busy day

Pearl this morning, this chilly wind full morning that demands coat and hat. We put on out coats and mug about, but it is not even sunny yet. Have tea this afternoon to plan for Friends of Library program in October; then to Blacksburg to pick up blue taxi load bound for Ann's.

Pearl visits

Katrina ate the food i left out last night! She is much much better, played with Pearl and was good about returning to house after we let her out. Pearl and I strode out to catch the sun in our rubber boots this morning, dancing in the warm light that takes almost til 10am to reach the purple house. 2 1/2 inches of rain yesterday - today the light so autumn like, brittle. John mows.

Katrina sleeps

Rain could persuade me too toward bed. Tried to coax Katrina to eat some of the vet cat food. She licked, but stopped. I got out the syringe. Messy, but some went in her mouth. Will try again this evening.
I turned on the thermostat today.
Guess the ukuleles are out up in the blue house.
about to put on rubber boots and walk up to get the mail.

Home from Vet

The vet couldn't find a cause for Katrina's fever - but she's now got antibiotics and some high protein can cat food that i can soften and feed her with syringe. She's in the chair with me. The vet also noticed a heart murmur that he thinks is serious enough that we should x-ray. ah, I do wonder at the secret events in her life last weekend; what was the adventure? Baldwin and Mindy and Pearl surprised two black bears yesterday just below the damn - smallish ones (most probably same ones who got into the sunflower seeds this early spring). Baldwin suggested that Katrina may have been treed for a couple of days. I thought at first she'd eaten a frog.

cat again

well, we were in the hot tub, fat from good meal with Baldwin, Mindy and DD; I was calling Katrina to come out and bother me for a head tickle (which she is wont to do when i'm in the tub). Suddenly John says, "she's there in the bush (mock orange)." sure enough, her eyes glowing. I hadn't seen her all day. so after soaking, I crawled into the bush and got her out; she's so weak it was easy. She's not dehydrated and she is drinking from the faucet. But not solid food, nor the broth. I'm keeping her inside tonight as we're due for heavy rain. i but some rescue remedy in her water dish.

Cat Story

From Sunday until Wednesday morning, Katrina (my female grey cat - who is in the snow picture) disappeared. She who is usually my companion at the computer, nudging me to scratch her head, seems to have eaten something which disagreed - i speculate that she finally caught a frog. She's drinking water from the tap and sleeping and eating cat treats (a few). I gave her Arsenicum yesterday and made some beef marrow bone broth.

last afternoon with goats

will miss the meditation that comes with proximity to goat rhythmic chomp
of noticing the small biology of the spot
from my perch on section of old front yard maple's trunk
will miss the day sectioned by duty at the blue house
looking out on the lotus pond back dropped by looming Red Bud
from the porch hammock with Mo and Irie and Alaska cat