It’s been a harrowing, ugly month since my sweet boy died and I’ve regretted every moment of it. He truly was my soul cat and I feel as though I’ll never get past his loss. He should still be here; begging food from us and sleeping by my side every night. It’s gotten a little easier but it still shakes me up to remember him dying in my arms. Unlike me, I think the other two cats have come to terms with it so we’re about to make a big change in their lives.
One day when I was working at the shelter and visiting the cats, I came across a newly surrendered four/five month old kitten with a broken leg. He was a little purr machine and so friendly, despite his broken bone jutting out from his hip area and his back right foot dragging. Knowing he’d have quite a time to mend after surgery, I volunteered to foster him during his recovery and to see if he might work out getting along with our other girls.
He came through surgery ok on Saturday, where they pinned his bones together and there’s a good likelihood we should be able to bring him home soon; maybe Tuesday. We’ll keep him sequestered and quiet for a few days or however long it takes and see how everything goes. We’re excited to help him out and hopeful it gets our mind off our grieving for our sweet Jerry.
Time is going quickly although it’s been tough for me to get
out and try and do anything. I did help out at a Victorian Open House where the
owners had their lovely home decorated for Halloween and collected a $3
donation for the shelter for every person who wanted to tour. We had hundreds! We offered sweet
treats and there were vendors there as well.
I’ve also been able to continue to put together some of my art work for the upcoming craft faire this coming Saturday where we set up a booth showcasing a puppy or adoptable dog. I’ve got rope baskets, a new kind of lacey basket, bookmarks and earrings to sell and I’ll be donating all proceeds to the shelter. What doesn’t sell, I will turn around and list on the shelter online auction which will occur in February.
I’ve been working on paper collage bookmarks which have turned out quite well so I’m anxious to see how they go over with the public. I hand paint the background paper I glue collage to, and then also glue momagami paper I’ve made onto the back side. This stuff comes out feeling like suede leather so is very tactile when touched. I use junk mail and cartons for card stock for the stiffness layer. Here’s a few examples:
Marc’s been keeping busy building a new storage shed, despite having said he was done building stuff! He’s not been in any great hurry but it should soon be done. It’s planned to hold all the yard utensils and mower so we can get that stuff moved out of the garage. Speaking of mowers, ours died before we got in the last mowing of the season but I think it’ll be OK until we have a chance to purchase another and start mowing again in May. Once the bad weather is here, he’s talking about starting on building our kitchen island. That is long-awaited so I’m excited for that.
Other than the above, we’ve got no plans at all for the
holidays or winter; we’ll just be hunkering down trying to stay warm and making
a good home for a new little sweet boy. He's got really big shoes to fill! We can’t save them all, but we try and
do our part!
