I’ve just realized I am horribly overdue for an update on my pet turtle, Lazar Wolf (so named after Tzeitel’s almost-husband in Fiddler on the Roof). Last you heard, he was a tiny baby with four feet. A lot has happened since then. Most remarkably, his foot fell off. You can kind of see in the last photo from the post I linked above–his front left foot had gotten crushed. Once we noticed how bad it was, he weren’t sure if he was going to make it through. Then the foot started decaying, and we tried to not get too attached. He was so, so tiny I didn’t see how his body could keep going. But Lazar Wolf made it through and keeps growing. He is a pretty dexterous guy with his little nub and loves to swim. Lazar Wolf as he is today: Lazar Wolf in his tank in…

Another blog post from your favorite and most handsom internet cat, Leonardo. My Christmas was horrible. To quote the wise words of William Shakespeare: “O, horrible! O, horrible! most horrible!” from Hamlet (Act 1, Scene V). See how much rest I got the last couple years? It was not the same this time. I was on edge: Firstly, Joseph gave Alyssa a flash reflector (which she is giving very positive reviews, by the way), so they were playing with it all day long. So annoying. My only present… a pair of used shoes. They don’t even fit me. I was also given a used box. It doesn’t fit well either. Worst of all, it snowed that day. As an indoor cat, the weather itself doesn’t bother me. But bad weather means my nemesis Cory is brought inside. I hope everyone else had a better holiday. Love always,

It’s not worth asking how these photos happened. Let’s call it a Christmas miracle. Joseph helped me prop them up on boxes in front of the Christmas tree, which was highly confusing, and then we made all sorts of strange noises to keep their attention. The end result was so much better than we could have predicted! I took photos of Leonardo first, and he purred the entire time. I don’t know if he just likes the attention or what. After a few minutes when we were about done he made one small meow, as if to ask if he could get down now, and then jumped down and walked off after I consented. I’m amazed I was able to get these photos and am incredibly impressed with their expressions! Look how full of hope they are! We loved these so much we sent them out as our Christmas card,…