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After some consideration, I have decided to turn my blog into a farm blog. For those of you who own farms of your own, or my country cousins, you may find this boring but a fair number of our friends really don’t understand our lifestyle. That is certainly no fault of their own; it is…

It’s been a little over a week since we returned from England, though it feels much longer. Thanks to our wonderful farm sitters we were able to have a carefree vacation and all animals were as well attended to as if we were here. However, having been gone for so long we had tons of…

The dreaded end has come but what a time we have had! I will do a more fitting final post but wanted to share all the things we did this week. Tuesday morning we went to the rescue. I cleaned Kitty Cottage and Sara put two new rabbit hutches together. Afterwards, volunteer Carol, Katie, Flora,…

I finished out a great week of being at the rescue most mornings and loved every minute of it. I am inspired to get my own bike out of the garage when I get home. I have gotten stronger by the day here and it feels good. Sara arrived Friday morning so I made the…

I have a lot of catching up to do! It was a very busy weekend at the rescue and I have gotten out sight seeing a couple of times. Weekends are busy times at the rescue. Saturday after regular cleaning duty I accompanied another volunteer on a shopping trip for flowers to plant. Now this…

I can’t believe I have already been in England a week yesterday. I feel pretty comfortable now. I can get to and from the rescue easily on my borrowed bike, I can walk to a grocery store, and there are enough restaurants nearby to keep me from getting bored with my own cooking. I do…

I have had a very busy week and will catch up on events in a different post but wanted to share some photos I took yesterday while (whilst) shopping. The title of the post is self-explanatory. Beans, beans and more beans. Lots of Heinz beans. Holy instant coffee selection! Stuff related to air drying clothing.…

What a whirlwind of a few days it has been! I left home at 11:30am on Wednesday the 12th. I had a layover in Atlanta then flew 8 hours to Manchester, United Kingdom. That was followed by what seemed a 10 mile walk lugging too much luggage to the train station. After changing trains twice…

For those who may not have a Facebook account the link I posted at the end of my last entry was about a little cat from Dubai. A beautiful, white, teenaged kitty hit by a car and left for dead. Paralyzed, bloody bones sticking out of her back legs, little Manisha certainly was in a…

Dubai….Sara called from the road and said guess what? A man I worked with in Saudi (she was there when George Bush declared war) wants me to come to his new college and it is in Abu Dhabi. I said “where’s that?” She replied “the UAE… Dubai?” That I recognized. And thus my first international…

White Cats I do have this innate attraction to white cats. Maybe it is because I rarely saw one growing up? White cats, like albino wildlife, do not fare well outdoors. The cats I grew up with were mostly outdoor and knew nothing of the posh lifestyle our current pets lead. I feel that may…

Before the Trip In about three weeks I will be leaving to spend nearly a month in England. I will be volunteering at a cat rescue, Bradford Cat Watch Rescue and Sanctuary, and will be working at my normal job for a good portion of the time. The time difference of 5 hours and the…