One Writer Mom. One Teen Kid. One Brilliant Australian Shepherd. One Comical Border Collie Mix. One Dog in a Maine Coon Cat's Body. And Latest to the Party — One Cuddly Cavalier.
Posted in .Cait and Me, Finnegan the Coon Cat on Oct 5th, 2009
As I mentioned last week, Cait makes sure Finn is in every night. On a recent night, the time got away from her before she realized that it was dark and Finn was not yet securely locked in the house.
So she started the nightly ritual of calling out while banging on Finn’s food can. Within [...]
Posted in Finnegan the Coon Cat on Sep 27th, 2009
It’s been a while since Finn, Cait’s Maine Coon mix, has gotten any air time. Let me remedy that. He’s almost 4 years old already! And he is well-loved by both humans and dogs alike around here.
That said, I’m not what you’d call a natural cat lover. And Finn and I have had our moments– [...]
Posted in .My Dogs and Me, Finnegan the Coon Cat, Life, Nature on Jun 14th, 2009
It’s in the air today, along with the gathering thunder clouds. Everyone around here is hunting for something.
Our Great Blue Heron is on the hunt for his lunch.
He seldom misses.
He’s snagged himself a nice fish.
Oh, there’s something else fishing there along the side of the pond!
Is it our Fisher (a weasel)?
Nope. I’d recognize that fluffy tail [...]
Posted in .Cait and Me, Finnegan the Coon Cat, Life, My Garden / Recipes on May 24th, 2009
Ever go through one of those times where you wake up in the morning to find a truckload of manure in your driveway? You didn’t order it. You don’t need it. You can’t return it, because the midnight interloper has left no forwarding address. And you’re not going to be able to get your car [...]
Posted in .Cait and Me, .My Dogs and Me, Finnegan the Coon Cat, Life on Feb 22nd, 2009
Amuse themselves by putting on skating shows for the only friends to be found for miles — their animals.
(That’s Finn sitting on the fence post.)
Posted in .My Dogs and Me, Finnegan the Coon Cat on Sep 20th, 2008
–or perhaps more aptly,
All-ee All-ee Out Free
I’m in one of those “if there’s a problem, solve it” modes. With four animals in the house now (outnumbering the humans) I have to admit that I’ve been feeling a little under siege lately. Between worrying about Finn dashing out the door every chance he gets, and dealing [...]
Posted in .Cait and Me, .My Dogs and Me, Finnegan the Coon Cat, Life, My Garden / Recipes on Jun 22nd, 2008
The summer solstice is the day of maximum sunlight hours, bringing the longest day and shortest night of the year.
I’d like to think we put it to maximum use.
As usual, Graidy greeted me at 4:50 a.m.by jumping up on the bed and licking my face until I woke up. Next to me on the floor, [...]
Posted in .My Dogs and Me, Finnegan the Coon Cat, Funnies on Jun 14th, 2008
Nancy Freedman-Smith a CPDT trainer at GoodDogz tagged me. (If you live in Maine and need help with your dog, look her up. She’s wonderful.) I’m supposed to share eight little known or unusual things about me. But since I’ve pretty much spilled the beans on myself several times over, I went looking for more [...]
Posted in Dogs in General, Finnegan the Coon Cat on Feb 13th, 2008
Most of us have wills providing for our significant others and children in the event something happened to us. But what about our animals?
If you were in an accident, or delayed from getting home from a trip, or you suddenly died, what would happen to your animals? Do you have a plan in place? Do [...]
Posted in Finnegan the Coon Cat on Feb 3rd, 2008
Finnegan gets some outdoor time under a watchful eye.
There’s a great debate raging at our house. When I got Finn for Cait, I made the executive decision that he was going to be an indoor cat. Knowing that the average lifespan of outdoor cats is around four years, and having lost my most favoritest cat [...]
Posted in .My Dogs and Me, Finnegan the Coon Cat on Dec 29th, 2007
I’m working late on a deadline. It’s way past this crew’s bedtime. They’ve been patiently waiting, curled around my feet. And then not so patiently waiting, moving toward the stairs.
When that didn’t get me to follow, they parked themselves halfway between me and the stairs as a hint, alternating between loud sighs and glares.
Finnegan finally [...]
Posted in Finnegan the Coon Cat on Aug 2nd, 2007
This is Finnegan, our Maine Coon clown. As you can see, he lurvs my laptop. And he lurvs to scratch and claw my furniture. In fact he lurvs clawing so much that he’s been systematically ruining each piece of upholstered furniture I have.
A while back, I asked for advice about Finn’s clawing the furniture. [...]
Posted in .My Dogs and Me, Finnegan the Coon Cat on Jul 9th, 2007
Back when Finn was just a little thing (now he’s almost as big as Graidy), he followed Kiera everywhere and wanted to do everything she did. Including using the dog door.
He never quite figured it out and got stuck a couple of times half way in and half way out. Kiera would push him back [...]
Posted in .Best of, .My Dogs and Me, Finnegan the Coon Cat, Funnies on Jun 12th, 2007
Do you see that?
I see that. Do you see that?
I see that!
Hey Finn, ya wanna look?
Nah, I’m busy. You guys take care of it.
Posted in Finnegan the Coon Cat on Apr 27th, 2007
I have a confession to make. I’ve never really been a cat person. Don’t get me wrong–there’s not an animal on the planet that I couldn’t find something about to enjoy–but, on my own, I would not choose to have a cat.
So, of course, Finnegan wants to be wherever I am, and preferably on me [...]
