Touch of Aussie Christmas

I love ‘em, but cats can be kinda jerks. For over five years I have attempted to grow catnip in a pot on the deck. I started it from seed, tended the sprouts, thinned them, and then watched as they continued to thin themselves into near oblivion. Since catnip is a perennial, I have allowed…

It’s been rain, rain and more rain here in the Land O’ Salamander. This morning, briefly, the sun managed to find a cleft in the clouds. While I can’t say that the sun actually made an appearance, it was finally possible to see shadows outside. I opened the slats of the blinds by the deck…

“Always turn and look when your cat gazes behind you with that intent look in her eyes. Some day there might actually be something there.” – Anonymous I spent the bulk of last night working on a quick web-site to put some pictures from work on. We’ve seen three cases of a genetic disease in…

THE GOOD NEWS: The lump is just a sebacious cyst. Granted, it got large quickly, but it isn’t infected (which is why there was never any pain connected with it). We just keep an eye on it. It will probably be as active as Clueless Wonder on a slow day (i.e. it’s just going to…

Wessex Books Found the Clavell book! And it was at a reasonable price. I forced myself off the site before I purchased anything else … but this has been a dangerous find.

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