The Weekly Chronicle

To answer the question on my last post...  My Ralphie died.  It took only 1 month and a few weeks before pancreatic cancer took its deathly toll on him.  I think of him each time I see woods, country fields, as I look up into the trees, when I see wildlife, when I look up into the sky and watch the clouds go by...  I miss him terribly.  Thanks for asking.  I hope you are well.  💓

Here I am again, and feeling so guilty.  I have not written, but have not had the time it seems.  But so many funny things happening!  Not to mention my yard, keeping it up is hard, and my garden...  my tomatoes never do well anymore, not sure why -- I did get a few nice ones, from the pic above, but mostly my cucumbers are going bananas.  I got two nice green peppers, and my carrots are still tiny balls of orange, and I got a ton of small onions which I haven't harvested yet either.  Not sure what to do with those.  My thyme is going bonkers, and my chives are doing well also.  I did some canning last week -- well you can call them refrigerator pickles....  I did cukes, red peppers, green beans, garlic, cauliflower, onions....  tastee!

So I snapped this picture the other morning...  I pulled up to spot on 2nd and Central, and there was something in the road.  I got out and it was a HUGE rat.  I picked it up by the tail because I didn't want it to get smushed.  It was so big I put my boot in the picture to show its true size, and I have size 9 feet!  I know, gross, right?

Speaking of that corner, across the way, I could smell a fire this morning, and as I drove slowly by the source of the smoke, I could see flames, but couldn't be sure.  But I called 911 anyway, and told them it could be just a wood pile in someone's back yard, but the smoke was dense and you can never be too sure unless you actually go into the persons yard to really look.  They said it was a good call and they would have someone to check it out.  As I drove down to the end of Central, sure enough, there was the Goodman Street fire station fire truck coming around the corner and turning down Central.  No sirens, but I am sure they were checking out from my call.  HA.  At least you know they are there in a real situation.  I have no idea what happened, but I guess I am glad I called???

Last week I rescued 'Bayleigh', the grey tabby I have been feeding on Bay Street.  I got him into carrier and brought him to my porch, while we waited for his new mom to come pick him up.  Boy was I lucky to find this woman.  She owns a horse farm in Honeoye Falls, feeds 21 ferals in her barn (all fixed thanks to RCAC!) and she was looking for a cat to love as indoor only.  What a nice person.  Every day she sends me updates and I am so thankful. Most are videos that I have to learn to put on here, so maybe next blog post.

Also, guess what.  I have a new 'batch' of kittens.  A gentleman on Garson that allows me to shelter and feed cats on his property called me over a week ago and told me he was working on a vacant house and he found kittens.  Thankfully, I had someone I was able to call, who has helped me immensely in the past with so many other things, and ask if she could go get them.  She did and offered to house them until I could figure out something.  Well, right now I have no other fosters, so a few days later I took them in and they are ADORABLE.  Their names are LOTUS, SHELBY, CATALINA, CHEVY, CAMARO AND AUDI.  Two girls, four boys!  Six four-week old kittens they were, and weaned and potty trained already.  Now they are five weeks, and blue eyes not quite yet turned.  I have a ton of applications for them so who ever is reading this, don't even think about it!  :) 

Let's not forget these little ones that Kristina is 'fostering' for now.  They need to go together as they are bonded.  Little Ruby and Milo.

There are still so many others as you can see from the pics below.  Please consider fostering an adult cat.  They will be adopted quickly, I can promise you that!

Have a great day!