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Deepest apologies for not posting since September. I have yet again a new laptop the last one was shattered when it fell. I have not seen Lakota or Mikael in months I think they are gone for good this time. I miss them.
Gabrielli is still here as is Moira they are the last of Bettie's babies. She also shows up from time to time, unfortunately She also gets run off by Carmen. I am more and more thinking that Carmen has Bengal in her. Her demeanor, spots and size really make me positive.
M'Agnes my very delicate chocolate pointed Siamese with an attitude from hell's half acre.  She plays Elder Pounce still but now the Elders no longer hold back, she was taught how to spar and that she does. 
We were recently up at the prairie and she went for a walk of a mile I was allowed to hold her on the way back.  I did get some good pictures and jokingly stated that a colorway was needed to match the picture.
Well Guess What

We Haz Colorway
Laura from The Unique Sheep has created a beautiful hand paint to match our girl and I am currently knitting it up using a Susan Pandorf design called Rivendell. This is a smoke ring that I have been eyeing for some time and finally gave in and bought a copy of the pattern. That was before the colorway was created.  I see the irony of it.
I think M'Agnes if one of the best things to happen to me. Everything snowballs and I am finally doing the things I talked about.
I have now made 2 calendars
I have a colorway
I am knitting lace

If this girl had not have such a fan base I would probably still be talking and not doing.

Just a random observation. I find it very odd that some cats will not tolerate each other yet sleep with only a thin sheet of netting between them.

freeze dried chicken livers

I think I have found the ultimate cat treat!
They stink,
they are crispy dry,
AND they have the cats begging!
House and street alike.
These are of course hidden in the dog section of the smaller pet supply stores.
After all Only Dogs get treats that are healthy. Cats need corn, grain, rice and soy. what cat would want a pure meat treat it is not like they are carnivores is it? Oh wait Cats are carnivores and Require meat in their diet.

These treats are 100% pure chicken liver
They are made in Georgia. Well that is the American Georgia not the European Georgia.
They are the original freeze dried training treat. Called Pro treats for dogs.

Why is everything for dogs? and why when they finally package it for cats the price goes up exponentially?

Gabrielli

I am having problems with Gabrielli,she has wounded her throat and is staying away from me. She sits at the perimeter of the yard up on the fence and cries. I sometimes get her to come to me and can bring her in to tend where she has scratched herself to a bloody raw mess.


She will them sigh and sleep. Then manages to disappear in the morning. She has kitty dementia and it is getting real rough now. I am wondering if I did her any favor when I raced her to the vet after the bad reaction to the rabies vacc. I sometimes think it would have been kinder to let her go. She is such a loving cat when she is aware of her surroundings.
Right now she is not aware she is lost and does not know who I am. She will approach Lulu but is wary of the rest.
I had her inside with the inflated collar so of course someone let her outside.... oh i did not see her sneak past... She did manage to get the collar off so I have no idea where it is.
Gabrielli, I love you please come back in where I can take care of you.

Calendar girl

I need to get some more pictures for the calendar taken. I also need the headache to go away.
M'Agnes is definitely looking like a full cat now and she has weight to her she is no longer a little bit of fluff. I think it funny she has more friends than I do! She has a full following. Oh to be a cat, especially a cat loved.

Do you ever feel like something is wrong?
That there are tensions in the air and something is about to blow?
It is O-Dark-Thirty and I just saw a tiny flash of light where none should be.
It was right in front of my fish tank. The heater not only is unplugged, it is not in the tank! It is outside. There is now no light on the tank. That was destroyed and is in the trash recycle.
The night feels weird, it reminds me of the nights when I worked at the clubs. When you could taste how the moods were shifting. Right now I am watching the shadows as the wind moves through the trees. I am listening to the cats as they chirrup at me trying to figure out why I am still awake.
I miss my Isolde, I am missing her something awful and started to cry at work today.
I will try again to sleep hoping that just putting this down will help me relax. It is odd I am in a suburb type area but feel like I am in the mountains, I really need to get to the forest or at least the beach. I have to de-stress before I shatter.

Crimson Cat Basket

Hello, I think my knitting mojo has finally woke up! I am not working on my lace project (which will be gorgeous It is the In Dreams by Susan Pandorf=Totally Awesome and intimidating).........but my hands are hurting. I stepped outside to check on the cats and the incoming fog turned my paws into claws of agony.
So I have picked up a caked hank of Brown Sheep Burly Spun in Hand Paint Strawberry Fields this is a thoroughly saturated crimson and violet and I love it.It is much prettier than these, oddly enough even though I hate the taste, smell and texture of the berries I think they are a pretty plant.


I am also using takumi 10mm circ needles and yes this is helping my hands relax. I can now flex them both.
I am using my notes on Ravelry to see if they are good enough to turn into a pattern and if so this will be used for sanctuary cats and dogs.
I will post pictures when done I promise.
I also need to focus on the next calendar, M'Agnes is as always photogenic but I have not been happy with settings and hate contrived looks. Plus I need to know if anyone and if so how many people want one.
I am happy to say that Mikael is here again and very comfortable coming into the house to the point that I will wake up with him sleeping on me. That is my good news I think I have sad news as well I have not seen my beautiful Lakota in months and do not even feel her presence so I think she has left this realm. I also think one of my colony is very sick but I do not know which it is. I can only guess. I found a pile of bloody grass vomit a week or so ago but that was the only time but today I am finding lakes of urine. I don't think it is one of the core cats, I think it is one of the street cats. So now I get to monitor which is hard as they never do it around me.