How a cat deals with adversity!

Many people ask me how Gracie and Bella get along in my small apartment. I generally say "very well". But I am beginning to see that the cat (Gracie) has a very patient and tolerant soul. Today's adventure is a perfect example...

AHHHH...the good times, Bella has her bed and Gracie has her box.

Gracie loves her box.

There doesn't seem to be any animosity from Bella towards Gracie's box

Oh how quickly things change.

(What you see here scattered on Bella's bed and among her toys is about 2/3rds of Gracie's box.)

Gracie is a bit stunned, but has lost no love for her box, or what's left of it.

She can still lay in it, at least the front part of her.

She can still roll around on it.

It is still her box, or a corner of it with fragments of two of the sides and part of the bottom.

Other funny pictures of the two together...


Sleeping in the back room on the twin bed.

Bella's "I'm so innocent and cuddly look.

Happier times - when Gracie had a box and Bella could eat Gracie's food when she wasn't looking.

I hope you enjoyed today's "box destruction and Gracie's adaptation" adventure as much as I did.

Peace,

MEA

Bella's New Adventures!

Bella Boo and her food girl (me!).

We are off to the top of Kuliouou...Verena (a friend from Austria that is visiting), Linda, Nalu (Linda's dog) and Bella.

They stayed right by each other most of the hike. Nalu and Bella were fast friends.

Nalu and Bella at the top!

Bella fast aslleep after the hike.

Here are some other random pictures of Bella.

BEACH BELLA

She loves the sand. It is like catnip to her - really! - she likes it that much!

Bella sharing her bed with Tanoa (Alicia's little boy).

See Bella's Belly.

THE END

Bella Boo

I am trying to get a dog.
I have found one on the internet that is awesome.
She is in a rescue program.
I had to fill out a 3 page application and provide 4 references just to get a call back. On the call I had to answer questions like "What do you see as a typical day for Bella?" It was crazy. But I passed.
So today, I got to meet her. I took Isaiah with me for a second opinion. She currently has a foster home that she is in. So her foster people brought her to a dog park and we played around for awhile.

Isaiah says yes. To me, she seems pretty great too. The foster people say that she is good with other dogs and kids, that she doesn't bark or shed a lot, and she is potty and cage trained. They also said she is very loving and affectionate. I think she is awesome!
She is a lab and whippet mix. She is chocolate brown with white and her tail curls up over her back. And she shouldn't get much bigger than 30 lbs. She is so cute.

So apparently the foster people gave me the go ahead. I have one more test to pass. On Wednesday the lady who is in charge of the rescue is coming over to my house to make sure it is safe and a good place for Bella. Then I get to pay $150 for her. Oh, and I also have to agree to random check ins for 3 years. But I think she is worth it, and I know Isaiah agrees.

Keep your fingers crossed for me.
Peace,
MEA

The last day in Sydney was a ZOO!

Jim and I spent our last day at the Taronga zoo. It was amazing. We had to take the ferry across the harbor to get there. Then we spent about 5 hours there and probably only saw about 1/2 of the animals. It was huge.

One of the things I really loved about it was that they were very succient with their animal descriptions. (Pelican example below.) It just told you what you needed to know without all the fluff.

These are all the Australian Animals

Koalas - Yay!

Kanagroos and Wallabies - they let us just wander in the enclosure with these guys, there are no fences separating us form them. We were just told to stay on the path and the animals knew how to just stay out of reach.

Platapus and some huge bird with a horn on its head.

Non-Australian Animals

Any resemblence?

Merekeets - there was like 30-50 of these in the enclosure. They were so cute all running around together, but don't stand still long enough for good photos.

Red Panda

Giraffes

Monkeys - Which Jim loves, go figure.

Reptiles

(Jim took this picture, isn't it great!)

Sea things.

Grizzly Bear

Jim rubbing noses with a pigmy grizzly bear. He is so brave!

This is us after a full day of animal viewing. Yay!