Ask Charlotte: Are you for real or for show??

Cute website. Love the cats, and the garden. Are you really a cat lover? Do you like to garden or is this all for show....

Hi Alice,

I've always loved animals, cats in particular.

And yes, I'm also a proverbial gardener, or as the local newspaper put it in a recent article, I "garden to distraction."

There's something very grounding about being in tune with the seasons; understanding little seedlings will soon produce tomatoes for salads, herbs for soups. And there's nothing like a bouquet of fresh flowers out of the garden to brighten any day.

Cats also help keep me grounded. Regardless of what I think my purpose in life may be, they remind me, as Bobcat is doing sitting on my lap in the photo, I'm their favorite furniture!