Our cat Fatima gets very confused when she comes into my office to find Keaton sleeping under her blanket. Good thing she still has her claws…
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Sep 10 2011
Sunshine
The early September sunshine creeps across the table top in the back yard. The sound of tennis from the court in the park beyond the fence lends a vacation feel to the day as I sit outside reading, enjoying the warmth and the story. Light aircraft circle overhead, probably having taken off from Toronto Islands …
Jun 03 2011
What’s that smell?
We don’t have a large back yard where we live. It’s large enough to eat dinner al fresco [photo], but not so big that it needs a lot of maintenance. Which is great, as far as I’m concerned; I like just having a few pots and urns and baskets filled with flowers dotted around the …
Jul 27 2009
Rampant raccoons
We’re plagued by raccoons right now. The little buggers have a den up under our neighbours’ roof, right next to our rooftop terrace. They usually come out at dusk to begin scavenging for food—after they’ve used our terrace as their personal, conveniently-located latrine, of course. Pretty gross! Over the weekend it rained heavily, so we …
Apr 14 2009
Fire up the BBQ, folks!
We used the BBQ last night, for the first time this season. It was a beautiful evening, not quite warm enough to sit outside but more than okay to step into the back yard for cooking al fresco. Earlier over the weekend, El Franco had made bread dough for a pissaladière (a traditional Nice onion …
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I was born in England, spent part of my childhood in Zambia and eventually immigrated to Canada. This is a blog about the news and events in my life, my interests in politics, religion, human rights, science, reason, and the odd post here and there about my cats.
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