KITTEN UPDATE

3rd day at my house - pretty and cute!

Springing into action, and Memorial weekend 2008

Memorial weekend here was cold and rainy, but we received another 2" of rain, and an additional snow pack in the sierras - we had fun anyway, and Kim built a fire every day.

Across the lane, taken by Erika -

Foxgloves in my garden -

A rose after the rain -

Deer hanging out across the street, waiting to taste some delightful morsel in my front garden -

Wisteria in the early morning light -

Left-over sign from Ventura, where we had such a snail problem - now I have slugs, so am hoping they will take the hint!

Erika with Blossom -
Erika with Jingle Bell -
Clematis in my garden -

A NEW BLOSSOM UPDATE!

She's a little over 3 months, and is doing well. Lots of fun. This is her new "ear look". They have been like that for a week now. A vet on-line said, "it not uncommon for them to go through a period around 3 months of age, where one ear is standing upright and one ear is still floppy. This can last for a few weeks, but eventually the floppy ear does stand up. If it is still floppy by 5 months of age, then it will remain floppy."

So it will continue to a very enjoyable guessing game as to how she grows up! She still has green eyes. It amazes me just how fast those little legs can move, especially when she gets loose!

KITTENS AT A THRIFT SHOP

Yesterday while I was at a thrift shop that donates their proceeds to animal groups, a rather grotty man came in while I was checking out. He asked the clerk if they take kittens, and she said, no. "Where can I take 2 kittens?", he says. When confronted with that question here in the mountains, she says, "you can try the vet down the road, but I doubt if they will take them." He announces that if they don't, he's going to dump them at Bass Lake! "Where at Bass Lake?", I say. "I don't know, but I'm NOT taking them back home with me", he says. I tell him what I think of him dumping animals at Bass Lake, or anywhere, but he could care less. So I walk to his even more grotty car, and in a tiny cage, even MORE grotty, with a cigarette butt on top, are these 2 tiny babies. He says he found them on his lawn. So after very little thought, and knowing I had a cage in my car for Blossom, I took them. "God Bless", he says.

So here they are in Blossom's "time out" cage at home, eating canned food up a storm, and affording my other kitties to get their panties in a dither. The orange one looks like a wonderful family kittiy, Pebbles, that was Kecia's kitty for 22 years, so I named him Pebbles, and the other, well, she's a no-name at the moment!

While I was at that thrift shop yesterday, I read that they help out people who foster animals, so I will check that out. There's also a wonderful group in Fresno called HOPE, who will spay/neuter and give shots at reasonable prices, where I can get them taken care of.

It also answers a question that I've been pondering, and that is that "people" do dump animals at Bass Lake, especially at out resort. Dogs and cats are always showing up there. Luckily, many of us have adopted them, like my ragdoll kitty, Jingle Bell. Guess they think the residents here are all rich and kind hearted!