Knitting, cooking and other enthusiasms
Posted in Cats on Jul 22nd, 2010
The tests the vet performed on Teddy confirmed both feline leukemia and feline immunodeficiency virus, a double whammy. Both conditions suppress a cat’s immune system, making them more likely to contract other diseases. The condition of his coat, a persistent respiratory infection, his weight loss and other symptoms I’ve noticed this summer supports this. Both [...]
The first of the Black Cherry tomatoes are ripening on the deck. We’re having grilled chicken salad for dinner tonight and tomatoes will be a star player. Yum!
Teddy Update
Teddy has been cooperating reluctantly with entering the trap to eat his wet food. Last night he turned his back on the whole thing and pouted for [...]
Posted in Cats, Uncategorized on Jul 15th, 2010
I’ve mentioned before that I’ve been feeding a stray cat for about 18 months. Teddy first showed up in the middle of winter, skinny and starving. Completely feral, no matter how hungry he was, I couldn’t approach him. In the past, I’ve chased away stray cats, fearful of disease spreading to our two house cats. [...]
Posted in Cats, Saturday sky on Jun 26th, 2010
Neener, neener, you can’t catch me here
Teddy plotting revenge, three stories up, after a scolding.
Posted in Cats on Jan 9th, 2010
Teddy is a feral tom I’ve been feeding for almost a year. He’s fearsome with his golden eyes and coal black fur. I don’t know where he sleeps, although I know he found a temporary burrow under part of the house that’s nearest the dryer vent and I’ve created some shelter for him in another [...]
November’s sun is low in the sky but it’s still good for a noon time nap.
I do believe today was the nicest fall day we’ve had this year. It made it to 72 with little wind and lots of sun. A welcome contrast to the last month of cold and rain. A perfect afternoon to spend doing garden clean-up. I didn’t have the heart to cut back the cleome yet. [...]
It’s been one of those weeks already.
I’ll be back tomorrow.
Maybe.
Posted in Cats on Jun 26th, 2009
What do you do when there’s a creature on your lap who objects when you reach over/around/under him to use the keyboard?
Discover the onscreen keyboard.
Mouse-click typing at its slowest.
Summer with its heat and humidity arrived this weekend so the cats did what they do best, slept away the hottest part of the day in air conditioned comfort.
I, on the other hand, fought with the wheelbarrow and won, hauled 15 bags of mulch around, fertilized all the pots, transplanted lettuce, stopped to smell the [...]
