The Liberty Bell sounded from the tower of Independence Hall on July 8th, 1776, summoning citizens to gather for the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence by Colonel John Nixon.   more »

This really is a tribute to Bernadette E. Kazmarski's cat Peaches because she is going to be 20 years old on May 1st. which in human years is 100 years. Yikes. Peaches has a wonderful portrait of her done by Bernadette and it is up for auction. The best… more »

All of us animals here want to make our blog Carbon Neutral and the way to do that is to plant a tree.  By planting a tree, we erase the carbon footprint that a blog leaves. We don't have a tree right now to plant but we support the tress that are being… more »

We are all writing blog posts today to see if we can help one 'no kill' shelter to start the challenge going. I have a widget over in my right column where you can make a donation if you would like to do that. Just a dollar will help. This particular cha… more »

Spring is really here which is just wonderful. It is so much fun seeing all the  trees budding out and the little plants all bursting out of the ground. more »