by Connie Veneracion on November 16, 2008
All I really wanted was to post an entry with lots of photos about how we spent a relaxing Sunday playing with the pets, doing paper crafts, cooking, baking… But there’s been a twist in the comment thread of the entry about monkeys and how paradigms are formed and my perspective took a turn. I’m [...]
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by Connie Veneracion on October 14, 2008
Last Sunday, Alex was washing her hand in the kitchen when she called to show me something. I looked and said, “Hold it, let me take photos.” These were taken with my tiny iXus so the resolution and colors aren’t so good but, hey, at least I managed to capture the moment.
The girls played with [...]
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by Connie Veneracion on August 21, 2008
If I could always have things my way, I’d be updating each of my blogs everyday. I like writing things as they happen; I like writing down my thoughts almost as soon as they cross my mind. But it’s been a busy week. Family first. Two family dinner get-togethers in three days. And yesterday was [...]
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by Connie Veneracion on August 6, 2008
I like taking photos in a series — they’re like movie stills. Back in the old house, I took photos of Astro falling asleep on my foot pillow. Recently, I was able to do the same with Twix.
That was the first and the last time Twix slept on our bed. We don’t even allow him [...]
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by Connie Veneracion on March 3, 2008
Six kittens. One stillborn. Five born alive. None left.
They were too small. We’ve been through so many cat births in the house and we had never seen newborn kittens as small as Pepper’s. My first theory was that they were born too soon. Considering that Pepper has access to the gardens, and stray male cats [...]
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by Connie Veneracion on April 4, 2007
They don’t even have names yet but they have already changed our lives.
The white Persian kitten is male; the gray one is female. Milo and Kida, Mac and Apple, Verdana and Tahoma… well, we haven’t decided on their names yet.
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