Tag Archives: Memories

Across Thirty Years

Posted on April 17, 2017 by Oldcat

This is a sad time of year for me, as it marks the passing of two cats that together cover 32 years of time…from my undergraduate college years to the arrival of Rhea and Davout. The two of them were linked … Continue reading →

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Remembering Harrison

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Oldcat

Since it is after midnight, it now is the one year anniversary of Harrison’s little body giving out and his death.  I had taken him into the vet for a checkup since he had stopped eating the day before and … Continue reading →

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Callaversary and View-alanches

Posted on February 21, 2017 by Oldcat

Seven years ago I adopted Calpurnia, thus taking me into three cat territory for the first time.  She was rescued from the city pound after some neglect but with a little TLC became the lovely queen of the yard. Despite … Continue reading →

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Three Years with the Minuet Kittens

Posted on December 8, 2016 by Oldcat

Three years ago, two new kittens came into the house, to brighten up the lives of two old cats.  Now there are tow new kittens brightening up the lives of these same kittens. There were so many similarites between the two introductions. … Continue reading →

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Past Times

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Oldcat

Yesterday I did some photo maintenance – for reasons I don’t entorely get a block of pictures from 2013 would not upload to Google Photos so I spent time forcing them to do so,  Sometimes the program finds and loads … Continue reading →

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Assistant

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Oldcat

I’m really liking this Google Photos app set.  There are lots of apps that load pictures to the cloud, but not on every platform, cell, tablet, or whatever.  But what I like is that it has an assistant that looks … Continue reading →

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Flashback Post – TV Time

Posted on April 20, 2016 by Oldcat

The Date:  1-24-2011 It is quite a coincidence that the first two random dates should both have cat haircut memories behind them.  This is still a few months before I started the blog, and in a gap of picture taking … Continue reading →

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Flashback Post – Famous Gus

Posted on April 12, 2016 by Oldcat

So how are these going to work? I found a website that gives out random days from a date range.  I put in dates from about the time I started taking a lot of pictures … say February 2010.  If … Continue reading →

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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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A Little Excursion

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Oldcat

I got home from work a little early because I had to pick up Harrison’s box of ashes.  It’s up on the high shelf next to Calpurnia’s and Gus’ urn. It was light enough that I could give in and … Continue reading →

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