Fall

Please Read!

A few days ago I decided to call it quits on this blog. It wasn't making any sense to pay the 2+ bucks a month when my readers weren't connecting with me. "My readers" seemed to be coming from Reuben's Rancho Rubidoux blog list or someone googling Snail Sex or Nita and Zita. Reuben told me several years ago that I would find my "audience". Although I have a handful of followers and people stopping by from around the world I just wasn't getting any feedback (aka comments).

I have had a very hard 5 years filled with loss and grief and frustration and fear and depression but have tried very hard not to let those cats out of the bag. I tried to find the beauty around me and post those moments in between the above bouts of paralysis.

As I was about to say my farewells to ya'll I saw that someone had left me a message, how ironic!

A gal named Heather had left it and asked that I contact her via e-mail. She hoped that I would share her story of living through the "death-sentence" of Mesothelioma. After watching the video on her beautiful website I was struck by many things. Here was this incredible woman who contracted this disease that I had only heard of much older men getting, that she had the spirit and care to get through it, and that if someone looking at my blog might get something from hearing about Heather's journey then just one "follower" is enough! It also ended my pity party right quick.

Thank you for taking the time to check out her website and watching the video!

Sincerely,
Ginny

mesothelioma.com/heather

 

Fox Makin' Pee Pee

Begonias on the deck of The Whale House

 

San Juan Island

Back from Vacation, In Limbo, More Photos to Come!

 

We've Been ReColonized

It turns out that the previous occupant of our new home was a morbidly obese shut-in cat hoarder. We have heard that there were as many as 40 cats living here and that the caregiver/roommate was taken to court and made to have them spayed and neutered. A "hazmat" team had to clean up the place.

After T.T.'s arrival cats started showing up in the back where I feed him. There are 10 now with a couple of interlopers. They were all so skinny and scared and I just couldn't not feed them. They are happy and well fed now and the difference in their behavior is amazing, they are one big happy family. I have never seen so many cats getting along. Even my 4 who are stuck together in the house for the next week couldn't pull that off.

One neighbor wants me to call the county and have them "taken away".  Our dogs will be here soon and will scare most of them away but I plan on continuing to feed those who stay. Those of you who know me or read this blog know that this sucks for me, big time! Animals in need always find me but to actually buy the house of a former cat hoarder is just ridiculous.

                                                                                                                Bambino
                                                                       
   

                                                                              Junior

                                                                                                                

 

                                                                                                                  Lorenzo

                                                                                                                        Eddie
                                                           
                                                         

 

 

                                                                               Otis

 

 

                                                                                                                Nika

 

 

                                                                                        Booger