The Isle of Misfits

09/05/2025

The SPCA Tampa Bay pleads guilty to animal cruelty charges. And somehow their CEO Martha Boden still has a job with a six figure salary.

The SPCA of Tampa Bay has pleaded guilty to animal cruelty charges stemming from their treatment of a pig named "Waddles."

08/29/2025

I’m looking to make friends with a few local businesses that would like to help animals in need! 😁 I’d love to find a few more places around Tampa Bay that would be willing to act as “drop off” locations for my donated mobility carts.

Local Pinellas county businesses, , , and have been incredibly generous in acting as drop off locations in the past and I couldn’t be more grateful for their help. I’m now looking for businesses in Hillsborough, Manatee, and North Pinellas that wouldn’t mind doing the same.

Since our recent feature on .news I’ve had an increased request for carts, and having drop off locations across Tampa Bay would make it much easier and more economical to get these carts to pets in need.

How does a drop-off location work? It’s simple: When I receive a request for a cart, I drop it off at a local business in the county where the recipient lives. The recipient then visits the business to pick up the cart within 24 hours. It gets very expensive to ship some of these carts, so having drop off locations across Tampa Bay would be an immense help.

Feel free to tag some of your favorite local businesses below and I’ll reach out to them. Thanks friends!

08/16/2025

Thank you FOX 13's Jennifer Epstein and FOX 13 News for shining a light on my babies and their resilient and joyful spirit! 💜

08/02/2025

Greetings from my post-rescue life! Closing the rescue a few years ago was bittersweet at the time, but I become more convinced every day that it was the right decision.

I couldn’t dwell in the grief of losing Ninja and Richard any longer, so I made some changes to the tiny house village. Richard’s house now acts as a plant nursery and air conditioned pen for the pups when I’m outside doing yard work. The dogs have permanently moved back into my house with me, and their dog house is now an art studio. The sh*tzus love to follow me out there and sleep at my feet while I paint.

I’ve been able to work full time outside the farm again, and I found a job working with seniors that I absolutely love.

Travel, art, music and gardening have become a way of life, and I finally have time to spend with my favorite people in the world. I’m so grateful, and I hope all is well with all of you out there. 💜

05/11/2025

I’m convinced that mothers are the glue holding society together. I know I’d be nothing without my momma. Happy Mother’s Day to ALL the mothers and those in mothering roles everywhere. This world would fall apart without your love. 💜

05/05/2025

Yesterday was a first for me! I got to visit and fit two very special goats for new sets of wheels! The goat pictured here is Axle—he was my little buddy for the day even though he doesn’t need a wheelchair. I did, however fit his two adorable buddies, Elvis and Daisy, for two new carts. When Elvis’s new cart arrives I’ll be venturing back out to Ladybug Farm to grab some footage of him zooming around their beautiful property!

I also had the honor of meeting Kris, the founder of Ladybug Farm. Kris and her staff work tirelessly to give an amazing quality of life to the animals in their care. They frequently take on animals with special medical needs which makes them even more dear to my heart. Ladybug Farm Sanctuary is a 501c3 nonprofit sanctuary in Odessa Florida, and they could really use any donations you could spare. If you could go give them a follow and show them some support I would really love that. Thank you Kris for all you’ve done and continue to do for so many. Thank you for inviting me to your sanctuary and allowing me to work with your amazing animals. God bless you. 💜

04/29/2025

I just signed Rocky and Charlie up for this fun event at Dog Bar St. Pete supporting our good friends Limbo Chihuahuas!

Rocky and Charlie are both Limbo alums and we appreciate all they do for the community! I’ll put the link to register in the comments.

03/28/2025

Sh*tzu or porcupine? We’ve had a lot of hawks flying over the farm lately, so the small dogs have been wearing their when they’re playing outside.

This is NOT a sponsored post—I bought these for the littles a few years ago when we moved to the farm. I noticed that we often had birds of prey flying overhead and I was terrified one the pups would get snatched. I still supervise them closely when they’re outside, but I feel a lot better having extra protection against predators. I don’t recommend dog parks for a lot of reasons, but if your pup visits them, coyote vests come in handy there as well. The spiked collar can help deter bites to the neck, plus it makes your pup look extra badass. 😉

03/12/2025

Stacy and Darcy are getting a haircut this week, but I needed to keep their bangs out of their eyes in the meantime. I present to you: sh*tzus with topknots. 💅🌸✨

02/20/2025

Celine had to get an e***a yesterday, so she’s spent the last 24 hours beached on the couch, watching horror movies with Daddeh, and generally rethinking every life decision she’s ever made up to this point.

Apparently she and Walter Croncat got into some mischief in the tiny house the other night. I don’t know how a dwarf kitten and a three legged cat managed to pull an entire bag of kibble out of an eight foot loft, but they did. And they ate the WHOLE. THING. Walt was fine, but Celine got more clogged up than a chimney after a blizzard, so I had to run her to .nextdoor to get everything flowing again. Shoutout to Dr. Melissa and staff for saving Celine from her own gluttony.

Queen Celine is back to her usual shenanigans and tomfoolery today so I think she is feeling much better now. I know I’m feeling much better now that the whole internet knows about my cat’s bowel habits. Have a good day everyone 💜😹

02/14/2025

My Valentine took this picture of Stacy and I in our matching hoodies because we look “snazzy.”

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone. 💜

11/21/2024

Thank you so much to “JM” and “MH” for sending these goodies from our Amazon wishlist! I’m so grateful!! 💜