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Sunday, April 3, 2022

To do or Not to do...

It's a drizzly, grisly day today. It's much cooler than yesterday, but not expecting cold until tonight. In the middle of the night, Pixiechops went mad-zoomies for about an hour, attacking my feet under the bedding, my arms above the covers, and whatever loose stuff she found around the room when I ejected her from the bed. I can't let her out of the room without supervision, this little bird-botherer, especially when she is in this mood. She may need to have her own room to play out these... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 2, 2022

Pixiechops: The secret histories of cats

As time goes by, as we get to know each other better, it becomes more and more evident that there are questions that no one accessible can answer. That's the nature of adoption when the adoptee is unable to speak for herself. She has to count on her human carer to translate the little ways she expresses herself. Kind of like toddlers and children who don't have the words. Pixie has some peculiar behaviors I've never seen in a cat before, and I have lived with quite a few cats over the years! For... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, March 30, 2022

As promised earlier today:

https://flic.kr/ps/rhS1C I meant to mention... That basket I've had for years, and none of my previous kitties were in the least interested in it, so it's a very satisfying thing to see Pixie owning it! Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday Pixie Report

Pixiechops has the zoomies this morning, and is earning another sobriquet: The Bird Botherer. Also, Instigator of Catavalanches. It is helpful, regarding the birds, that she is also easily distracted by any toy. She lands right on me every so often for a few moments of pets and cuddles. She seems to be shedding less, though it is too late for all my dark-colored clothes. The dryer filter is going to be full of fur! She's less stressed now, which has a connection with shedding. She is also... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 28, 2022

Monday Cat Tales

The sun is shining through hazy sky, and temps will be in the upper 70s They say. Pixiechops is cuddlesome alternating with zoomies and climbies. She does like to go up! The cat tree is getting good use from bottom to top, and every upper surface, pre-occupied or not, is being explored. Sometimes, though, she reclines quietly and stares at the birds. She also likes to check out... anything. This is how my plate of scrambled eggs this morning ended up in my purse which was set on the floor beside... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, March 26, 2022

Caturday report

The wee Pixie is doing well, finding lots of fun things to do, and fun things to play with. Today, after my trip to the pet store where my friend shared her employee discount with me, she has a nice dusty purple collar with a little silver bell, a fur-gathering grooming mit, and her very own nail clipper. Talk about Murder Mittens, this gal had, until a few minutes ago, the finest, sharpest claws ever! Charlie held her while I clipped, and now she and I can be better friends! She wants to play... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, March 25, 2022

Kementari Pixiechops!

First of all, if she is ever Kementari, Queen of Earth, it isn't who she is now, at a mischievous, hyper-inquisitive 2yr old with less-than-perfectly-controlled murder-mittens! She will hereafter and for a while be known as Pixiechops, which is, by the way, a name my elder daughter gave herself when she was 5 or 6. So now that's settled! When I set her cardboard carrier--courtesy of the Humane Society--on my bed and opened it, she sat up very straight and peered all around, then abandoned it to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 24, 2022

Thursday is Cat'sday

The high winds have relented, temps are rising to the 60s today, the doc appt has been rescheduled, and prep for bringing home Kemmie Cat is on-going. Plants will go outside, some of them, for the next 5 days before cold returns, while I observe whether this kitty is a plant-eater. Food and water are in place up on the cat tree, placed to discourage any explorations onto the slightly unsteady shelves beside the tree. Doom-boxes are being filled in my room and small breakables are being set in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Winds-day!

Up early this morning, just before 6am. Seems like my regular sleep is ~5 hours, unassisted. The benefit of such early rising is the brilliance of Venus in the southern sky, on a morning as clear as this. Now, at 6:30, the sky is growing pale, and Venus is not quite as bright. High wind warnings are in effect again, from 10am-5pm today. Speaking of weather and weather reports, since I signed up for a VPN with my laptop security, I am not getting my own weather automatically displayed on Chrome.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Uh-oh...

I've been weakening recently, and this week the balance tipped: On Thursday I will be collecting my next cat from the Pueblo branch of the Pike's Peak Humane Society. They called her Snowball, but I will call her Kemmie-Cat for daily use, and Kementari for fancy use. It's an Elvish name from Middle-earth that means Queen of the Earth, the name of one of the Powers of Arda... In more biblical terminology, they would translate as the Angelic Powers who watch over the world. Of course, all female... Sign in to see full entry.

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