It’s really hard work being a kitten. You have to sit up and pose for crazy photographers making strange noises trying to grab and hold your attention.
You have to attack stuff and kill things, or at least pretend to. You have to steal socks and carry them around all afternoon.

Q-tips, too. Have any idea how difficult it is to find those?
It ain’t easy being smarter than humans.

And face it, it’s tough being the prettiest.

Not to mention what being doted on, cuddled and kissed all day long does to you.

Yup, growing up ain’t easy.
Meet Bodhi, our 12-week-old British Shorthair, and the latest addition to our family. Not sure why but I envisioned a timid, shy kitten wandering the house, anxiously hiding in corners while crying out for his mom and siblings. Should’ve known we’d end up with a tiny fur-ball who confidently zooms all over the house, simply ruling the place. He took over my favourite spot on the couch and demands attention,…
Typically Dutch scenery and a perfectly normal, every-day view to me. So normal I hardly even register it anymore. This is Windmill Nr. 6 in Haastrecht—a small, cozy village nearby the village I grew up in and only a stone’s throw away from the edge of Gouda, where I currently live. It’s a so-called ‘bosom mill‘. Its function is to level water by pumping high water from one area (polder) to…