Pets Archives - Almontage

The Long Run

Economics , Family , Life Experience , Pets

December 16, 2018December 16, 2018

Maria’s friend Shari adopted a new cat this past week. He’s a handsome young fellow about 1 year old. Tabby markings in a pattern reminiscent of Bengals. He’s kind and friendly, an obvious housecat...

Mr Oates Turns 4

Family , Life Experience , Pets

November 7, 2018

Mr. Oates – or Oatesy as he is commonly called around here – will celebrate his 4th birthday on November 11. In cat years that makes him around 30, so he is still relatively...

Blame It on the Bossy Nonna

Family , Life Experience , Pets

October 27, 2017October 27, 2017

8 year old wisdom: “You’re so bossy Nonna, you boss me around all the time.” This was Teddy recently when his Nonna made him quit playing Hot Wheels on the PC and come to...

The Scanner – Part Deux

Family , Hobbies , Life Experience , Pets , Technology , Travel

March 29, 2017July 14, 2017

So the scanner has arrived. It’s not made by Nikon or Canon – not even Panasonic. Its brand name is (wait for it) Jumbl. Jumbl is a company that markets different electronic gadgets that...

Afternoon Nap

Family , Life Experience , Pets

January 10, 2017November 6, 2017

Let’s face it – at the end of the day Mr. Oates is Maria’s cat. He loves her best. He and I have our moments though. A key one every day is our...

A Special Roman Day

Family , Life Experience , Pets , Travel

November 25, 2016February 8, 2018

We spent our second full day in Rome in some of our old familiar haunts. No Metro or meandering today. But there were a few surprises in store. We began by heading over to the...

Eleven Years On

Economics , Family , Life Experience , Pets , Travel

July 6, 2016February 12, 2018

Eleven years ago today – July 6, 2005 – we moved to a new home, a new town, a new stage in life. This is how our place of abode looked back then –...

Our Pal

Family , Life Experience , Pets

June 17, 2016February 12, 2018

It was a year ago today that I met Mr. Oates. He was a sad little shelter kitten who had lost his family home and was sleeping rough in the adoption lounge with about...

Keeping Your Cool

Economics , Life Experience , Pets , Technology

May 27, 2016February 12, 2018

Living as we do north of the St Lawrence River by a hundred kilometers or so we don’t get long stretches of heat and humidity like – say Baltimore. But it does get warm...

Cat 3.0

Family , Life Experience , Pets

May 3, 2016February 12, 2018

It’s been nearly a year since the tragic final failure of Cat 2.0 and we’ve had Cat 3.0 installed now for close to 11 months. A technical review is in order. Look and Feel...

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