Silhouette of a black cat with it's paw on a purple ball of yarn. The text 'Adventures of a Stashaholic' is in green and purple

Wordless

I have been meaning to do a blog post for a while but something always got in the way. Meaningless, trivial things that really were no excuse for missing an update. Then a life and death situation happened to a family member. One we are all trying to come to terms with in our individual […]

Spring has Sprung

Well the vortex is slowly leaving. It’s still not “warm” but it’s not “freeze the balls off a brass monkey” anymore. I did a bit of damage at the garden centre. It warmed up enough today so I could plant things. Here’s the evidence: Everything is now planted or moved or repotted. Will pick up […]

Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day is something I look forward to and dread at the same time. I have unbelievable joy when I think of the women who have blessed me enough to make me a grandmother. Yet my soul tears in pieces when when I think of the loss of my own mother. She has been gone […]

Settling in

Well poor Cooper has been a sick kitty. Apparently he came home from the shelter with Coccidia. And a bad upper respiratory infection. He went from being an obnoxiously loving cat to a snot ball overnight. I took him to the vet and took a sample of his poop – something you should always do […]

Cooper’s first lesson

I believe we learn a lot from the animals that come into our lives. Cooper is already teaching me lessons after one night. Clearly he is a “little” OCD. By little, I mean is there a cat Prozac out there? He does not like me to be out of his sight – follows me everywhere. […]