Well, guys, March 17 was Cathy's 50th birthday and we had planned a good one!!!! We were going to the bar we work at that evening to have a nice party with all of our friends!! We had worked all night and when we got home, we got naked, as usual, and had coffee and pastry out on our screened in patio!!! Very relaxing, saw a pair of cardinals and some blue jays (noisy things, blue jays), a few mockingbirds (our state bird) and some tiger swallowtail butterflies!!! Well one thing led to another and we started drinking beer and fooling around outside!!! We played for a while and eventually moved inside!! A few more beers and we decided to roll Cathy a happy birthday joint. Smoked it up and had a few more beers, fooled around a bit more an then we decided to take a nap so we would be nice and rested when we went out that eve. Keep in mind that this was about 3:30 PM. Well, needless to say, we woke up at 4:37 AM. They had the party at the bar without the guest of honor...LOL!!!! Cathy missed her 50 birthday party and boy was she pissed at me!!! When we went to the bar that morning, there was a bag of gifts waiting for her, that brightened up her mood a bit, thank God!!! Next Tuesday we are going to "Big Cat Rescue" in Tampa. This is a place that gets big cats from circuses, roadside attractions and private citizens and gives them a place to live out their natural lives in a place where they are cared for and loved. Big Cat Rescue is run solely by donations and gets no federal or state funding!!! They do a phenomenal job and it's awesome to see how much they care for these special and beautiful creatures!!! Please visit their website and look around!!! There is links there that when you click on them they get money!!! I rarely, if ever, soapbox, but I feel pretty strong about this!!! I'm not a PETA person! I eat meat and wear leather (not as often as I would like too, though)!!! It's a shame that we, man, tends to destroy what ever we touch!!! It will be one of our unredeemable crimes when we finally succeed in eliminating these awesome animals!!! Has anyone ever run their hands over the body of a big cat??? I have and will treasure the moment until the day I die. I actually cried!!! The cat I was allowed to pet was a Florida Panther, a sub species of the American Panther, Puma, Cougar or Mountain Lion according to where you live!! These are one of the most endangered animals on the face of the Earth. They estimate that there is something like 38 left in the world!!! Please, guys, visit the website or if in the Tampa Bay area, visit!!! Thanks for listening!!! Love, as always, Cathy and Bill | 
This is Cinnamon!!! She is a red phase American Mountain Lion, Puma, Catamount or whatever you might call them where you live (my apology to all you non-North Americans)!!!! Such a beautiful girl!!! We just got back from Cathy getting her hair high-lighted!!! Boy, did I have fun (sarcasm)!!! Well, by for now!!! Love, Cathy and Bill
This is a picture of Shere Khan!!! Shere Khan is a 700 pound Siberian/Bengal hybrid!!! He is Big Cat Rescues poster boy!!!
Just one more pic of one of these magnificent animals!!! We, humans, should be ashamed of ourselves for hunting these beautiful creatures nearly to extinction!!! There are more in captivity than in the wild!!! Territory loss is responsible, also, but that's our fault, too!!!!
Cathy and I went to Big Cat rescue today!!! What a blast!!! Never been this close to tigers in my life!!! Check out their website!!! Love, Cathy and Bill