Life with cats, and other things…
Cooper's Lake, Washington. November 2016 Little did we know how much of a pastime sightseeing would become for us when Grant took me up to Cooper's Lake one day in late 2016. The Pacific-northwest is a beautiful part of the world and you might wonder how I didn't spend more time enjoying it. It was … Continue reading Hard years
Auburn, WA. 29th November 2014 A rare (in those days) snowstorm decorated the hills in late November, 2014. It was very pretty but being so unaccustomed, no-one was geared up to deal with it, so it was somewhat inconvenient. Mere months after I left Washington in 2018, a lot of much heavier snow fell and … Continue reading Pooling resources
Joey waiting for his second home. All these years on I cannot remember precisely which fosters were in residence together. I can recall more or less when they arrived but I would have to dig out records to find their departure dates and it matters not in the least. From the date on the above … Continue reading More arrivals
Lily Upstairs, Lily settled in quickly and became a very confident cat who has always lived according to her own mysterious plan. One has the feeling that she has an active brain, though in old age, like me she has slowed down. She is frustrated that she can no longer jump as high and she … Continue reading Dispersed
Emily Living in a ground level condo as he was then, Grant saw a constant parade of stray cats past his window. He'd fed a couple and I suppose the word went out. He brought one to live indoors and then another... . Dear old Tom was first, followed by Mama and Baby Girl, Sophia, … Continue reading They kept coming…
"M", Oliver and Lea. With an increasing number of cats, we were spread a little thin! It was important to keep the "suites" clean and equally, to spend time with the fosters. Most enjoyed a game and several liked going out for walks which was Grant's department. The cats had to be on harnesses as … Continue reading The great escape
Liam was a kitten with a sore nose. When a new cat arrived, we kept it isolated and promptly made an appointment with the vet where it was thoroughly checked out and inoculated. Often, cats had injuries like poor little Liam. Some got homes very quickly and Liam was one of those. His nose had … Continue reading Good times and bad
Another Himalayan. Georgy (note: the photo is reversed) Moving to the town home, I'd found a new vet, largely because Annie got car sick and I didn't want to subject her to long journeys. When we moved yet again, it was only a short distance which was fortunate because the new veterinary clinic, run by … Continue reading Adoptions
MapQuest provided an image of my major complication, changed a bit since we left. Volunteering with cat rescues had been rather a flop, but I wasn't prepared to give up the idea. All my life I'd planned to help animals when I retired and that's what I was determined to do even if it could … Continue reading What came next
30th December 2025 Writing about Thimphu accelerated the story a few years which is likely a good thing, especially since that is when the most significant of "complications" came into being, though I must back up a little bit... My father died in 2005, leaving me enough money to move once more. I liked the … Continue reading Meetings