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I can’t solve the problems of the world but I can go pick up litter and that’s at least something.
January 8, 2026 at 8:23 PM
I can’t solve the problems of the world but I can go pick up litter and that’s at least something.
(They seem to dump their unwanted pet dogs out in our area too, so I shouldn’t be surprised by all the trash. We regularly see strange dogs on our property, without collars, but not looking scraggly, at least not yet)
January 8, 2026 at 8:23 PM
(They seem to dump their unwanted pet dogs out in our area too, so I shouldn’t be surprised by all the trash. We regularly see strange dogs on our property, without collars, but not looking scraggly, at least not yet)
Half a dozen motor oil bottles, all tossed out in the same spot. Bunch of pallets and an old tire on our neighbor’s property. People just come out here and dump things I guess.
January 8, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Half a dozen motor oil bottles, all tossed out in the same spot. Bunch of pallets and an old tire on our neighbor’s property. People just come out here and dump things I guess.
Some stuff you can see. Some stuff you can only hear, plastic crunching under the leaves as you walk along, and you have to excavate it. Some is old, glass bottles from back when soda came in those. Some is very new, hasn’t even been rained on yet.
January 8, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Some stuff you can see. Some stuff you can only hear, plastic crunching under the leaves as you walk along, and you have to excavate it. Some is old, glass bottles from back when soda came in those. Some is very new, hasn’t even been rained on yet.
I don’t get it. You’re in a vehicle, surely you can keep your trash in the vehicle with you until you get home (or stop at a gas station, if you don’t want people at home to see all the snack food packages and alcohol containers in your home trash bin).
January 8, 2026 at 8:23 PM
I don’t get it. You’re in a vehicle, surely you can keep your trash in the vehicle with you until you get home (or stop at a gas station, if you don’t want people at home to see all the snack food packages and alcohol containers in your home trash bin).
So when the weather gets warm again close to a trash day we’ll go back out, with more bags, a wagon to put the bags in, mud boots for the streams and grabbers for the stuff too high to reach.
January 8, 2026 at 8:23 PM
So when the weather gets warm again close to a trash day we’ll go back out, with more bags, a wagon to put the bags in, mud boots for the streams and grabbers for the stuff too high to reach.
So possibly the shelter should have classed her as medium hair with an asterisk? The internet suggests it can take several months for a longer-haired cat’s fur to grow back fully after it’s been shaved. We’ll see how hers continues.
December 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
So possibly the shelter should have classed her as medium hair with an asterisk? The internet suggests it can take several months for a longer-haired cat’s fur to grow back fully after it’s been shaved. We’ll see how hers continues.
Mostly because she seems to have grown one since being here, but only on her head? There’s a visible line on her neck above which her fur is thicker and a lighter color.
December 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Mostly because she seems to have grown one since being here, but only on her head? There’s a visible line on her neck above which her fur is thicker and a lighter color.
She had a history of malnourishment before I adopted her. She had thin fur, and I thought maybe she just didn’t have an undercoat. I’m starting to think she was always supposed to have one but didn’t have proper nutrition to grow one.
December 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
She had a history of malnourishment before I adopted her. She had thin fur, and I thought maybe she just didn’t have an undercoat. I’m starting to think she was always supposed to have one but didn’t have proper nutrition to grow one.
tl;dr consider adopting a pet if you are able, it is such a beautiful thing getting to watch them come to realize they are home
December 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
tl;dr consider adopting a pet if you are able, it is such a beautiful thing getting to watch them come to realize they are home
We’re working on her food insecurity and the fact that her two favorite textures to claw are quilts and whatever jeans I am currently wearing. With everything she’s been through, she’s still such a loving and friendly cat.
December 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
We’re working on her food insecurity and the fact that her two favorite textures to claw are quilts and whatever jeans I am currently wearing. With everything she’s been through, she’s still such a loving and friendly cat.
She may have spent her first night here under the bed, but she’s spent most nights since then on me, and every morning I wake up to some aggressive kneading. This cat has the boundaries of a toddler.
December 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
She may have spent her first night here under the bed, but she’s spent most nights since then on me, and every morning I wake up to some aggressive kneading. This cat has the boundaries of a toddler.
c) it would also be a suitable name for a cute little hobbit girl with hairy feet and a love of extra meals.
Daisy is a medium-haired cat, which in her case means she’s got long hair on her tail, her belly, and the soles of her feet. She slides on the wood floors, poor thing.
Daisy is a medium-haired cat, which in her case means she’s got long hair on her tail, her belly, and the soles of her feet. She slides on the wood floors, poor thing.
December 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
c) it would also be a suitable name for a cute little hobbit girl with hairy feet and a love of extra meals.
Daisy is a medium-haired cat, which in her case means she’s got long hair on her tail, her belly, and the soles of her feet. She slides on the wood floors, poor thing.
Daisy is a medium-haired cat, which in her case means she’s got long hair on her tail, her belly, and the soles of her feet. She slides on the wood floors, poor thing.
Her name at the HS was that of an automated assistant, so we had to change that. After getting to know her a bit, she is now Miss Daisy Bell, a) from the song, b) she’s got an orange spot in the middle of her face like the center of a daisy, and more importantly
December 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Her name at the HS was that of an automated assistant, so we had to change that. After getting to know her a bit, she is now Miss Daisy Bell, a) from the song, b) she’s got an orange spot in the middle of her face like the center of a daisy, and more importantly
She was only 5.4 pounds when the HS first brought her to the vet, literally half what Stevie had been when she was healthy. She’s heavier now, but will always be a small cat. We think she got by on what people-food she could get, because she wants whatever anybody is eating.
December 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
She was only 5.4 pounds when the HS first brought her to the vet, literally half what Stevie had been when she was healthy. She’s heavier now, but will always be a small cat. We think she got by on what people-food she could get, because she wants whatever anybody is eating.
She spent a lot of her first day and night hiding under the bed, and would get spooked whenever the heater came on. She sat and pawed at a sunbeam on the floor as though she’d never seen one before in her life, and maybe she hadn’t.
December 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
She spent a lot of her first day and night hiding under the bed, and would get spooked whenever the heater came on. She sat and pawed at a sunbeam on the floor as though she’d never seen one before in her life, and maybe she hadn’t.
Later we got a text that the vet had been able to spay her ahead of schedule so she was ready to come home a day earlier than we’d expected. We picked her up from a vet office that had such strong scented candles going on you could still smell them on her fur days later.
December 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Later we got a text that the vet had been able to spay her ahead of schedule so she was ready to come home a day earlier than we’d expected. We picked her up from a vet office that had such strong scented candles going on you could still smell them on her fur days later.
She was scheduled for her spay a couple days later, so we agreed we’d bring her home straight from the vet. The stress of having a pet’s first experience of living with you being while recovering from surgery… ah, but look at her. Look at that sweet little face.
December 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
She was scheduled for her spay a couple days later, so we agreed we’d bring her home straight from the vet. The stress of having a pet’s first experience of living with you being while recovering from surgery… ah, but look at her. Look at that sweet little face.
Because she hadn’t been spayed yet, she lived in a cat condo at the foster’s house with another cat who was feral, so the foster couldn’t actually tell how well she fit my criteria. She just shrugged and said she’d probably be a good fit.
December 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Because she hadn’t been spayed yet, she lived in a cat condo at the foster’s house with another cat who was feral, so the foster couldn’t actually tell how well she fit my criteria. She just shrugged and said she’d probably be a good fit.
She’d been rescued from the home of someone with substance issues, according to the foster, she was 18 months old and had had three litters of kittens (all of whom died, probably because she herself was so thin). They had to fatten her up (and treat her fleas) before she could be spayed.
December 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
She’d been rescued from the home of someone with substance issues, according to the foster, she was 18 months old and had had three litters of kittens (all of whom died, probably because she herself was so thin). They had to fatten her up (and treat her fleas) before she could be spayed.
And the fourth from our list was in the care of a different foster and wasn’t there that day. I asked Stevie to help me find a good fit, and was drawn to a little cat who was only at her second meet and greet, too new to even be on the website.
December 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
And the fourth from our list was in the care of a different foster and wasn’t there that day. I asked Stevie to help me find a good fit, and was drawn to a little cat who was only at her second meet and greet, too new to even be on the website.