and I were newlyweds, I worked parttime between finishing up my bachelor’s

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Meet Morty

When one of our beloved farm cats, Hercules, inexplicably went blind and was unexpectedly retired, Jack casually mentioned that it

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Retirement

If there’s one thing I like to talk about on this blog, it’s animals. I’ve always had a lifelong fascination

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Perfect Snow

Growing up in Nebraska, there always seemed to be plenty of snow days, particularly the kind that were good for sledding, snowball

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Farm Dog, City Dog

It’s been nearly five years since Raven joined our family but it seems like she’s been around all along. She really

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EIGHT!

Our beautiful, happy, smiley, intelligent, clever, friendly, etc, etc Claire is now EIGHT! I have no idea where the time

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Always Watching

Always watching. While out taking care of the animals the other day, I noticed Woody, just calmly observing me. While

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Animals Abound

Hercules taking a forest walk with us. It’s no question that animals abound at our house–we have two horses, three

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Cat Door #2

Herc is an old pro when it comes to cat doors. At our first house in Iowa, we put in

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