Category Archives: Blog Matters

Five Years of ThreeCatYard

Posted on April 6, 2016 by Oldcat

2011 Five years ago I started this blog.  I had gotten tired of other sites I had frequented because of the contention over serious subjects or even trivial ones.  The cats and I had come off a stressful time the … Continue reading →

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Four Year Anniversary

Posted on April 5, 2015 by Oldcat

I started this blog four years ago today to talk about the issues in integrating a new lady cat into a pair of cats that got along well.  Four years later, I’m still talking about the same thing with an … Continue reading →

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Escape!

Posted on March 29, 2015 by Oldcat

Anna still shows no desire to leave her room.  She enjoys our play sessions… This time she got the red devil! She did get a little grumpy when she detected Davout in the room.  I had spotted him inside the … Continue reading →

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One Hundred Thousand

Posted on November 8, 2014 by Oldcat

The new tree is definitely getting use.  I’ve even seen Davout climb up on his own either alone or to be near Rhea.  This time he was on the platform below but Rhea wouldn’t let him alone.  After a few … Continue reading →

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Three Years of Three Cat Yard

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Oldcat

Three years ago I finally got the nerve to start a blog. Last year I wrote that barring disaster, we’d still be here. Then there was a disaster when Calpurnia was stricken suddenly in November and could not be saved.  But … Continue reading →

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Puzzles and Prizes

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Oldcat

I broke out the Puzzle Box for the kittens today and it was quite a hit.  Davout wanted to be interested, but he was put off by Rhea’s frantic scrabbling for the balls inside.  He was able to get a … Continue reading →

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An August Award

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Oldcat

The first bit of news is that Andrea from Celestial Kitties have granted me a new award… The Wonderful Team Member Readership Award This is quite the title for an award!  I’m not sure if I’m quite the team member if … Continue reading →

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Versatile Cats

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Oldcat

  As I alluded to yesterday, the first item of business is to thank fozziemum from the blog  fozzie.m for The Versatile Blogger Award!  Thanks for thinking of us when making up your list! One of the rules is to give seven ‘fun … Continue reading →

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Two Years of ThreeCatYard

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Oldcat

Two years ago today I finally went and signed into WordPress and created this blog.  I can’t say there was any earth-shaking reason for it…in fact, I wanted the blog to be about almost nothing at all.  Having been a … Continue reading →

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750

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Oldcat

One of two milestones this week…the 750th post! Julie was a bad fellow last night – he stayed out very late, well after midnight.  I was wakeful enough to stay up until he came back, and after as well.  He … Continue reading →

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