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Author Archives: Buck Hamilton

Incidentals

Last week was busy and I didn’t spend much time on social media. Having eight kittens chasing their tails and falling off of counter tops at Kitten Day Care (KDC) in the office kept us on our toes. In addition, we’ve been dealing with two fairly sick cats: Cody and Carmello. Cody is not quiteContinue reading “Incidentals”

Posted byBuck HamiltonJune 16, 2024April 20, 2025Posted inCaturday Feature, Thoughts and musings

Tabz

Tabz had been hanging around our backyard for what seems forever. She would always come around to be fed when Mrs H brought out the food bowls. Our colony of about eight feral cats had gradually taken over our back yard especially after we added kitty tubes and a covered litter box (it’s hard toContinue reading “Tabz”

Posted byBuck HamiltonJune 8, 2024April 20, 2025Posted inCat Stories

Odds, Ends & Asking for Help

Rather than post a Caturday Cat this morning, I thought I would catch everyone up on the happenings around Mandarin’s Retreat. The Retreat has had to spend a bunch of money – into four figures – fixing the HVAC system in the Retreat’s Office. We remodeled our back porch into a home office and ITContinue reading “Odds, Ends & Asking for Help”

Posted byBuck HamiltonJune 1, 2024April 20, 2025Posted inThoughts and musingsTags:funding

Good Golly Miss Molly!

Today’s Caturday Cat is Miss Molly. She is a calico beauty who believes at Saturdays are only for petty kitties (her) and not for doing anythings except filling the food and water bowls and emptying the litter boxes. Molly came to the Retreat as a kitten who was found by a member of Sun CityContinue reading “Good Golly Miss Molly!”

Posted byBuck HamiltonMay 25, 2024April 20, 2025Posted inCaturday FeatureTags:calico, rescue

Caturday’s Cat

This Caterday the Retreat would like to highlight Ms Katie who is one of the five Feline Leukemia (FeLV) positive cats who reside with us. Katie with her sister Alicia and her two brothers James and Quasar share a room with a FeLV+ transplant from Atlanta Little Miss Gray. Katie and her siblings were bornContinue reading “Caturday’s Cat”

Posted byBuck HamiltonMay 18, 2024April 20, 2025Posted inCaturday Feature

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