5 degrees this morning. So cold my cell phone would not work. No pictures.
I thought I would share a quick run down of my FIRST HALF of
my route today (this would be a very long post if I included the second half!).
Leave house at 3:45 a.m – 5 degrees, light winds
Drive to Melville Street – 1st stop. Grey kitty greets me each day, not as interested
in the food I’ve poured as it is in the water I’ve poured. Kitty begins to drink the water but its too
hot. I hope it waited a few minutes and
tried again after I left.
Melville 2nd stop – See two kitties peering out
at me - one is long haired red, the
other is long haired tabby - on porch of vacant house where I have three
shelters situated –- this proves to me they’ve been in the shelters – they jump
off the porch and into the snow as I make my way to empty the water bowl of its
ice, refill that, and the food. I see
that the wet food I left yesterday has hardened. They were not there when I left the food
yesterday. I leave a bit more of the
wet, hoping they come back quickly to gobble it up before it freezes.
Melville 3rd stop – grey kitty once again comes
racing to meet me, I trip as I make my way to the back of this lot, with this
little one darting in front and back of me, crying. I make it to the shelter, see a few kitties
scatter, which proves someone there is using the shelters I have placed. Grey kitty gobbles up the food. I leave, telling him to USE THE SHELTERS
PROVIDED!
Ferndale and Webster – no sign of ML. I check the towel I placed there (for their
little pads – don’t want them to be standing on a freezing board (old Formica
counter top) while they eat. No sign of
kitty prints. Makes me sad to think they
may not have been here overnight. Add
food and water.
Parsells #3 across from Baldwin – no sign of red kitties
here – I believe they are Harvey and Huey’s parents, the kittens I rescued
earlier this year (who were just adopted!)
I pray they are using the shelters I have here on this vacant lot tucked
away in the weeds. Leave food and water.
Parsells #2 – Kitties always scattering here and there when
I pull up – at least five that I see.
One is an old red kitty with white who has been very sickly looking this
past year. I always thank God he is
still around. There are four shelters
here under the bushes. They tenants want
me gone because of the raccoons, but I continue to feed and shelter because I
won’t leave these cats to suffer. Leave
food and water. I also believe the Sylvester
looking kitty with the face wound resides here, but his face has healed. I think it’s the same one.
Parsells #1 – I can see that Lisa – Crazy Lisa – has been
here, moving shelters around, placing towels over shelters. I know she thinks she is helping, but I wish
she would leave things alone. Here is
where the beautiful long haired blue eyes Siamese that has finally begun to
trust me greets me each morning, along with a black cat, and a calico. I know
there are others hiding, they won’t come into view while I am there. I need to place a tarp here soon. And add another small shelter – but have no
more. I NEED MORE SMALL SHELTERS!
Garson #1 – I feed what appears to be Gracie’s sibling – she
looks exactly like Gracie, but a bit more fluffy. And another sweet cat. I feed under the porch of a vacant house
here. Two Styrofoam shelters under here,
but not sure anyone is using. Both sweet
kitties.
Garson #2 – This is where I’ve rescued a bunch of kittens
this year. There are at least 6-8 cats
here, one being George, the nice black and white that waits for me, and the
other is that red cat that was missing a few months ago from down the street at
Grand and Baldwin. He’s travelled. He’s now here. I have named him PITA. He is a PAIN IN THE ___. He spills the water, and the food every
single morning. If I could hate a cat, I
would hate him, but I don’t. AT first I
thought he had worms, so I treated him for them. But his behavior – devouring the food as I
pour it – continues. I don’t know what is
up with him. Here, there are two separate
feeding/shelters, right next to each other.
One has four shelters inside, the other two – one being the large
beautiful wooden shelter that Jim built for me years ago.
Grand and Baldwin – Here we have at least six kitties
waiting for me each morning. In better
weather, they run to the Jeep when they see the headlights. These days, they are hunkered down in the
shelters. Nice shelters. Edison Tech students built two humongous
two-story wooden huts – they must be 1000 pound each. Then there is the nice wood one that Lou
built, across from it is the wooden one that Sheryl built, and in between are
two or three plastic tote shelters. They
are cozy here. At the bench where the
tree is, there are two shelters underneath here. Lately, Mr. Fluffypants look-a-like has been
hanging around.
Tomorrow is my day off, but I will try to post another, and
describe the second half of my route.
There are………….. NINE more shelters I visit before finishing up each
morning. OK. So that’s 19 locations I house and feed cats
at. Crazy man, crazy.
Also tomorrow, the numbers from 2017!
Have a great day!
For Stray and Homeless Animals
To all the fur-beings who are lost,
Or homeless,
Or living as strays,
may they find a good meal to eat.
May they have shelter to keep them warm.
May they have comfort.
May they be shown kindness by strangers.
And may they return home, or find good homes.
May they rest in a place in which they can thrive.
Filled with love, with warmth, with tender caring,
with good food, with true companions
for all of their days.
I see you've had no comments for three days, so I wanted to let you know that I do look forward to reading your posts each day. I can't imagine doing what you do every day, especially in this frigid weather! Thank you for all you do, Janine. You are an angel! (I will keep my eyes open for more styrofoam boxes for you.)
ReplyDeleteKathy M.