Back story: Without going in to the gory details, I am disabled due to a genetic disorder. I sleep in a hospital bed, with plenty of precisely placed pillows to protect my fragile joints. I also have central sleep apnea, which is different from obstructive sleep apnea but treated the same...
Five minutes before this photo was taken Braveheart was sleeping peacefully on the lower throne, his favorite. Ollie the kitten bullied Brave out of his spot and looks smug about it. He's smirking even. 🙄
As some of you know, we lost both of our german shepherds in 2022. Kane, a bi-color, was 12 years old when he passed in January '22. Kane's older brother/cousin Jax passed in October of last year at the age of 13 1/2. I decided to have digital portraits done of them as an anniversary present...
This is our KiKi. She is somewhere in the neighborhood of 16 years old. We adopted her 14 years ago from the humane society, after her and her kittens were dumped in a box in the parking lot of a local vet.
Our younger Australian shepherd Jasper has had a rough first year. First Jasper had serious gastrointestinal issues that caused many trips to the vet and for which nobody had any answers. I finally figured out his issues on my own (food allergies) and with a carefully researched and controlled...
We recently added a third cat to our household. Ollie is a 4 1/2 month old siamese/bobtail-something cross that came from the same humane society shelter that our full-blooded 16+ year old siamese KiKi came from 14 years ago. Ollie's mom was a feral siamese cared for during her gestation by a...