Pets for Adoption!

We still have Professor Catsby waiting to be adopted. He's very shy at the moment, but also very very fuzzy. I'm positive he will make an excellent cat in a good home.

If anyone wants him, please contact us.

In other news, we visited the Flugtag down on Harriet Island and witnessed the record setting flight by Major Trouble and the Dirty Dixies! The event was free and a lot of fun, save for the sun burn many of our friends received.

In other news, by this Thursday the topper will be chopped up and hauled away by the garbage man. I'm excited to have a good portion of our lawn back.

Winifred Manor's Many, Many Pets!

From birds enjoying our feeders, to mice that used to inhabit the house, to caterpillars we have raised and released back into the wild as butterflies, Winifred Manor has a lot of critters! The other day we even found a baby raccoon skittering through our yard. Our indoor pet, Purrky and Smudgee did not appreciate that very much. We even have had a skunk or two! For the city we sure do have a lot of wild life! I like to think of them as my own outdoor pets- well, maybe not the skunk!

I was outside gardening instead of working, which happens from time to time, and I see a little orange head with perked up ears dart behind the shed. I got really excited and thought we might have a baby fox! I am not sure why this excited me, but I was obviously going to go look. Instead of a fox, I found a litter of kittens!

After a few failed attempts at capturing the kittens, and learning that Mama Kitten is very friendly and loveable, we managed to get the kittens moved into the shed with the clever ploy of one of the kittens in a carrier to help Mama move everyone toward her trapped kitten. Mama Cat found a home at my mom's house and one of the orange kittens was adopted out.

Now we have three kittens to find home for- the fourth, a little torti is going to join our home in a week!

Anyone want a kitten? We have a black/gray guy named Charcoal, a shy, fuzzy fuzzy fuzzy orange guy named Professor Catsby and a very playful, roly poly guy who is orange and white named Little Rascal.

A Vacation from Winifred Manor

Me and Nick just got back from a fantastic vacation to Southern California to see our friends, Sigrid and Dan get married in Long Beach! We had such a great time! We flew in on Thursday morning and arrived on the Queen Mary. The Queen Mary is an old ship that they docked and turned into a hotel. It is 1 1/2 Titanic's long! We explored the boat including going on a ghost tour. We headed to San Marino to attend the Groom's Dinner and drove through Pasadena. The next day we went to Malibu and drove the Pacific Coast Highway. Our friend Julie was also with us and took some fabulous pictures! We had so much fun playing in the waves!

We attended the beautiful wedding and enjoyed dancing the night away on the boat. We went to Disneyland the next day and then made our way to Beverly Hills! We ate lunch at the Ivy where all the stars eat, shopped Rodeo Drive and went to Hollywood to Grauman's Chinese Theater and the Hollywood Walk of Fame!

We had such a great trip but it is good to be back! My garden was out of control with weeds so since I took the entire week off for vacation I spent the last few days doing nothing but weeding! Hopefully we can then enjoy the beautiful yard over the beautiful weekend before heading back to work!

Fourth of July!

The fourth of July was another successful celebration at Winifred Manor! We enjoyed the amazing fireworks from the High Bridge with the Mississippi River and skyline as a backdrop!



Happy Birthday to Nick! What another great year!