Adorable Animals
Adorable Animals

Introducing Princess Phoebe!

We adopted Princess Phoebe from the Ipswich Humane Group in January. She loves to play with Darwin (and he loves to play with her, to a degree), and I’m not allergic to her. She was our 2nd foster cat after Birdie passed last October. She brings much needed laughter and fun to our house.

A Mouse Story – Part 4

This past May, the Mouse Dad escaped his cage while I had the door open [leapt right out past my hand], and ran downstairs and under the fridge.  That made me realize that after 18 months he might not want to be a caged mouse any longer. 

A Mouse Story – Part 2

This is the second part of a 3-part mouse story. In brief recap: On 12/3/2019 Darwin heard mice in the basement through the baseboard heater: On 12/4/2019 I caught my first basement mouse.  A few days later I caught a 2nd basement mouse so the first one would have a …

An Update on the “Fish Babies”

They are definitely no longer babies!  Up until recently our 9 remaining “babies” were all girls, but a few days ago one turned into a boy and 2 more appear to be heading that way.  Apparently that happens with Molly fish, within the first 6 months or so, which is why I’ve been VERY vigilant.  We don’t need more fish babies!