Today is two months since Toulouse's big day. Early in the morning on December 17th, we packed up Toulouse and headed off to the veterinario, the vet, for surgery on his right front leg. You might remember the dramatic way little Toulouse came into our family on a Monday at the end of last summer. ...
A Month with Monday
The thing with Monday mornings is that you never really know what to expect. A month ago I was having a productive and busy day when there came a buzz at the intercom by the gate in the garden. I couldn't quite understand what the person was saying, so I pushed the button to open the gate and went ...
Artistic Garden Cats
The temperatures have been warming up during the day on the Amalfi Coast, but it's still cool enough in the evenings that our long haired cats haven't started shedding their winter coats yet. The other day I opened the window to look for them, and this is what I found directly below the window. I'm ...
The Winter Coat
The temperatures have begun to drop on the Amalfi Coast, especially at night with the cold north winds blowing down the valleys along the Lattari Mountains. It's time of year for throwing an extra blanket on the bed and pulling out the heavy winter coats, hats, scarves and gloves. Our cats have been ...
Photo Friday: A Room With a View
The other morning I didn’t see Puffy as he snuck out of the kitchen while I was cleaning up after breakfast. Instead of finding him in his usual window in the living room, I found him instead squeezed onto a much smaller windowsill in a nice sunny spot. Smart cat! It’s been a wild ...
Addio Musetto!
Yesterday was a sad Sunday. Musetto, one of our older garden cats, died unexpectedly. This was a cat that we nicknamed “Survival,” and I think we all thought she was invincible – at least a little bit. Musetto was about 9 years old and was one of the first kittens of the big ...
A cat’s life on the Amalfi Coast
Last summer you all met Puffy, my sweet, silly orange cat that loves to come into the house and crash during the hot summer days. As the temps have been climbing, he’s found his new favorite spot sleeping in the window. After a long night doing whatever tomboy cats do, this is how you’ll find him ...
