Carolyn Holm

One Dog, Two Cats
Grand Ideas
InterSpecies Memos

Category: Poppy

Random Screaming

Dear Poppy,You really had us worried!Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,I’m sorry!XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,No worries now, sweetie. But it was indeed alarming when you let out a random scream every once in a while. Though you do already have a reputation for being a screamer. You are such a big baby. As Molly would have said, […]

The Contract

Dear Mom,Do the cats have special contracts?XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,Contracts?Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,Like I do. With the Mozarella Cheese packages.XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,You mean the privilege of licking them clean after I have emptied them?Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,Yes!!!XOXO Poppy  Dear Poppy,That is a very special contract. Only you have the special Mozarella Package Licking Contract. Love, Carolyn Dear […]

Thieves

Dear Poppy,Someone is stealing the Cape Gooseberries! I’ve been finding the empty hulls by the garden table. Do you know who is doing this?Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,The squirrels? Probably the squirrels!!!!!!!!XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,I’ll bet you are right. They are little rascals. This year they’ve started something new, – I think they’re the ones eating […]

Privilege

Dear Mom,Puffin says that he and Winston get Special Privileges because they are cats.XOXO Poppy  Dear Poppy,You all do, sweetie. This is a very privileged household.Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,The cats have more privileges. They get to sleep on the bed!XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,There simply isn’t room for everyone to pile onto the bed. You get […]

Garden Rules

Dear Mom,Why are you cutting up your garden? I thought you loved it!XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,Because it is winter, and where we live, this is the time of year when everything gets cut back.Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,But I thought you loved your roses!XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,You are a very smart dog to notice. I do […]

Holiday Plans

Mom!!!!!The holiday decoration boxes are out of the closet!XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,Yes, it’s that time again! We’ll start decorating the tree tomorrow.Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,When we have holiday decorations, that means we will have holiday guests!XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,Yes, it does! Very observant of you. Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,And this means your daughter’s two dogs will […]

The Spy, Part 2

Dear Mom,He keeps coming back!XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,Let me guess. By “he” you are referring to Louie. Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,Yes!!!!! That crazy orange cat who was coming onto our patio to peek in the window at us. Now he’s coming into our garden!XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,We’ve always had neighborhood cats in our garden, sweetie. Probably […]

The Lobster

Mom,Why am I being punished?Poppy Dear Poppy,You are not being punished, sweetie. That’s just a fun costume. Love, Carolyn Mom,It’s not fun. Even Winston thinks it’s weird.Poppy Dear Poppy,Lighten up, baby. It’s just for one evening. Halloween. I’ll give you lots of treats.Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,Is that the night when kids come to the door and […]

Squeaky Ball

Dear Poppy,I’m concerned that you may be losing your hearing, sweetie.Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,I hear all the things!!!!!!XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,But a couple of times I started out the back door, and looked around, and you weren’t with me. You are usually right on it! But you were napping and didn’t wake up. That makes […]

Questions

Dear Mom,Sometimes I don’t know what you are going on about. Like when you laugh loudly.XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,Dogs don’t really have a sense of humor.Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,Humor is when one of us falls down?XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,What?Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,You laughed when Winston fell off the windowsill. XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,That really was funny. […]