November 22nd, 2008

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A Porch Full Of Cats

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008

I was pretty surprised, and excited as a little kid, when we woke up to snow falling yesterday morning. I love to look out into the yard on a snowy morning, when it’s still dark, with only a yard light shining, and watch the snow falling through the light. It’s a wintery feeling for sure. We don’t get too many mornings like that here in North Carolina, but I keep hearing people say it’s going to be a cold winter.

We have set up a couple of really warm places for all the kitties to sleep. We have two carriers which have been filled with fleece bedding and then covered with layers of heavy rugs on top of the carriers to break the wind and keep in some warmth.

The littlest kitties seem to be doing well. We often find the two oldest — Oreo and their mother Fluffy — wrapped almost around them while they sleep. They all four sleep together in the same carrier.

Once the sun came out yesterday and shone on the porch I went out to play with the kittens for a few minutes. They are very spoiled. They have a porch as their house, practically two mamas with Oreo helping with everything, a nice garden to play in, and food three times a day. What more could a kitty want?

We will be making a major vet trip soon to get the kittens their first shots and check-ups and to get Fluffy spayed. I better start putting money back now, right? :)

The tom cat hangs around all the time now and is getting more brave around us. I would love to be able to catch him and take him in for a check-up, but I’m still a bit afraid of how he might behave, if I could even catch him.

Today is a work day for me. Sigh. I will be sitting in my work chair, wrapped in a fuzzy warm shawl, with my warm winter slippers, sipping green chai tea with milk and honey and looking out the window while the kittens run around scaring away the birds. I think I can manage.  but it’s hard to quiet the urge to get up and straighten the kitchen or play doll house with Princess of the Universe.

The melting snow on the leaves of this rose bush were so pretty. The ground is soaking up this moisture. Going by years past, in December I’ll have snowdrops, by January I’ll have crocus poking through the ground, in February we’ll have daffodils, and then in March I can really start thinking about spring. It’s a cycle that goes very quickly and makes me want to just settle down and enjoy the beauty of winter.

Have a nice Saturday!
Lynn

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