Meet the Goodmans of Mordam Art

Meet the Goodmans!

OK, you already met the gallery cats at "Mordam Art" so you know the basics

Bonnie is addicted to beads...

Parke paints and never has an empty lap...

Now meet the rest of the family...
the home cats

Maui the fancy, the independent, who expresses her love by making biscuits on your throat at 3 in the morning. It is an honor.

Mercury sleeps under the covers and drinks from the faucet, forcing us to brush our teeth in the kitchen. He has the loudest purr ever!

This is Mike, the cat Jim Durfey meant to kill when he murdered Bernie. Mike's idiot owner left the neighborhood, leaving Mike and his sister behind. We found Mike starving and feral 2 months later,

in our garden. We trapped him and kept him in a cage in our livingroom for 2 weeks, until he learned to be a loved house cat. Mike's sister starved to death - forgotten and locked inside the abandoned house. Don't you just hate humans?

Random. My Love! This is Elvie's brother. He came to us a feral kitten-what a joy to see him tame and happy 7 years later!

I am madly in love with this cat.

"Yamni" is Lakota for tripod.

She is truly a perfect dog.

Desmond used to be my bird until he met Parke and fell in love. Not that there's anything wrong with that. But now I'm just the food lady.

This is Uno Purrbody, our newest from the Stafford Animal Shelter. She is our snuggle-baby.

Over the Rainbow Bridge

I am heartbroken to report that we lost our "Little Bit" on August 23rd, 2005 to an insidious virus called FIP, for which there is no test, no vaccination, and no cure. It only kills young cats.

We were honored to live with Little Bit for 10 months. She was a sparkling conversationalist and our constant companion in the garden.

She was adored.

Andre the giant loves all humans & dogs. Our snuggle bug, we spend a great deal of time butting foreheads with this guy, which I understand is a big compliment in cat body language.

Our sweet Andre's back end was suddenly paralyzed by a blood clot in December of 2005. When he did not respond to treatment, we let him go a few days later.

I don't know if we will ever recover from the loss of our sweet Bernie.

Bernie was murdered by our horrible neighbor, Jim Durfey.

After searching desperately for Bernie, I had a terrible feeling in my heart that led me to check the Durfey's trash can. I found Bernie's bloody beaten body hidden in the bottom of a huge bag of their garbage.

Cat Killer Jim Durfey of the Livingston Enterprise

The Garden

Did you know that Parke is not only a landscape artist.....
he's also a landscaping artist!

Our front garden

Our side yard project

The rose garden

Clematis madness

The Remodel

A couple of years ago, we decided to put insulation in the attic. Then we realized the rafters should be replaced. Then we realized the walls also needed to be replaced... Our insulation project turned into a big dang remodel! Parke did 95% of the work himself, while I kept the gallery open.

First he took part of the roof off.

Then he took the whole top of the house off! Guess what happens when you take your roof off -

it rains!

One day I came home to find that Parke had removed a side of the house.

New walls ahoy!

Hurry Honey! Winter's coming!

OK, the upstairs is almost done, so now we better work on the downstairs.

Please buy a painting so we can finish!

The Montana Spay/Neuter Task Force

You might have noticed that we love animals! One of our favorite causes is the Montana Spay/Neuter Task Force, an organization that teaches the importance of fixing animals by putting on community-run clinics for people who can not afford to fix their pets.

A picture is worth a thousand words.
Click Here to see one shelter's powerful film on why spaying and neutering your pets is the most important thing you can do to help all animals.

I helped with a three day Task Force event in Livingston in September of 2003. We called it "The Fixer Upper". Almost six hundred cats and dogs were fixed, and 300 local volunteers helped. We also put on the "Spay-ghetti and No Balls Dinner" to raise money for the Task Force and our local animal shelter. My parents and sisters came from out of town to help me with this great project. Here are some photos....

The Fixer-Upper headquarters -

recognize this place?

The amazing cat vets hard at work

400 cats fixed in 3 days!!

Cats (and baby) in recovery

Rabbits shaved, scrubbed, and ready for snippage!

Over six million healthy, adoptable dogs and cats are killed in American shelters each year because there are not enough homes for them all. You can help prevent this tragedy by adopting pets at your local shelter instead of buying from a breeder or pet shop, and by having your pets fixed!

About This Web Site

I made this site on the Page Mill program that came with our iMac, and then gave it to Hillary Johnson, Web Site Goddess of the Yellowstone! She redid it with Dreamweaver. She made it beautiful, and she hooked it up! Hillary is now semi-retired from web sites. You can contact her at starwebservices.com.

Parke's Paintings

The Parke Goodman Song
-Thanks to Jake Monnin, this
Good Man is easy to find!

Drawer Pulls
Fan Pulls
Nobody wrote a song about me.

Our MSNTF Float in the Parade!!!
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Our favorite fighters in The War on Testicles!:
The Montana Spay/Neuter Task Force

Click Here to see one shelter's powerful film that shows how fixing your pets
and adopting from your local shelter or online rescue group
INSTEAD of supporting a breeder
are the most important things you can do to help all cats and dogs.

Tiger Lilly Neighbors Beware! Pet Killer Jim Durfey of the Livingston Enterprise Bernie