May 15, 2009

• My babies

  I should have kept participating in NaBloPoMo – it kept me writing every day.  I guess I’ll join back up in June.

  Exciting news (for me, anyway) is that I found the camera I lost at Thanksgiving.  Both Mac and I searched both laptop cases thoroughly. (Or so we thought)  A couple weeks ago I was looking for my wireless mouse and happened to find it in an obscure pocket in my laptop case, right next to my digital camera!  So I have another window open with Photoshop shrinking or cropping the images to see what I can post here.

  In the meantime – if you go to Starbucks, pick up the Bob Marley CD they are selling (it’s an old CD repackaged).  It is an EXCELLENT CD.  You don’t even have to like Reggae to like it (but it would help!)  Or maybe you do, I don’t know, but it has some great rhythms and singing.  As soon as I am done here I’m going to be adding it to my iPod.

  I wrote before that we rescued a kitten right before Christmas.  We named him Nico (reference to St. Nicholas) and took him to the vet.  He was so sick that we likely saved his life by taking him in – if the elements hadn’t gotten him, all the parasites would have.

  We worried about Ping, because she’s been an “only child” for 12 years.  And at first, she howled and hissed every time she saw Nico (we kept them apart for a couple weeks, til Nico was well.)  Then she just howled.  After we let him loose, she would hiss and growl at him, but he was so playful and persistent that eventually she became used to him.  I doubt there is any “affection” there, but she does tolerate him well.  Or did.

  Nico needs to be neutered.  Yesterday I saw him trying to mount Ping and she was hissing and growling.  We had Ping spayed as soon as she was old enough, so she had no idea what Nico was trying to do, she just knew she didn’t like it.  (Mac is going to call to make an appointment – hopefully for tomorrow).

  So here are some pictures of my babies.

  First, a picture of Ping – always so regal – she’s very affectionate, docile, good natured.
  

  Now Nico – agressive, playful, somewhat affectionate (but he’s only 7 months old so we’ll see how he turns out.)
   

  And fortunately, they get along pretty well   (And their eyes don’t like flash LOL)
  
  Ping has green eyes and Nico has brown eyes.

  And as long as I’m posting pictures, I planted the hydrangea that my stepdaughter gave me for my birthday (about a week after I brought it home).
  

  It has since lost the blooms and the leaves wilted.  I hope it didn’t die.  I guess I’ll find out next year. 

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