The heat has been exhausting this last month. The days have seemed long and languid, and blurred. They run seamlessly one into the next. Nothing since my sister's back surgery in June to mark any of them by. I am still reluctant to venture out beyond the grocery store, when necessary, as cases of Covid in our county/state have been on the rise. I've been sitting too much, to the point that my back hurts. I look at the bike on the trainer and promise that I am going to 'ride' today---and some days, I do---but most days I don't. I go to bed each night with the promise that I will move more tomorrow, but I feel like I'm mired in the midst of this strange Summer, unable to do much of anything beyond the basics.
This little scamp, Feisty, came along, a tiny stray that was starving for food and love, and stole my heart. And then my heart was broken just a short 3 days later when I took her for her first evaluation by my Vet. She was positive for Feline Leukemia. She was such a special, sassy little bundle of love, a bright star that burned for such a very short time. I'm still dealing with the sadness from having to let her go. Her tiny pawprints will be engraved on my heart forever.
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It is a really unusual time. The days just blend into one another. I try to keep busy and now that things are ripening in the garden that's not hard to do. My husband gardens, I bottle or freeze or cook the bounty. Each new thing that happens, like your kitten prognosis, seems to hit even harder than before. My sister is in the last stages of cancer - so hard. I hope you can muster up enough energy to get on your bike. You'll feel a littler better
All our summer is the same. Hot and monotoonous broken by brief periods of dangerous outings. It wil be this way for weeks more. Such a lovely little kitten and so sorry for your loss.
Oh, Angie--I am so sorry about your sweet kitten! You have suffered too much loss lately, and the isolation hasn't helped, I'm sure.
You have captured some wonderful photos of nature and the beauty around you. May you find some solace in the breathtaking scenes. As I sit on my deck in the evenings I remind myself that not everyone has the opportunity to enjoy such views while being isolated from others. Wish we didn't have the isolation, but am grateful for technology to keep us in touch!
Oh I'm so sorry about your little kitty. What a sad circumstance. I took in a stray puppy once (she actually leaped into my car from the side of a busy road, much to the annoyance of my father-in-law, who was already sitting there) but she had a heart murmur, which is very serious in dogs, and had to be put down. I sat in the parking lot of the vet's office and bawled.
I, too, feel the oppression of these times and sympathize with your feelings. You aren't alone, even if you can't be with others right now. I'm hoping that blessings are lurking in this strange time and will rise up and show themselves as we make our way through.
Hello, Angie...you, there among the flowers....
see if you can Draw them, it might work?
Love and Love
Oh, Feisty is almost the spitting image of one of my daughter's cat. I sure feel your pain.
If you don't want links left at your blog, go ahead an delete this or not publish. It will not offend me. But you can go HERE and look. You have to look close at the first pic...she is stretched out against the dog. You can scroll on down a ways and see a good pic of when she was a kitten. She and the dog are best of friends. Delta mothered her when she was little. Now they sleep together with my daughter, or with my grandaughter if she is visiting there. The kitty's name is Charlie, short for Charlotte, but I call her Kitty most of the time.
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