wednesday

it’s like I jinxed things by writing that Winnie was OK as of yesterday – last night I stayed up much too late for no good reason at all, and this morning I was awakened by a sound that I couldn’t quite make out, but I suddenly knew that Winnie was...

post-memorial day activity

it’s a very busy day for me here on the day after memorial.  I have a bit of free time in between working, though. the not great news is that Winnie had another seizure after I posted that post on the 18th.  he had one that night, and the next night, too.  but...

post-birthday cake

I had some of this for breakfast.  not the whole thing, mind you; much was eaten last night, and not entirely by me.                                     mmmm, chocolate cake with...

good news for winnie!

this morning we took him to the vet and he rode on my lap – he was much less stressed there rather than in a crate.  I told kevin to be extra sure that we didn’t have an accident since Winnie wasn’t buckled in. they had to take blood from his jugular...

Winnie, plus happier times…

Winnie isn’t doing well.  he had a seizure the night before last just after we’d gone to bed.  it was horrible, as he writhed and convulsed, for what seemed like forever.  I called the emergency vet but we decided we didn’t want to take him there; if...

may, in the middle of summer…

I kept saying that it’d probably go from really cold around here to incredibly hot.  and unfortunately I was right.  right now as I sit here in the air conditioning, it’s 90 degrees outside.  c’mon. so far may has mostly been a continuing flurry of...

the night sky

the other night, lighting lit up the sky.  it kept going and going, and I went out and started taking pictures, not confident that any would even show up.  I started taking bursts of photos, up to 40 in a burst, and I probably took about 200 of them. here are my 10...

is he the real live Rocket Raccoon??

early in the evening, when it was still light out, this raccoon appeared on the deck.  look at his smile!  if you inspect it closely you’ll see the bird seeds stuck to the end of his nose (I didn’t even see it, but Bev pointed it out to me).  it looks like...