I (generally a non-drinker) have purchased a bottle of champagne. It is chilling in my fridge waiting for an appropriate occasion. Chilled champagne (technically sparkling wine since it's from Korbel, a winery I have personally toured) would be great in July.
In the meantime, life goes on. Thursday afternoons are reserved for time at the library's makerspace. Today I made this image (pencil + watercolor), based on a tutorial in a book I've owned for 30 years.
I was happy with how it turned out.
Foster Updates
Nimbus and Francis Noodle, my FIP boys, are currently living in my office. They both love kittens and they tolerate each other.
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| (The crate door was open.) |
Pickleball Joe has finished his quarantine, so he comes into the office at times to play with the big kids. (He can't move in here permanently because the big kids use clumping litter and weaning kittens can't be around the stuff or they end up looking like a giant block of cement.)
The three (still unnamed) engine kittens are doing okay, but they are stressing me out with their lack of weight gain. For a while they were having occasional bouts of vomiting, but that seems to have stopped. (This is why we quarantine litters for two weeks.) Assuming they are healthy next week, they'll be merged with PJ to create a super litter.
And then tonight I was asked to pick up this girl:
She has an upper respiratory infection and isn't eating, which is why it's best if she is monitored more closely during the long weekend. I'll probably end up syringe-feeding her. Her breathing isn't the greatest, but I'm hoping that will improve quickly with meds.
Off to be Adopted
These guys left earlier in the week to be fixed and adopted. (Three are still available.)
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| Cloudberry |
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| Mistbow |
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| Skylark |
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| Foghorn |
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| Raindrop |
And I don't think I ever posted the previous litter (named after the colors on their velcro collars) that went off last week and have all been adopted:
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| Colonel Mustard |
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| Black Bart |
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| Green Goblin |
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| Blue Velvet |
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| Red Sonja |
And the week before
that, these three went off and were immediately adopted:
(I ran into Sunburst's adopter at the shelter a couple days ago, and she says Sunburst is doing great at home. It's always nice to hear good updates.)
So, yes, I currently have four groups of fosters in three rooms, but really, it feels almost empty!
