A black cat is sitting next to a pile of tangled fabric strips, staring directly into the camera.

Claudia has promised to grant me a one month reprieve on attacking my quilting fabric.

An assortment of wild ducks in the water.

A great blue heron standing in a marshy area of lake.

Burnaby lake, because seeing healthy wild birbs is good for the heart.

Two black cats, backs to the camera, curled up comfortably on a colourful patchwork blanket.

The bright green stems of not-quite-blossomed daffodils, with one yellow bud looking almost ready to open. They are growing out of ground covered in dead leaves, against a sky-blue painted concrete wall.

These are a few of my favourite things.

Two black cats flopped together on a quilted bed. The cat on the left is loosely sprawled on his side and gazing towards the camera with eyes half closed. The cat on the right is neatly curled up and looking alertly to the left, with her ears pricked to indicate she is aware of the person taking the picture.

On the right: Clever Claudia, who can open any drawer or container and reads me like a book. On the left: Rogelio, who tries hard, but gets emergency-vet-level sick because he doesn’t understand he needs to drink water, and is afraid of the linen closet. I love them both.

A queer Asian nonbinary person is warmly bundled in a big, fluffy white coat with a bright red strawberry pattern.

The world is a dumpster fire, but my wonderful spouse has the most amazingly gay borrowable clothes, like this fluffy strawberry jacket!

A black and white photo of a handsome black cat with a little white sprinkling of fur on his chest. He is staring directly into the camera with a confident expression, and sitting next to an antique Underwood typewriter.

Who has no angst about the state of the world, an impossibly handsome face, and didn’t need yet another vet visit on Monday? Way to go Rogelio!

Seven tiny hand drawn capybara cutouts, complete with cute props that illustrate how capybaras learn - or fail to learn- hobbies. One is standing on an electric piano keyboard, another sits awkwardly on a paddle board, a third is snoozing leaning against a fancy camera, a fourth sleeps on a laptop featuring a PowerPoint presentation, and a fifth sits on an icing bag while gazing at an un-iced cake. Two more sit contentedly surrounded by tiny oranges, as if resting in a hot spring.

Let the paper crafting commmence! Time to seriously cute things up with capybara antics.

It’s such a beautiful book and for me, it feels like a sacred text. I read it out loud for my family as we were holding vigil at my stepfather’s deathbed, and it helped us hold that space.

A slightly out-of-focus close up shot of a glassy eyed black cat with enormous pupils, staring blankly toward the camera. The fur above one paw is shaved and a little bit of medical adhesive still sticks to it. In the background is another black cat looking alert and accusing.

Claudia would like to know why Rogelio always gets the good drugs at the vet. (Yes he’s okay)

A photo of a park sign featuring a parent holding a child in a calm, blue, winter evening landscape. There is a poem on the sign that is too small to be read, and the larger text below reads “pretend that you are full of hope as you go to the next page.” Reflections of the winter trees behind the photographer can be dimly seen on the sign’s surface.

This seems appropriate today.