Starved Rock
Kevin and I took a trip, yaaay for that! A short one, two nights, to Starved Rock, where we'd gone to in Nov. 2023. This time, though, BEV WAS BACK to watch over our very very large herd of cats. Whoo Hoo, Bev! We were overjoyed that she came back and also that she was brave enough to withstand such a whole lot of kitties, some of whom kept her up all night by there incessant meowing. Well really, just one in particular. Anyway, here's what the back of the van looked like at the crack of 10:45 am on Tuesday. You'd think we were going for a month. Starved Rock is such an awesome place and...
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First photo of Winnie
on tuesday i was scrounging around in a cabinet, looking for frames to put some of winnie's photos in, and i found yet another big stack of pictures. here's the very first picture i took of winnie!...
September 29th, 2002
That's the day mom and i found winnie on the lake road. we were riding our bikes and suddenly heard a loud MEW from the side of the road, and stopped to see a tiny little grey kitten. somebody must...
Darling Winnie
is gone. He was such a sweet, loving, gentle, accommodating soul. We are so sad. I'm going to be posting many photos of him, because i keep going through my old pictures and finding so many. Friday...
before the storm…
the first part of january was snow-free, kind of warm-ish. i took this picture because it struck me as funny, this planter inside another planter, covered in water. and then it froze, and i bet it's...
christmas…
i don't have lots of photos from the holiday and i'm so over it now anyway, but i think this photo is very funny because why is kevin's arm bent like that? he looks just about as uncomfortable as a...
kitties in december
riley is finding it more and more difficult to just relax. many times the two kitties sleep side-my-side on top of their condo. i'm pretty sure there aren't many other kitties who are this...
the rest of our trip to chicago…
whew, i really need to get back at this; need to finish up 2018 already! We had a massive snowstorm last night, maybe 8-10 inches? so now i'm able to sit around for quite a while. i took this photo...
WELCOME BACK, MOM!!!
I've had this site since 2004. quite a few years. mom used to read it, but then she didn't open her computer so much, then she just stopped altogether. when she got a fancy new iphone she started...
More fun in Davenport
After breakfast at the lovely Current Iowa hotel, we walked down the block to a shop called Chocolate Manor. we've been in the Quad Cities a few times and i've always looked up things to do and...