DONNA SMITH!
TEACHERS AT GATES CHILI HIGH SCHOOL!!! WOO HOO!!! You guys rock! Please correct me if I am wrong. Kristin mentioned that some of the
teachers got together and pitched in and made a donation to help Feed a Cat (or
two) for Christmas. Thank you so much from the kitties! You are all
lucky. YOU HAVE THE WEEK OFF! I should have been a teacher!
:) Thank you for helping to feed these poor kitty cats on the streets!
Be sure to click on pics to see up close
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| Central Park Christmas Eve morning |
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| Third Street Christmas Eve morning |
This morning - back to work day - could have started
out a bit better. I have not had trouble with you know who – I can’t
even type her name I get so angry – ML walked over to my shelter,
knowing I was just down the street after I had passed her, and pulled off the
tarp covering the shelters and began to walk to her house, defiantly. I pulled up to her street to block her from
getting to her house and got out and grabbed it from her. It was dragging, so there was enough tarp so
I didn’t have to get close to her. I
told her she had gone too far, and called 911.
I got a cop that wasn’t the most sympathetic, lets put it that way. She basically told me I had no rights to what
I was doing because its not my land property – nothing would hold up in court, and
that they (police) were tired of answering calls about me and ML. We basically left it with her taking my info,
saying she was going over there to talk to her, and I drove off to finish my
spots in zero degree temps. Just a sad
feeling that this highly intelligent – yet shifty and cunning – with a mental
illness, wins again. She feels like she
is invincible and no one can touch her, not even the law. She won’t open the door for the police, so
nothing gets done. She can go back there
any time again during any hour of the day and rip that off, and I can do
nothing, but keep replacing the tarp for the family of cats that ‘live’ there,
including that one black kitten. Thank
God I placed it there on Sunday, as Sunday was brutal for any living thing out
there. The winds were whipping and the
snow was flying. Welcome Old Man Winter.
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| ML (taken over summertime after surprising her throwing away cat food) |
Prior to this, it
was a very busy weekend. On Friday, I
again had to deal with ML after she tore apart my shelters. I called police, who said they would go over
and talk to her. I thought that was
it. Apparently nothing will stop her.
After that, I had to drive to
Batavia – about 45 minutes from Rochester via the thruway – to bring Muffin to
his new home. As of today, after I inquired
about his progress, his Dad wrote: “Little by little, Liz spent several
hours in the room last night just laying on the couch and finally he's come out
on his own and went up to her to get pet. Being patient, he's coming
around and think he'll do fine when he trusts us.” The
trip there was a bit tricky, with snow falling and winds whipping across the
pavement, and a car or two in ditches, I was white knuckling it the whole
way. I arrived to the warm looking house
to find a couple of barking dogs, and another cat leeringly peeking out from its
perch, wondering who in God’s name was this new creature in a box. After bringing him to a room, Muffin was
scared and once released, hid behind a couch.
Later that day, his new Mom came home to find Muffin, as a surprise for
Christmas! So little by little, he will come around. I will continue to inquire about him until we
know all is well. He still has to meet
his new siblings!
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| Butterball |
On Saturday, I received word
that a family were very interested in Butterball, so on Sunday, Christmas Eve
morning, Butterball was picked up in Caledonia, and brought to his perspective
new family. This family adopted TJ in
June, and was now ready for a new sister for him. Their older kitty Buddy had just passed away
and they thought TJ was lonely. I
received a call late that night asking me to come get Butterball, because TJ
was not loving it. I don’t blame this
family for their concern for TJ, but I do think that with time, it could have
been a match. I think in some cases,
proper introductions should be made, whereas Butterball was let out to roam
right away. I blame myself for not
insisting on this. So back to Caledonia with Kim she went. We need to find her a loving family. She is very sociable, and would love a home
with a sweet and loving kitty to keep her company, and be a playmate.
I had two families re neg on
their meet and greets with Maize and Toebe.
That’s OK! We will find a new
family to love and enjoy them very soon.
I have one in the works for this Saturday, fingers crossed!
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| Maize & Toebe Can you spot their faces? |
Other than that, Saturday Sheryl
and I went around and made sure the shelters were snug, and straw filled on
Saturday morning. The weather is
dangerous this week for these animals, and I continue to make them as
comfortable as possible, the ones that are using these shelters. I wish some of them were smart enough to use
them though. Some of them run to me from
all directions BUT the shelter. Though it
is gratifying to see them peek out FROM the shelters I’ve provided.
I strongly encourage everyone to
place a shelter filled with straw outside their house, opening facing east as
the storms come from the west. Place a
bowl of hot water and fill a bowl with food.
You are saving a life. And thank
you for doing it.
I've received a sweet picture of Izzy (now named Tyger), who was brought to his new home last week, reunited with his sister Stevie (now named Mary) - after some initial hesitation in seeing each other after a few weeks, here is how they roll now....
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| Stevie and Izzy |
Have a GREAT day.
“Love your enemies, for they tell you
your faults.”
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