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Haven’t been very chatty lately, have I? I’ve posted photos – so you know I’m still around anyway. Unless, of course, I pre-dated the postings last week. In that case, maybe I’m not around. Maybe I’m in Philadelphia or Toronto or Estes Park.
Nah, I’m here. Just haven’t had much to say to the world at large. Basically, I’m just sitting back enjoying the good ol’ summertime.
Meanwhile, the stray black cat I mentioned a few weeks ago has still been hanging around – not close enough to examine or touch. We gave it a chance, let it hang around for awhile, even fed it, but it’s not a well cat and today we called Animal Control to pick up the poor thing. The officer came over with a live cat trap and 10 minutes later the cat walked into the cage. I hated to have to do that (streaming guilt), but the cat wasn’t healthy. No use exposing Tiger and the visiting neighbors’ cats to a sick animal.
It was a creature with a beating heart and eyes that watched me. It appreciated the food, the kindness offered. Having an unhealthy stray and likely feral cat around was worrisome, but now that it’s gone, I kind of miss its presence.
I think we all are a little bummed-out over ele’s lose.
Yeah.
That’s the problem with feral and stray cats. They get sick. they suffer, they spread disease, and it’s so sad.
Thinking of ele and feral cats in one post. That’s the FOP I remember!!!
I think we could infuse ele into all our posts right now. She’s never far from our thoughts, that’s for sure.
I’ve been so grateful many times for FOP (and Cheryl and Dave for starting this), but probably never more than these past couple of weeks. You just feel like “family” and things are better (I almost said ‘more better’) because of all of you. Maybe you’ve given me your strength!–and I should let you have some back? poor little kitty, though; that’s so sad. Cheryl, you did the right thing, I think.
It’s hard to have to do that for an animal, even one that isn’t your own. And you wonder the whole time if you are doing it a disservice or a favor, what if right after they are gone someone comes looking for them and they would have taken care of them if they could only have found them in time.
Ele I think we are family. Family of a deep inner kind. Love you dear and hope you can continue on with love and joy for what you two shared for so long, it’s a rare thing these days to have someone you love for so long. Cherish every memory.