OK, so this morning was not great. Another two hours out of my day. From 4 am. to 6 am. I got home at 6:15, only to turn around and
get my house in order, and myself in order to go to work for eight hours. L I looked outside and saw four inches at least
on the ground. So shovel in hand, I
proceeded to leave the house at 4 am. and dig out all 16 locations. I could see kitty prints at most of
them. I knew they were taking cover in
the shelters. Not all of them
though. I still am saddened at a few of
the locations where I see a kitty or two running from another direction when
they hear me arrive. You know they are
not taking shelter in the shelters I leave for them. One was this beautiful fluffy thing below,
who I have been feeding for a few months now.
Never was able to get this close, enough to pick up, until this
morning. I was so tempted to run through
the pile of snow on the way back to the Catmobile to grab the carrier, but I
knew if I made sudden movement it would be scared and jump down. You have to be so precise to rescue these
cats. When you grab by the scruff, it scares and immobilizes
them for a few seconds, so you have to have the carrier right there and then,
waiting.
Another thing about rescue folks, I’ve done a ton, but
circumstances have to be just right for me.
Right now I have Fluffypants occupying my house – if I rescue a cat, it
must go to a vet first, and the walk in clinic is only open two days a week –
and you can plan on HOURS to be there, even if you are there a half hour before
it even opens. Its only open on Fridays
and Saturdays, so if I already have an extra cat in my small house, I can’t do
it. If I don’t have an extra cat in my
house, I can keep in bathroom until that Friday or Saturday. Fluffy will be going to foster today, and I
will be glad to have that bathroom back!
Another MUST before I rescue a cat, I must have a plan. Either someone offers to foster it or adopt
it. So those are the two factors that
come into play when I rescue.
There is a store in Penfield that I discovered years ago and
it is run by a woman who turns out, adopted a cat from me a year ago, and named
him Buddy. The store is a boutique which
has everything from gourmet food, to candles, to scarves and sweaters and
pants, to clothes, to games, to soaps, to purses, OMG, I could keep going, I
LOVE this store! I go there every
Christmas to buy the few gifts I am able to buy for my family, and I get shaky
I get so excited to see all the things they there. Anyways, they had a
fundraiser for me – for a few hours, any sales, I would get a percentage from,
so I was asked to attend. I did, and was
so thrilled to see people supporting me by attending! Such fun to see everyone. Thank you to those that could make it, and
those that wanted to but couldn’t . The
weather was horrible. And I did not
leave there without buying something, that’s for sure. Thank you Eileen for making me feel so
special.
The weather is supposed to be a little better starting
tonight and going into the weekend – so shelters will be dug out a little
better. I noticed quite a few shelters
this morning where the straw was low, so need to fluffy them back up tomorrow
morning. Problem with doing that is that
you have to practically crawl on your stomach to get to them. Uggh.
This is not a glamorous job. L
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| Cat Prints in the Snow |
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| Sid and Johnny's Auto Garage |
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| GARSON Shelter |
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| GARSON Pre-Shovel |
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| Kitty on Parsells #2 |
Have a great day everyone.
Frosty days and ice-still
nights,
Fir trees trimmed with tiny lights,
Sound of sleigh bells in the snow,
That was Christmas long ago.
Tykes on sleds and shouts of glee,
Icy-window
filigree,
Sugarplums and candle glow,
Part of Christmas long ago.
Footsteps
stealthy on the stair,
Sweet-voiced carols in the air,
Stocking hanging in a
row,
Tell of Christmas long ago.
Starry nights so still and blue,
Good friends
calling out to you,
Life, so fact, will always slow…
For dreams of Christmas
long ago.
I wish all the kitties would go into the shelters to get out of the wind and warm up a bit. Yesterday leaving school it was so cold and windy it literally took my breathe away - like it was being pulled out of my lungs. I have never had that sensation before. And I thought about all the animals out in this weather and I said a little prayer for them. In the crazy wind I got into my car a slammed the door - instantly I was warmer and I thought "if those animals can just get out of the wind and into a shelter, they will be instantly warmer too. And I was glad to know that you have provided that shelter for so many little paws. - Kristin
ReplyDeleteI've been thinking of you and praying for you and the kitties as soon the cold and wind came in! I knew it was going to suck for you. Thank God we don't live in Buffalo or Syracuse, right? It's always worse there.
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