Well, these darn cats have done it again! I haven’t even been asked to visit our local TV station after living here almost 20 years, and my cats, just like that have been invited to walk the Academy Award Red Carpet! You heard it right, my cats, along with the cats of several other highly esteemed cat bloggers will be part of a live pre-Oscar Red Carpet Cat Twitter party with world famous cat, Gracey, of The Tiniest Tiger, and the Cat Daddy himself, Jackson Galaxy of My Cat From Hell!! Read more

I know I say this over and over, after all, it is the anthem and crux of the book I wrote, but I need to say it again. The greatest lesson I have learned from my cats is to “embrace the ordinary in life and dare to make it extraordinary.” Read more

In Edward Lear’s classic tale, The Owl and the Pussycat, the Owl and the Pussycat go to sea together in a beautiful pea green boat looking for love. While this is certainly a lovely sentiment, it is hardly one my darling Zee would actually embark upon, as he is afraid of his own shadow and would never set paw into a boat, let alone a boat floating on rocky waters with a bird of prey that could rip him to shreds in a split second. Also, our dear boy is completely smitten with his beloved Zoey and she would take none to kindly to him leaving her for an owl of all preposterous things…

Despite that, there is just something about Zee and this story that captured my fancy. Often when I look at him with a quick glance, with his large saucer like innocent  eyes, I think I am seeing an owl and so, somehow, this picture just seemed destined to be created. I admit I have done a lot of creative editing with my cats throughout the years, but this image has captured my heart more so than most, and I really can’t explain why, other than it has such a whimsical and surreal charm to it.