Krasnesky Manor for Wayward Cats

06/12/2026

“Listen lady, it’s only bad luck for people to spill salt.
I’m a black cat—the bad luck is cancelled out—duh.”
Max~

*Max gets his stitches out (and cone off) on Monday.
And let me tell you, Monday cannot get here soon enough.
I don’t want to suggest the destruction he has wreaked with that cone has been deliberate, but so far he has pushed two Stanley cups off of a counter (shattering the glass straws), knocked over the salt pig three times, and plowed every single decoration off of every single mantle sending all of it crashing to the floor.
There is little that is passive about Max’s recent aggression.

06/12/2026

Fancy book weight—

Available in a multitude of colors and sizes at a local rescue center near you.

06/11/2026

“Otis, why do they call it the A, B, Cs? Why not call it the A, Bs? Or the A, B, C, Ds? Or the A, B, C, D, Es? Or the….”

“I get your point, Clawdius.”

“So why stop at C though?”

“Because C stands for Cat.”

“And Clawdius!!”

“Yes. And Clawdius.”

“Makes sense now. Thanks, Otis.”

06/11/2026

The Bluebird of Happiness!

Okay. It’s actually an indigo bunting. But he seemed like a very chipper fellow when he popped in to our back patio for a visit yesterday.

May the (your bird of choice) of happiness visit you today.

Wild Green Memes for Ecological Fiends

06/11/2026

Following up on Nicholas’ post yesterday about hope, we decided to share this old quote from No Tail.

“Hopelessness brings with it a degree of comfort. If there is no hope, there is no need to act. Nothing is expected of us.
Hope, however, brings with it a degree of responsibility. Hope requires action.” - No Tail

06/11/2026

This little girl was helping herself to the bird feeders when we returned from our evening ice cream cone run.

06/10/2026

Hope is a Right, Not a Gift

"People will often say that a movie or a book or a story gives them hope, but what those things actually do in most cases is remind us that hope is a part of who we are. It is in our blood. In our hearts. In our sinews. Hope is in the atoms that make up the core of our being. The mitochondria may be the powerhouse of the cell, but hope is the powerhouse of the soul.

Hope is not given to us by a knight standing defiantly against a dark army or a teenage girl with a bow and arrow or a misplaced soccer coach, however well-intentioned they may be, because they cannot give us what we already have. The gift that they give to us is not hope. The gift they bring us is the memory of who we are and of what we are made. Of what we are capable of if we remember that hope is an internal fire that burns inside us and not an external coat that is on loan to us when life becomes cold.

Even the US constitution declares that life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are inalienable rights, and what is the pursuit of happiness, if not hope? The belief that things can be better. That we can be happy. It is the only one of the three that they cannot take away from us. Governments can (and have) deprived people of their lives. They can (and have) deprived people of their liberties. But they cannot deprive us of hope. They can beat us, or oppress us, or silence us, but they cannot make us give up hope because it was not something that they ever had the power to give us, so they do not have the power to take it away. No government can do that to you. No corporation can do that to you. No person can do that to you. As long as you have breath, you have hope. As long as your heart still beats, you have hope. Where there is life, there is hope.

Hope is what keeps tyrants awake at night, because hope is what makes kings fall. Hope topples tyranny. A people that have been tricked into believing that they have no hope can be controlled, but a people who remember, a people who are filled with hope, can never be controlled.

Remember who you are. Never give up hope."

– Nicholas Pyewacket

06/10/2026

Baby Fox in a field of fireflies!

One of the kits from this year’s litter. Much more cautious than Mother Fox, which is good. As much as I love seeing them up close, it is better when they maintain a healthy degree of caution around people.

But even at this distance, it’s still amazing.

06/09/2026

“Time space portal!! I did it! Look at me!! Phase cat!! Phasing in and out of time!! Can barely see me, can you?!? Shifting through space and time!! Phase cat phasing through the dimensions!! What a coincidence that I discovered the portal on the same day that I discovered that you can order coffee through Door Dash!! ZZZOOOOMM!!”

06/09/2026

“When I’m having a bad day, Mom always says, “This too shall pass,” but she never says when. Like, what is the timeline? By this afternoon? Will it pass by this afternoon? Mom?!?”