Blogs I Read

Perro Palooza

Saturday we went to a party for dogs! It was fabulous. It was actually the opening of a new boarding space for dogs just outside of Mérida owned by friends Chris and Jesus and called Perro Paraiso.

It’s a huge lot with some kennels and lots of space for dogs to run and [...]

Lighting the Hall Pond

I’ve gone through several lighting solutions for the hall pond. This time I think I have it. I had a normal rope light in there for awhile, I liked the light and ignored the fact that it wasn’t quite the right length. I didn’t like it as much when I figured out it [...]

greetings from the cat house

Ocho, Tope and Raui

So, yeah, Mimi and I definitely flunk foster parenting. The two kittens from the school are still here. We actually had a call interested in one of them the other day and said no. She’s too shy, just beginning to feel safe and we couldn’t separate her from her [...]

Can you help find a forever home for these kittens?

We are fostering 3 kittens, I know, I know… it’s dangerous for me. I can’t keep any more animals and I am teetering on the brink of cat lady right now.

Two of them, including the daring and fearless black one above, are from the same litter. They were trapped at our language [...]

baby’s got a brand new name

The new kitten once known as Milagro has a new name. It’s funny about animal names, if they have more than a couple of syllables or if they are not easily said in both languages they never seem to stick. That could be true of human’s names too. Luckily I’m past the age [...]

gimp in the animal house

One more pic from our deck in Akumal

I’ve been grouchy and a gimp this last week. A week ago Wednesday night I was walking barefoot across the terrace, I was really careful at first because I know how slippery polished concrete is and that I had just watered the plants there. When [...]

How to waste an hour watching your cats

Bring stuff home from CostCo in a big box.