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Sweet Suggestions

Sweet Suggestions

Another maple sugaring season has just come to a close here in the northeast. A quick season, many maple syrup makers have a 4 - 8 week window...
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Feel Spring!

Feel Spring!

If March comes in like a Lion and goes out like a Lamb, and April Showers bring May Flowers, then Spring...
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Understanding Your Corned Beef

Understanding Your Corned Beef

It’s almost St. Patrick’s Day, which for me, ALWAYS means cooking a corned beef and cabbage meal. And quite honestly...
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Peanut Butter Bliss

Peanut Butter Bliss

Ok guys, this is going to be a fun one! Tomorrow (March 1st) is National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day. What a perfect...
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Leftover Valentine's Day Candy (What?!?)

Leftover Valentine's Day Candy (What?!?)

Maybe you received multiple boxes of chocolate for Valentine’s Day, maybe you over-indulged on conversation hearts...
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Our Fine Feathered Friends

Our Fine Feathered Friends

In many of the northern regions of our country, it’s much more difficult for non-migratory birds to find the food...
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Comfort and Casseroles

Comfort and Casseroles

January…the heart of winter; and if you’re like me, all you want is steamy, warm comfort foods. But if you’re also like me...
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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

2022 seemed to make its way through like a speeding bullet train. And then, all of a sudden we arrive at the 2023 station. How time can go so quickly...
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Holiday Ornaments...Make Your Own

Holiday Ornaments...Make Your Own

OK, this is going way back to childhood; I’m talking those Christmas Cookie-type ornaments that you can bake and decorate yourself...
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O Christmas Tree...

O Christmas Tree...

Thanksgiving dinner has been devoured, time was well spent with family and friends, but now we turn our attention to that magical holiday…Christmas...
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Sweet and Savory Sides

Sweet and Savory Sides

While the turkey and stuffing are usually a main stay of your Thanksgiving table, where you can really get creative is with the sides...
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Crazy (for) Cats Lady

Crazy (for) Cats Lady

It’s no secret that I have always loved cats, and most of my life have shared a home with at least one cat. Most recently, I was a contented 3-cat household. After having 2 cats for much of my adult life, I had to make the difficult decision a couple years ago to have my sweet Claudette euthanized due to old age and declining health. 

 

 Claudette

Mr. Bud and I were doing OK, but both missed Claudette. I thought long and hard about the best way to integrate another cat into the household and after speaking with fellow cat-lovers, decided to bring two kittens into the mix. The kittens, I was told, would spend a lot of their energy playing with each other, hopefully giving Mr. Bud some time and space to adjust.

 

Mr. Bud

 

Thus, Arlo and Coco joined us last summer, and while there was certainly an adjustment period, within several weeks, all three cats were getting along swimmingly. 

 

Arlo
                                                                                                                                     
Coco

 

And everything was going along just dandy. But sometimes, life has other plans for us. Around mid-September this year, someone dropped off a kitten here at the warehouse. Well, I can’t leave a stray out to brave the elements, even one that was a little wild and unsocialized. I kept him in the warehouse until I could get him into the vet's office to be checked out and vaccinated, so that I could then find a loving home for him. Of course, by the time that all happened, I had fallen in love with him and he had become much more sociable and friendly. After having his vaccinations and being given a clean bill of health by the vet, we made the transition into the house. We call him Itty Bitty Kitty for now, and he is making friends with the others. He is especially smitten with Arlo and that is the story of how I officially became a “Crazy Cat Lady.” 

 

Itty Bitty Kitty
                                                                                                                                   
Itty Bitty with Arlo
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