May 15, 2026 More demolition on Tricou Street. There was one big boom today, when I think they pulled down more than they meant to. But I didn't have my camera. New Orleans Holy Cross 315 Tricou Street demolition cats Shadow Buddy sunsets
April 29, 2026 Shadow got in a rose bush. And I found a strange beehive. It was cute, everything she does is cute, but an angry bird didn't think it was so cute. cats Shadow Buddy bird's nests eggs blue jays 315 Tricou Street rose bushes bees beehives mobile cranes The Levee
March 9, 2026 Buddy took to sleeping in the bathroom sink for two days. I'll just post one picture. cats Buddy bathrooms
February 24, 2026 Buddy and Shadow shared the bed on a cold morning. And Shadow pulled the blanket over herself. cats Buddy Shadow bed cold weather 315 Tricou Street New Orleans
February 16, 2026 Buddy and Shadow posed for their school pictures. A somewhat rare detente. cats Buddy Shadow porches 315 Tricou Street
January 14, 2026 I made a small table out of lumber scraps. My new cat Shadow instantly adopted it. tables furniture DIY cats Shadow
January 6, 2026 Shadow wore a collar for the first time. It wasn't that hard to get it on her. Maybe she understands what I mean by it. cats Shadow 315 Tricou Street collars Walmart
December 29, 2025 Took a lot of pictures of my cats. I'm sure I did other things too. 315 Tricou Street cats Buddy Shadow porches
December 25, 2025 I saw a beautiful thing today. I saw a man on St. Roch avenue, near St. Claude. He was pushing a yellow Dollar General shopping cart full of unidentifiable junk. stories cats Christmas St. Roch Avenue
December 12, 2025 I made tuna salad with albacore tuna. Albacore tuna is thought to be more elegant than the cheap kind (chunk light!) but doesn't taste as good. food tuna fish albacore tuna chunk light tell-tale signs cats
May 25, 2025 Buddy enjoyed the garden. I don't know; it's just completely overgrown. cats Buddy 315 Tricou Street
May 3, 2025 I dreamed I went to New York City with a cat and a kitten. I was traveling with some kind of group in a fifteen-passenger bus. dreams NYC Japanese stationery Kosher restaurant cats Buddy sickness
April 25, 2025 Buddy was king of all he surveyed. Just Buddy absolutely enjoying his princedom, or principality, or what you will. cats Buddy 315 Tricou Street Holy Cross New Orleans
January 23, 2025 Buddy went out in the snow for the first time in his life. It snowed in New Orleans. I let Buddy out in it. cats Buddy 315 Tricou snow New Orleans
November 11, 2024 Notes for November 11, 2024. 11/11 is Betty's gotcha day. note cats Betty Judy Gotcha Day Hurricane Katrina
July 26, 2024 Buddy thought a package of books was food. It sounded like food. cats Buddy New Orleans 315 Tricou Thriftbooks Thomas Berger
July 24, 2024 Buddy got home from surgery very groggy. Basically he couldn't stand up yet right after the surgery. cats Buddy surgery recovery from surgery
July 20, 2024 Notes for July 20, 2024. Buddy continued getting better and better, I saw a Shakespeare play, and for some reason I painted a stop sign. note cats Buddy Willam Shakespeare Julius Caesar James Bartelle Tulane stop signs Facebook
July 18, 2024 Notes for July 18, 2024. Buddy continued getting better, Google Photos vs Apple Photos, and we said goodbye to Bob Newhart. note cats Buddy eye surgery The Stacks Mercyland Bob Newhart Google Photos Apple Photos iCloud iPhone karaoke sketches
July 15, 2024 Notes for July 15, 2024. Buddy got his stitches out, The Stacks had a great weekend, and somebody tried to kill the former President. note cats Buddy eye surgery The Stacks Mercyland shows The Intracoastal Club Poor Boys Bar presidential elections Donald Trump assassination attempts Louisiana Houma New Orleans Cool Ghouls Daisy karaoke sketches
July 2, 2024 Buddy continued to heal after his eye surgery. He really refused to wear the cone at this point. cats Buddy eye surgery
July 1, 2024 Buddy got in the bass drum again. He looked pretty comfortable in there. cats Buddy The Stacks drums 315 Tricou War of the Worlds
July 1, 2024 Buddy healed after his eye surgery. He seemed to feel so much better after having his eye removed. cats Buddy eye surgery
June 30, 2024 Buddy rested, three days after his eye surgery. Buddy's acting more like himself, in that he's lying on the bed instead of under it (something he never did before). cats Buddy 315 Tricou surgery
June 27, 2024 Buddy had surgery to remove his left eye and to remove melanoma from his right eye. It was a scary and sad time but he'll be all right. cats Buddy New Orleans Dr. Paul DaCosta surgery
June 22, 2024 Last picture of Buddy with his left eye. This was so sad, and a dreadful time for us. Buddy eyes cats New Orleans 315 Tricou Dr. Paul DaCosta
June 22, 2024 Buddy was stoic. We waited for his planned eye surgery. note cats Buddy 315 Tricou Street
May 24, 2024 Buddy has glaucoma and melanoma in his eyes, but he'll be okay. Close to a month after I took this picture, Buddy got a diagnosis. He has glaucoma in his left eye (the one to the viewer's right). Buddy cats 315 Tricou vision Dr. Paul DaCosta
March 13, 2024 Buddy and Otter watched out for me. Buddy has already accepted that whatever happens is fate. Otter, on the other hand, never learns anything. cats Buddy Otter 315 Tricou New Orleans
March 13, 2024 Got a picture of Buddy and Otter being friends. Gina always said they're more like frenemies, but look at this. notes cats Buddy Otter 315 Tricou Street
March 9, 2024 Buddy let me see his cloudy eye. Buddy finally let me get a picture of his cloudy eye. cats Buddy eyesight veterinarians 315 Tricou New Orleans note
March 7, 2024 Shadow was camouflaged on the roof of my car. She lives down the street, but she eats food here. Shadow Blackie Redondo Beat Holy Diver notes cats
June 25, 2023 Buddy relaxed on the work table. Buddy looks like he's thinking about work, but, like me, hes mostly wondering when lunch is. cats Buddy 315 Tricou
August 29, 2022 A cat slept in my bed. It wasn't my cat. New Orleans 315 Tricou Street cats Otter Buddy
April 20, 2022 I caught Buddy. This big ol' scamp is growing on me. New Orleans 315 Tricou Street cats Buddy
December 25, 2021 Gina gave buddy a cardboard scratcher for Christmas. Gina Buddy cats Christmas cardboard
October 28, 2021 Buddy turned on the lightbox. New Orleans Lower Ninth Ward 315 Tricou Street cats Buddy lightbox
October 15, 2021 I took a picture of Buddy on the bed. New Orleans Lower Ninth Ward 315 Tricou Street cats Buddy
September 25, 2021 Our trash got picked up and we were excited about it. Gina's trash hadn't been picked up since August 25, before Hurricane Ida. New Orleans 819 Sister Street Gina Chesh cats garbage cops hurricanes Ida Sister Street Stage The Levee violence crime fires bonfires
September 18, 2021 An average day for Bubba. New Orleans Lower Ninth Ward 315 Tricou Street cats Buddy
September 10, 2021 Buddy tried to help me with my Unimog painting. New Orleans 315 Tricou Street Buddy cats paintings Unimog
August 3, 2021 Buddy and Otter went to the office. I guess they got tired of working remotely and wanted to get back to the office. New Orleans cats Buddy Otter
June 27, 2021 Some of my art is in North Carolina. Guarded by a cat. cats painting Meeko North Carolina
June 19, 2021 We took the bachelor out, and Gina found a kitten. It would be a great story if they had happened in the same place. weddings New Orleans Tom Beeman Pete Beeman Ray Surinck Noy S. Gina cats kittens Kentucky
April 18, 2021 Buddy found a new place to sleep. New Orleans Lower Ninth Ward 315 Tricou Street cats Buddy
March 26, 2021 Buddy and Otter stopped fighting for a minute. These two generally torment each other all day. New Orleans Tricou Street cats Buddy Otter
March 24, 2021 Otter came over for a nap on my work table. This cat lives next door but he doesn't know that. cats Otter New Orleans 315 Tricou Street
February 10, 2021 Otter's been hanging out on the utility shelf. He treats my house like it's his workplace. New Orleans cats Otter
December 18, 2020 Buddy posed for a picture. New Orleans Lower Ninth Ward 315 Tricou Street cats Buddy keyboards
December 6, 2020 Buddy Long Legs. He's available to model any hosiery you can get him to wear. New Orleans 315 Tricou Buddy cats
December 5, 2020 Made an exhaust fan for Buddy. I'm sad to say that this was necessary. New Orleans cats Buddy
November 25, 2020 Buddy on the porch. Documenting the exciting life of an animal who puts up with me. cats Buddy New Orleans 315 Tricou
November 2, 2020 Buddy and I learned a hard lesson about discipline. In which I teach Buddy a lesson, but you know what? I learned a lesson of my own. New Orleans Buddy cats biting discipline
October 21, 2020 Otter in the garden. Otter is the most entitled cat I've ever known, and that's saying a lot. New Orleans Tricou Street Otter cats
October 6, 2020 Buddy on the desk. Just a good looking animal for your enjoyment. cats Buddy New Orleans 315 Tricou
July 14, 2020 Buddy and Otter are frenemies. Buddy is very patient, despite being the most food-motivated cat I've known. note New Orleans Tricou Street Buddy Otter cats
June 17, 2020 Buddy on the backporch. He's a gentle giant, except that he bites. Buddy cats New Orleans
June 6, 2020 Buddy interfered with my work. New Orleans Lower Ninth Ward 315 Tricou Street cats Buddy keyboards
June 2, 2020 Buddy getting in a bucket. Ignoring the peligro. Buddy cats New Orleans 315 Tricou Street danger
May 28, 2020 Hot legs Buddy. He's an enormous cat. cats Buddy New Orleans karaoke Little Tokyo restaurants Georgia Satellites Rod Stewart stories
May 26, 2020 Cats on a car on Douglass Street, Lower Ninth Ward. This wouldn't be remarkable except when I see these cats I always look for Sally. New Orleans Lower Ninth Ward Sally cats
April 4, 2020 Buddy offered a headbutt. He's quite serious about it. cats Buddy New Orleans Tricou Street
January 6, 2020 The last good picture of Sally. I have more recent pictures but this is the one I like. cats Sally 315 Tricou Street Buddy
December 18, 2019 Buddy making biscuits. Doing what he does best, or at least does most. New Orleans Buddy cats
October 25, 2019 Sally slept on the desk, as usual. We were so happy then. New Orleans Holy Cross Sally cats
September 5, 2019 Sally caught up on reading. Those white socks. New Orleans Tricou Street Sally cats books
August 20, 2018 Sally investigated zinnias from our garden. Gina asked me to plant these. New Orleans Gina Sally 315 Tricou Street cats flowers
May 14, 2018 Sally stretched on the bed. Just looking at this picture reminds me how high my utility bills for this house were. Sally cats New Orleans 321 S. Clark Street
December 14, 2017 Sally kept watch at 321 Clark Street. I liked living here until I got the light bill. New Orleans Mid-City Sally cats
August 31, 2017 Sally got in the weeds. This yard was hard to control. Sally cats New Orleans Clark Street
August 23, 2016 Sally stayed in the air conditioning. Our house really was comfortable, we stayed in it too much. Sally cats Austin Texas 8311 Hathaway Drive
June 21, 2016 Sally sat on a sunny desk in Austin, Texas. I don't know about Sally but I was lonely in Austin. Sometimes we made the best of it, though. Sally cats Austin Texas loneliness
December 14, 2015 Sally got under the covers. I know this is only cute to me, but it's really cute to me. cats Sally Texas Austin
March 27, 2015 Sally slept in a sunbeam. This apartment was comfortable. I hardly left it. cats Sally Texas Austin Hathaway Drive
February 20, 2015 Sally got in the blankets. This was in Austin where there wasn't enough for her to do. cats Sally Texas Austin
July 27, 2013 Sally made friends with a three-legged cat neighbor. He lived downstairs, and his name was Angus. cats Sally Angus Orchid Street New Orleans
May 26, 2013 Sally lived with me on Orchid Street. She was happy here, with lots to climb on and catch. New Orleans Orchid Street cats Sally porches
July 12, 2012 Sally on the porch at Orchid Street. This was a fantastic porch for man and cat alike. cats Sally New Orleans Orchid Street
April 19, 2012 Sally played on a boat. She made a good cap'n. New Orleans Orchid Street Sally cats boats
December 31, 2011 Sally wasn't too jazzed about New Year's Eve. New York Brooklyn 181 Irving Avenue Sally cats
September 16, 2011 Sally stretched in the backyard. Just a little bit before we moved to New Orleans. Sally cats NYC Brooklyn 181 Irving Avenue
August 29, 2011 Sally prepared for a nap on my printer. She was very photogenic that day, and the light was nice. cats Sally NYC Brooklyn Bushwick Irving Avenue printers
July 28, 2011 Sally on the yard table at 181 Irving Avenue. I've never had such a loyal and companionable cat. Sally cats 181 Irving Avenue backyard
July 20, 2011 Sally did a facepalm. 4e loved this elevated front porch. cats Sally New Orleans Orchid Street porches
July 11, 2011 Sally looked sassy on my desk. We had nice light in the Irving Avenue place. cats Sally NYC Brooklyn Bushwick 181 Irving Avenue desks
July 17, 2010 Sally showed off on Orchid Street. She made herself at home, for sure. Sally cats New York Brooklyn Irving Avenue
June 13, 2009 Sally enjoyed our yard in Bushwick. This is where I first found her and fed her a piece of a hamburger. cats Sally Brooklyn Bushwick yards
May 30, 2009 Sally spent the day with me at the office. She had a really good attitude. cats Sally Brooklyn Bushwick
June 10, 2008 Sally was a good cat. Cats are basically temperature regulation devices. cats Sally Brooklyn Bushwick
May 7, 2008 Sally got a new collar. Boy did she look sharp. cats Sally Brooklyn Bushwick Amber Sexton
November 28, 2007 Sally stretched on our plywood floor. This was in Bushwick on our gray-painted floors. cats Sally NYC Brooklyn Bushwick plywood floor
September 24, 2007 Sally got a toy. It was fun to watch her concentrate. cats Sally Brooklyn Bushwick
September 18, 2007 Sally came to live with me. I knew she would be mine, there was never any doubt. cats Sally NYC Brooklyn Bushwick 181 Irving Avenue
July 21, 2006 I visited my mom and took this picture of Betty. She was a great poser. New Orleans Betty cats Judy
November 15, 1999 Betty got on my shoulder. Date very approximate. New Orleans Milan Street Betty cats date approximate
April 21, 1999 I sang to a cat named Tamayo. We were housesitting on my first visit to New Orleans. New Orleans cats Tamayo Jeff and Jenny weddings stories Dave Bartholomew
November 11, 1996 Betty came to live with me. Let me tell you how I got this cat. cats Betty Brooklyn Judy Patterson 532 Pacific Street stories
April 1, 1991 All the pictures I have of my cat Jack. It was harder to take hundreds of cat pics then. Knoxville Jack cats Mardi Gras date approximate
