The number 3

I have always been fascinated by numbers.
I have also always failed at math.
My favorite number is 13,
my least favorite is 3 especially today.

I finally got hold of Isadora who has a wound on her tail, Lakota who has a wound on her neck and Mikael who has a wound across his nose.
Each kitty was taken to the bathroom and got the hot soaking wet washrag applied to their persons which was followed by antibiotic ointment.
Isadora is right now washing her wound as she is the only one that can reach her tongue to her wound.
Lakota is locked in the back room,
Mikael is sitting in my closet waiting for a door to open. As the temperature is to dip to the upper 30's I am keeping them in for the night.

Robber is ensconced on the top of my shelves and Lusitania is demanding treats from behind me. She is currently dealing with a runny eye which is telling me she is having a herpes flare up from the stress of the trip.
Oliver is guarding his bed of the day which use to be Isolde's.
M'Agnes is on the lamby under the fishtank.

I heard something interesting

Tonight after work I was getting worried as I had not seen any of the cats in the parking lot.
I set down some kibble and wet for the one I did see, which was Greymalkin. Then I drove up to the other end to check on the girls nothing. No one was there so I set down a tin for whomever might show up.
On the way back toward the front of the parking lot I saw Brenda pull up. I asked about the cats as none showed up. She said I would not see them as she had them. It turns out that someone said a memo went out that the cats were to be trapped and taken to animal control. Odd I never heard anything, and animal control has more to do then to round up a small maintained colony of feral cats.
She said that they are in a safe place and a bigger place is being built for them. I will miss them, but I am glad they are out of the parking lot.

I also said as the are now safe do not bring them back, they will get use to were they are as it will be their new home.
So I will no longer see Spot or Tux or the girls but I will keep an eye out for the old one and Greymalkin until she catches them.

day trip

We just had a daytripper vacation M'Agnes was watching the dogs that were at the house where we stayed in Oregon.
It was a very restful time even if is was a LONG drive.
We stopped at many truck stop rest areas and went for walks.



We stopped to look at Mt. Shasta. Such a beautiful mountain.


I love the way this cat sits the fence

Thoughts on loss

This has been a very bad month. It seems everyone is losing a cat. Yesterday I found out that Loader the beautiful Maine coon looking cat that had been abandoned where I work has died.

This gorgeous cat that had at one time been a loved pet, a family member that was abandoned before Christmas last year with his buddy Tux died alone under a store. I had wanted them out of the parking lot but not this way.

Tux came a bit into the store tonight, he sat on the welcome mat and cried a bit as he watched the rain. He only stayed in a few minutes until a car drove up.

I am really tired of writing sad posts, I am really tired of crying because I cannot do anything to save some of these cats that show up in my life.
I know that one day we i can I will get those I can out of this area and hopefully to a better life. I pray it is soon.

Having a bad day

Today started off so good to. I woke up snuggled in kitties, Moira by my cheek, Lu on her perch, Robber behind me and Dash on my toes. The rest of the day really went to hell.

Blackberry had a follow up appointment she is doing good and I was given the go ahead to place her back out in the enclosure. Within seconds Delilah started to attack her so she is now back in the hospital cage until I can find another way to house her and find a new home for Delilah.

Then we went to IKEA and for the first time ever I found nothing that I wanted, the lunch was blah, the new displays boring, the pet section gone. They even changed the tiny food market to unappealing and not shop friendly.

Leaving there we went to the Nordstroms Rack which was across the street to see if I could find any new shoes for work. Well maybe if I worked in an office or was a 'Party Girl for Hire' I would have found something to work in but nothing that would work with my job. I did buy some hair clips an acrylic ring and a pair of heaty therapy booties-do not attempt to walk in these as the microwave bags in the bottom will pull them right off of your feet but the do warm your feet if you are going to be stationary.

Then as we are driving home I saw in the divide of the road a seagull sitting looking around not moving. We turned around and I picked it up and as we were right across the street from the wildlife refuge I tried there first to find out what to do with it.. I was sent to the rehabilitaion center where no one was and finally I called my vet to see if I could take it there. The poor thing died in my arms as I was getting out of the car at the vets office.
At least it did not die in traffic.

It Is Set

Today M'Agnes was scheduled for her Big Girl Surgery.
October 14Th is the big day, so now I worry and hope that it will all be good.
She got a bath today and was very good with it only after I crawled in with her. If I was holding her in the shower it was OK just forget having to walk in that nasty water. M'Agnes is now sleeping on one of the perches Isadora has claimed the fancy pedestal and my Robber is finishing my dinner which was butternut squash ravioli in olive oil and butter topped with chicken.

CarmenKatra is looking more and more like her brother so I am constantly reminded of him. She really does have a similar build not nearly as delicate as Isadora. I still feel like I need to write a better tribute but the words still do not form.

cleaning attempt

OK i finally have a day off and i want to get some cleaning done. hopefully it works out better this time than last time. I also really want to finish the bed i am knitting. Making my own bed would be a plus.

Survey room: The cats have again knocked every thing on the shelves down; solution throw it all away. never have to pick it up again.
lets see if that gets done.

Knitting: Kinji is of course sleeping in the middle of it so no can not touch!

Bed: knitting project is on the bed Kinji is on project so no cannot touch.
Next step try to find a place to store empty reptile tanks other than in room so i have space to set up new computer system.
Also need to re-organise books and under bed storage.
And while doing this i need to keep vigil over a kitten that has hit Madolescence.