We've had it all here in Napier, New Zealand. It started raining at 1.00 this morning and in an hour 55mm fell - I think about half a foot. People have been evacuated out of houses and kids are paddling their boats along some streets. The power went off nearby and the water pumps in certain...

I managed to get a fairly nice picture of my wonderful kitty Kenzie scanned, and I put it on alt.binaries.pictures.animals. You can see her pretty coat, and the way it looks like she's been in a bowl of butterscotch pudding g. I'd like to put this photo someplace permanent, so I could put a...

After Thursday's latest bit of insanity, I'm sure I'm not the only one hoping you and yours are ok! Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha ============

My son's little kitten (the one I'd posting pictures of using his litter box when I kitten-sat) was found dead next to his food bowl - they don't know what killed him. Their 5-year-old, Taffy, is fine so they don't think it was poison, and there were no marks on the kitten. They couldn't afford...

I haven't seen Milo for 24 hours, he was playing with Baggy in the garden, then he vanished. Instead of celebrating his first birthday I'm sitting here worried sick. I've made flyers and spoken to most of the neighbours, will go round again this evening. I've got a feeling I'll never see him again,...

I had scheduled a visit with my doctor because the pain from when I broke my arm has just continued to worsen over the last year. I've been to several orthopedists and all they do is take an x-ray and shoot cortisone shots into my funny bone tendon - yet the pain continues to worsen. I have a...

Breaking long silence to ask for mega purrs for Abelard, who may be dying. I have lurked here occasionally but still did not feel right about posting. And now, I must ask for purrs for my little guy. It started a bit after 12 noon, Aby was laying in my lap, all seemed well, then suddenly he...

Hi crew. Real life has got me in it's talons and won't let go, it seems. For what it's worth, I can't even get a chance to work on the gigantic cat quilt we're trying to put together. Anyway, I'm back, wading through over 1600 messages, and hoping that no one is upset by my not responding to...

This has to be the darndest thing I've ever seen in my life. I clicked my way into Jewishmusic.com on the Web and found a listening station where I could sit and listen to -- guess what?-- Jewish music. By clicking on the songs, I could hear some of the finest Jewish music there is, in English,...

The more I love animals Rant starting Last night I enlisted the help of a friend to go for a beer and debate this job quandary I find myself in... We were about to go when this woman and her partner came in with a woman who obviously had Down's syndrome and was upset, the lady said she was...

It's a Victorian "cottage" in the town where John lives. I'm musing about possibly buying the place. http://nwa.mlxchange.com/DotNet/Pub/EmailView.aspx?r=96535627&s=NWA&t=NWA Click on the photo of the house in the link to see more photos or to view the slideshow. Of course I'd have to sell my...

Thanksgiving. Yeah. I'm thankful I'm back home. I'm thankful I'm not being bitched at and lectured all day long. I'm thankful I'm home where Persia loves me and snuggles with me and doesn't tell me everything that is wrong with me. Or everything that is wrong with everyone else in the family,...

Humans, places, cats + other pets A-D Jan 04 Everyone who reads any cat newsgroup , whether you post or not, can be on this list: so let me know if you want to be on but are not now. Please check your own details, and send additions or amendments to me at . Because of the...

Last night, I went out to this local bar called the Blue Cave. The Blue Cave is a bit of a dump, but some of the pilots from the base here play in a band and the Blue Cave lets them take the stage once a week, so I try to go and show my support. The Blue Cave is also very aptly named, because it...

Do you all remember I posted two weeks ago about the cat tree DH made for the raffle prize? (Originally we were going to use it as first prize for the cat tree contest, then decided to raffle it and make a different one for the photo contest). Anyway. We took it to the shelter 2 weeks ago to start...

When we were down in Florida, Matthew and Christine were discussing home made pizzas and how to properly make them. Matthew not only knows extensively about them, but is very artistic with the hand and arm gestures when talking about making the crust. I wouldn't know about making crust as I...

Amelia kitty (aka Tiny Baby and Hoover Girl) could use some purrs. A few days ago she started showing signs of a UTI, so we went to the vet. He confirmed a bladder infection and gave us a prescription for antibiotics. She is giving me a major fight over her pills, but I think that's a good...

I just passed a local church where a sign outside announces there's to be a "blessing of the animals". I wonder if the minister could pray for our little grey brat-cat Emily to acquire more Christian compassion for her step-sister Sophie, whom she attacks at every opportunity if we don't keep them...

This site belongs to a friend of a friend. She's rescuing some strays and getting everyone (kittens, mom cat, and the most likely dad). Take a look: http://www.wetware.com/diana/kittens_java.html Joyce

I give Jake a bath every once in a while. And he does act like he feels extra good after. Plus the kneading is something he does when he is feeling really good. Just not limited to after he had a bath. Sometimes it just after I've had a bath, and sometimes I think its just because. -- Jo...