Hard Yesterday, Repairs & Little Spot...

 

Yesterday wasn't easy.  I had to have repair people over to work on the freezer.  They say it's operating alright & if it stops cooling too much, the only to do is replace it.  They did manage to unclog the defrost drain.  It had frozen over.

We still have some porch & yard cats.  The grey, Chonk tom stopped showing in July.  During that time a pregnant mother cat made her to the barn with her kitten in tow.  Soon, there were 3 more kittens.  A couple months later, she was pregnant again & then disappeared.  That left us with 2 porch cats.  A loud female we call Mu after her meow.  The other is a rough looking, tuxedo tom, called Tux. 

The 4 other kittens did OK until yesterday.  We called 1, Little Spot, he was yellow with a pale spot on his shoulder.  He was friendly & would try to interact with us as much as his feral nature would let him.  He got to where he'd nose my hand before running off.   

Somehow he got hurt, maybe hit or fell from a tree.  He'd had some kind of spinal injury.  There was nothing I could do for.  I managed to catch him & take him.  Just a few months old & already gone.  I know it was the best, kindest decision I could make.  I just wish there'd been other options.  If I hadn't, he would've died in a much worse way, possibly starving & scared.  Still, he should've had a better life.  

I wish you well in your next life Little Spot. You made me smile when so little does these days.  You were a brightness in my day.   You were adored & will be missed.  Run free.

Please be kind to strays & ferals.  They didn't ask for that life.  People did that & only people can help reduce the numbers of in-need animals.  Whether a stray is 4 legged or 2, if you can't be kind at least don't do them any harm.

So long Little Spot.

Cya...

Bright Morning...

I usually only document the dreary days, so I'd like to point out this morning is actually being nice so far.  It'll be a AC level warm later, but for now it's nice & bright.  I need more mornings like this.  I actually saw a lone Hummer this morning.  I haven't seen many hummingbirds this season.  Those I have seen, have been smaller & yellowish, brown.  I haven't seen any of the larger, bright Hummers this Summer.  I hope they fared well this season.

To all my Summer fliers, thanks for all the smiles you brought to my face.  They make my life easier.

Cya...

OK, Just No & Smiles...

3 things, 1st, we have a errands & shopping this morning, so this will be short.   Next is this article.  It talks of the risks of DIY faecal transplants.   That's all I'm saying on that topic.  Finally, it got warmer enough to start the trees budding.  I saw clover flowers & the tiny, blue flowers in the yard yesterday.  I hate allergies, but seeing them always make me smile for a bit.

Gotta get.

Cya...

Shopping, Flowers & Flu Shots...

Went shopping earlier.  It was a bit hectic.  We had some other errands as well.   I got my flu shot this morning.   My arm is starting to ache a bit from it.  

I went on the porch & noticed the yellow woodsorrel or pickle plant was blooming.  It was nice to see the little flowers. They'll probably be gone by the weekend.  We're supposed to get down to freezing temps overnight for a couple of days.  Hopefully, that won't last long this early in the season.

That's about it for now.  Take care.

Cya...

Last Blossoms Fall...

The last little, white bell fell from the yucca flower.  Most the tiny buds have fallen from the crepe myrtle.  The remaining few have darkened.   The Fall pruning will happen soon.  That's the end of the season.  

This Summer was rough on me.  I barely noticed most the things that normally make me smile.  I'm not happy with that.   There's so little left in my life that I really enjoy, I get angry with myself when things slip by me.  

Enjoy the little things.  That's all some of us really ever have.

I hope the red birds get here soon.

Cya...

Acknowledgements...

I've talked about acknowledging things before.  Mostly I've referred to recognizing things in your own life  that need acknowledging.  Today I'd like to talk a little about acknowledging others.

Most everyday when I get on Facebook there's a notification of someone's birthday.  It'd be easy just to overlook it & go on with my own stuff.  But, I don't.  I always post something to acknowledge the person's birthday.   It's utterly irrelevant if I know them personally or not.

I won't go through my day thinking, "You know, that person might not receive a single Happy Birthday today."  You might not think that's possible, but it is.  I don't know that many people personally any more.  So few people, basically only my roomie, personally acknowledges my B-Day.  

However, the 1st birthday I had once I got on Facebook I received several messages & such concerning my birthday.   Sure, I don't really know these people & it may have been a knee-jerk response for them.  But you know what?  I don't care.  It was nice to be acknowledged.  I know if I found it nice that others will too.

Try acknowledging people's birthdays on Facebook.  Hold a door for someone & actually make eye contact.  Smile a little more & say hello.  If I had a little more ready $  I'd go back to sending random, greeting cards like I did in college.  People seemed to like them,.  To bad I really don't know anyone to send them to anymore.

It doesn't take a lot to acknowledge someone, but the impact could be huge.

Cya...

Not Much To Say

I don't have much to say today, so I'll change course.  Maybe I'll say some things about you.  That might prove difficult since I can't tell who you are without a lot of unnecessary cyber snooping.  But I can tell that have access to a computer, that you can surf the web & that you can most likely read.  Past that, it's all a guessing game.  I don't know if you're male or female, old or young or perhaps the person that will read this blog & decide it's genius & make me rich & famous.

Cyber space has a wonderful way for letting most of us remain faceless, nameless & carefree. Some of us choose to announce ourselves, but even that could be a pretense.  Nothing can be taken as a given on this medium of life.  Instead everything has to be accepted as only partially likely to be accurate or real.

If you're reading this or any blog, you are probably curious or bored & need something to distract you.  I hope this entry was a simple enough prop to occupy your time for a little while.  If not, on to the next one. Blogs, Youtube & Wikipedia are like Wonderland to me.  I start with one & then jump on another link to this one & that one.  Before I know it, I've jumped down so many rabbit holes & the like that I have no idea as to how I actually came upon whatever it is I am reading.

Since I can't tell you much about yourself or how you got here, I will simply make a wish for you this day.  I hope that at least once today you smile.  It doesn't have to be some toothy grin or even a sideways smirk, just a genuine smile.  Sometimes we let so much pile up on us that we forget to smile. We forget to laugh.  We simply forget to be us & enjoy our lives.  So I'll leave you with something that makes me laugh.