Peach

My Christmas cards are bought (that's right..I'm not the craftiest) and a few presents are safely packed away. I'm thinking Christmas everyday now and like to get started as early as I can without seeming like a complete nut-case, which I am, over Christmas. 

The stores are playing Christmas music and lots of people are getting angry.

One of our stores, Shopper's Drugmart, had so many complaints that they took out the Christmas tape and announced on the radio that they will not play Christmas tunes until December.

I think they did that just to get publicity for their store. Crafty little devils!

on to cats...

This is Annie (as most of you know). I nic-named her Peach because of her colouring. When I call her 'Peach' she blinks at me. Her eye has a dis-colouring that has my veterinarian concerned. She has beautiful green eyes with a brown blob on the left one. It is excessive iris pigment that clusters in one area of the eye and cause a dark spot. This has to be monitored by the vet as specific formations of pigment can indicate eye health problems. This gal has been through enough already. I do worry about this, though. 

Annie came to me over a year ago from our local animal shelter with her three babes and a terrible bacterial infection.

You can see how thin she was here. She needed a lot of tender-lovin' care.

She was one of 28 cats found in an abandoned house along with 4 dogs. There was no food and no water in this house and the animals had been left for days. Along with Annie, there were 5 other cats with nursing kittens, 4 pregnant cats and many others of all ages. None of them looked sick but they were thin and stressed.

Not a great start for this young mother cat who was only over a year of age herself.
She is now spayed and healthier but I still do have some concerns.  Mostly, this eye thingy.

                                                               Cat-sitting
I've been busy rounding up keys for the up-coming weekend for cat-sitting. Most of my regulars leave keys with me but new clients have keys ready for me during our first introductory meeting.
I met Boo this week, learned about her daily care and saw that she is shy with strangers. I'll have to step lightly around her and have fresh carrots on hand. You see, Boo is a little black bunny and I also care for them.
                                      Have you had your tea today?

Ed is snoozing by the wood-stove this morning with the sun just peaking through the blinds. He will spend most of his winter right in this basket. This dilapidated , old basket that he loves with all his heart.

 While he snoozes I will show you my sweet,  teenie dutch tea-cup that I found in a  thrift shop.

Anyone for 1/2 a cup of tea?

hugs, Deb