Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Threesomes



Yesterday afternoon I raced home from work to give the little dirtbags a bath.  Whew!  They were DIRTY.  And full of fleas.  I had them in my porcelain filled bathroom so there wasn't too much clean up as far as throwing anything in the wash that may have had the dirt/fleas on it.  They were fluffy and sweet smelling by the evening.   I am once again having problems with downloading pictures on my camera, but got the sweetest picture of the two kittens curled up in the sink together, so tomorrow I should have that posted.  In the meantime, I posted their pictures late yesterday on this blog.  I hope you take a look.  They are adorable.

I also took more pictures this morning of some of the sweet adult cats that need adoption, and will include those tomorrow.  I spoke with three shelters yesterday asking if they could take these kittens and the momma, and was turned down due to their own overcrowding.  I am starting to panic thinking I won't be able to find them a home, or at least even a foster home.  I cannot keep them.  I don't know what I will do.

I forgot to mention, I was able to finally play a round of golf on Saturday.  Guess who I brought with me?  Wally!  If any of you have been following my posts, I befriended Wally last year because he was friends with Miss B., the down and out woman I met through feeding cats on Grand Avenue.  She was evicted and spent several months in a women's shelter.  I have had many friends help me out with clothes and furniture donations for Wally and Miss B., since she got her own place this past spring.  I have been 'helping' Wally out since.  He moved from Grand into a slightly better part of the inner city, just around the corner from where he was.  I bring him food occasionally, supply him with DVD's occasionally, as he doesn't have cable on his postage sized television.  Did I mention Wally is blind in one eye?  He was shot with a paintball by a group of kids years ago and lost his sight in one eye.  Wally also adopted my Larry, who I rescued months ago from Pennsylvania Avenue after seeing him so sick and infested with mites in his ears.  Anyways, I thought it would be nice to get him out of the hood and spend time in a peaceful, quiet environment.   Tee time was for 7 am. and just as he promised, Wally was ready for pickup at 6:15.  Well, we had fun, we saw herons, we had laughs over my shots which were rusty since I haven't played in a while, and we enjoyed the peace and serenity of the golf course. 

Later that day, Wally called and left a message to ask how my blister was doing - I need new golf shoes - that he had a great time, and just before he hung up, he said "by the way, Larry says HI".  I got a real kick out of that.  He may not be like me, holding, mauling and kissing my babies, but I know he has developed a type of love for that cat.  Thats a great thing to know.  I am sure Larry appreciates him too.

"Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for."


3 comments:

  1. That's a great story about Wally and taking him golfing. I'm sure he enjoyed his adventure. You are so sweet to think of him.
    I'm so glad he's bonding with sweet Larry. Is anything happening with that lady's offer on FB to take the kitties to that elderly lady's house? I'll post the pixs on my FB. Nancy C.

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  2. Janine, you are very courageous, doing that neighbourhood and to take time for the homeless "residents" is not something a lot of us would/could do. My heart goes out to these kitties and I must turn up the heat on my small barn project for Joe !! The 3 of them are like ones I already have, and they are very appealing, so I hope we can get them in somewhere soon. Doing my best for you on that, and thank you for helping them. Maree T

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  3. Janine, you are such a caring and thoughtful person. I really admire you for all the good things you do, for the cats as well as some of the people. You are brave!

    Kris Constable (remember me, I used to deliver your mail at work?) You were one of the friendliest people I met there.

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