To thank you for your wonderfully sweet birthday wishes

...A video of the ever-adorable Stella drinking from a glass of water on our coffee table.

Hi my darling dears, thank you all so much for your awesomely nice birthday wishes this week. I'm thrilled to report that yesterday was a blast - complete with a visit to a vintage housewares shop and oodles of consignment store shopping in Kelowna. Tony, my parents, and my sister all spoiled me something fierce and helped to ensure I had one of the very best birthdays of my life.

I'm pretty knackered in the wake of all that fabulous activity though, so you'll be hearing more about where we went and what I got (hint: vintage lucite is involved!) on my special day in future posts.

For now though, I hope you'll enjoy an iPhone video that Tony captured recently of our precious cat, Stella, drinking a glass of water from our coffee table (sorry about the somewhat hazy lighting). It wasn't until we moved to this house that Stella started helping herself to our water, but I really don't mind that she does. It's cute as can be and always entertains us when we see her doing it.

Sweet, heartfelt thanks again, everyone, for helping to bring so much cheer my way this birthday. I totally ♥ you, gals!

Spotlight on (my darling cat) Stella

Hi sweet dears, before launching into the main subject of today’s post, let me begin by saying happy midst of the holiday season to each of you! I hope that you’re all doing beautifully and that this festive time of the year is going marvellously for you (tell me, did any of you receive any delightful vintage related Christmas gifts?). Thank you very much to those who left holiday well wishes for me on last Friday’s post, as well as to those thoughtful souls who sent emails and Christmas ecards my way. I appreciate all of your kind, fabulously festive cheer very much!

Now, I’m the first to admit that this afternoon’s little post doesn’t have very much to with vintage, yet as this blog is a gateway for my thoughts and a means by which to record of some of what transpires in my daily life, I simply had to share the following with you.

Recently I was contacted on Flickr by a lovely gal who asked if I’d be interested in sharing the story of my rescue cat, Stella, with the readers of her cat-centered website (Love Meow), which has a real emphasis on highlighting the importance of rescuing cats and telling the (fluffy) tales of those who have founding loving homes. I’m not sure how she chanced upon my Flickr stream (perhaps she saw one of my snaps of Stella in a Flickr group or discovered my photos via a keyword tag search), but I was absolutely thrilled that she wanted to chronicle Stella’s life (and several photos of her) with her audience.



{Stella, seen here in one my Flickr photos of her, is the queen of cuteness at our house. She almost always keeps me company when I write posts for Chronically Vintage (she loves to curl up on my lap and try to benefit from the heat that my laptop gives off), and never ceases to make my day better.}


Stella came into mine and my husband’s life in November 2008, and has been one the brightest spots in my life and a constant source of friendship, inspiration, and happiness for me ever since. This point coupled with the chronicle of how Stella became a part of our world comprises the bulk of that I discussed in the story about her that was featured on Love Meow.

I’m honoured that I was given the opportunity to speak for Stella, and that she got to take center stage in a post on such a great kitty centered site. Getting the chance to do so has definitely been one of the highlights of the end of 2010 for me!