the mackel zoo

my house has always been filled with animals, everything from fish that would jump out of the tank onto the base heater to their death, to my dog gizmo who would eat turtles, i took the remaining shell into 'show and tell' when i was in kindergarten--my teachers mush have loved that...

the current animals are spike, sullie, lewis and squishy


spikie is 14 and is still in the habit of stealing bones, gardening gloves, eating books only hardcover and any other leather object that may be of value to you-belts, sneakers, pumps, purses you name it-he's probably consumed it

pooped

mr sullie monster is 5 and all kinds of fun, and if i could make a video upload work you could see how crazy he is with his new kong wubba toy, he's nuts

'oh hi, what do you want?'

'you want to take my picture?'

'i suppose i can be bothered...'
love how he crosses his paws :)

'enough of you, you interrupted my nap'

'goodnight'

lou is what i call a 'cat puppy'. he thinks he's a dog, follows you from room to room, talks to you and when you talk back he responds. he'll yell at you when you push him off the counter he's not supposed to be on and he begs. will sit in the middle of the floor with the dogs while i'm making my lunch for the morning. you can also find him in the middle of the night sitting on your chest staring at your face while you sleep-he's under the impression that you should be paying attention to him all the time

squish is more of your typical cat and is a bit of a fraidy cat. he's also responsible for a slightly traumatizing experience of playing with my beta fish sebastian to death. he is the ultimate catcher of bugs and will sit at the front door and pounce up towards the bugs who were attracted to the porch light

the house certainly never seems empty when i'm home alone and most certainly beats my fish and plants i had in erie, thank goodness for abbie :)

we move colin into kutztown in the morning--it should definitely be an interesting day