Ollie's growing up!

I'm alive, I swear. Thank you so much for all of your encouragement the last few weeks; it meant a lot to me. Things are almost back to normal around here now! To get back into the swing of things here at Bungalow in Bloom, I think I'll show you all what my cat, Ollie, has been up to lately...

First, he spooned with my squirrel stuffed animal:


Then he stared down my new red panda stuffed animal that Dan got me:


Next, Ollie encountered snow for the first time! He's approximately three years old, you see, and he's lived in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, his whole life, where it hadn't really snowed since 2004. Unfortunately, he shivered the whole time (as did I, in my bathrobe!) and was happy to go back inside the bungalow:




Finally, he enjoyed hanging out with all his human friends that he missed over the holidays:



Now he's back to normal life at the bungalow, quietly observing all the madness that we crazy humans enjoy so much: