Yesterday was the two-year anniversary of Chris’s passing. I wanted to post something about it yesterday, but I lost track of time and didn’t think about it until today. I also wanted to publish the new book about his life on that day, but my cover artist’s mother fell ill and the cover was delayed. It arrived this morning.
I added text to it and formatted it, which I will show you when it is ready, perhaps tomorrow. What do you think?
I thought a lot about Chris while writing the book and I hope this keeps his memory alive. He really was special and is missed very much.
Today is the 14th anniversary of my first blog post. Can you believe it’s been that long? Most bloggers don’t last a year. Here is the first photo I posted.
This is Chris on my shoulders, doing what he has done since the day we met.
I think the photo is a good representation of what Chris was like.
This is my last photo of Chris, which turned out to be a very sad day.
Since than I have carried on with stories of Frankie and Floki.
Blogging has been a life-changing experience for me. I don’t know if I would have become an author if I hadn’t started blogging first. I also would not have gotten to know so many wonderful people. I hope to continue with this blog for as long as I am able.
I didn’t have any good new photos this week so I Activated the wayback machine and found this photo of Abbey, Chris and Tigger taken on April 28, 2010.
Back then, Abbey and Tigger would often lie together, and Chris would insert himself between them like a child getting in bed with his parents.
Last month, my wife found an ad for a water fountain that she wanted to buy. She read to me all the great benefits of the miracle device. When she finished, I thought two things:
Since this information was from an advertisement, it must be true.
How is this product different from the other three water fountains we bought and our cats didn’t like?
I said the second one out loud, which didn’t go over well. She was determined to buy it so I told her I would look for it on Amazon. I very much would prefer to support a small business over Amazon, but, on the other hand, I worry about giving unknown businesses my debit card number.
The fountain in question is called FEELNEEDY Stainless Steel Automatic Pet Water Dispenser. The all caps are theirs. The link above is an affiliate link because, why not, but I don’t recommend it unless you know your cat is into water fountains.
It uses a battery and only runs when your cat is nearby, unless it is plugged into power and you choose the continuous run option. Frankie drank from it shortly after I put it down, The paper towel is because I spilled it when I set it down.
Since I replaced their water bowl with this fountain on March 20, more than two weeks ago, I’ve seen Frankie drink out of it four times, including once this morning. I’m not sure I should count this morning because the battery was dead and no water was flowing. During that time, I have seen Frankie drink from the water bowl in our bedroom almost every day.
Floki, on the other hand, has never drunk from the fountain, at least not that I have seen. That might not be the fault of the fountain since I haven’t seen him drink from the bedroom bowl, either.
For now, I will keep the fountain and see how it goes. What do you think? Do your pets have a fountain?
May your home be warm, your food be tasty, and your lap forever inviting. May your cat bring you joy, mischief, and just enough sass to keep life interesting.
We had a couple of guests over for dinner yesterday evening. Before eating we sat on the catio and had some wine and cheese. Of course, Frankie and Floki were both interested in what we were doing.
They were pretty well behaved most of the evening but after I cleared most of the dinner plates from the table, Frankie jumped on it. He seemed interested in getting pets from our two guests and had to maneuver around wine glasses to do it. I watched from the kitchen and laughed as Rose attempted to get Frankie off the table, first by yelling at him, which he ignored, and then by trying to move him physically, which he resisted with all his strength.
In the end, Frankie came out on top in the “who’s the boss” competition.
I don’t know how it happened, but the bag we used when we went to the pool on Wednesday ended up on the coffee table on Thursday. Since it didn’t belong there, naturally a cat needed to lie on it.
I didn’t notice at the time, but the late afternoon sun is lighting Frankie’s face.
When Floki saw Frankie sleeping on the bag, he hopped up on the coffee table to wait his turn.
Shortly after I took this photo, Floki had enough of waiting and started a scuffle.
Bad Cat Chris 