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May all things move back into a normal flow.

May Coco (the cat) learn to relax in the meadow.

May the heat of summer warm the soul of the land.

May the redwood trees forever stand.

May the fires in the south spare the ancient trees.

May this world protect all the birds and bees.
May we restore respect to all souls.

May we make a world where war is never the goal.

~Suzanne Wagner~

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Coco the stray female is home and much thinner than she was. She was pregnant (as I suspected). Cats can get pregnant within a month after they stop lactating for their previous litter.

She looks scraggly and stressed.

I took her home and talked to her the whole way. She was very pissed at me and let me know it.
I explained that now she would never have to worry about babies and getting enough food for them or protecting them again. She would have food with me and she could still have her wild spaces and safe hiding places in the redwoods.

I opened the cage and she hesitated and then ran part of the way down the driveway and then stopped and looked back at us. Then ran to her safe place in the barn.

But, sure enough, last evening she came around for food. And I went out and gave her some salmon that she seemed not interested in. So, I when back inside to get a can of wet food.

That was more interesting to her, and she allowed me one pet on the top of her head and then hissed again at me.
I did not mind. I deserved that hiss. I had to trick her with food to get her into the cage. It had taken me 4 months of picking her up and putting her back down to get her used to me picking her up so I could get her into the cage.

It is a relief that that is over.

Now I am trying to catch the male this morning.

I set my alarm for 4 am to get wet food into the trap and to get the “heart trap” set. I doubt I will be so lucky this morning … but I can only hope.
I know it will allow them to have happy and more healthy lives. This male is no threat to my cat. Though they do make a lot a noise at each other.
He at least does not try to kill my cat the way the other one did. He seems less neurotic than the female, Coco. But now that Coco is fixed her hormones should calm down and over time she should get more mellow.

My husband has completely the staining and lacquer finish on the redwood shower that now needs to be put back up after we tore the deck down and refinished it.

I have guests coming on Thursday for 5 days and then another friend coming for a week visit after that. Then again, more friends coming through after that.
We have had so many huge projects for months and months that my husband just does not want one more project. He wants a pause to enjoy what he has managed to accomplish before taking on anything else. In redoing the outdoor shower, he had to climb under the house into a tiny space – 6 times yesterday … with his protection gear.

He is a great guy that is willing to do the hard stuff that others probably can’t or won’t do. Most would hire someone to do it … but out here, most learn how to do it themselves. He is one of those. I am amazed at how much he can figure out on his own. He has a real knack for fixing most things.

And that skill set is almost essential when anyone lives in this type of setting.

Okay, Coco is a snuggle bunny. How crazy is that! She came up to me this morning and curled up in my lap and stayed there for an hour. Shock of the century. Seems that she has decided that love is the better form of valor. While she did not purr, she was a bliss bunny and fully content to do nothing.

Seems that she has decided that I am okay.

I did not catch the male. I am going to call the vet now to let them know. He is a smart cat and figured it out.
While Coco was on my lap, he was looking and yowling for her. She did not budge off my lap. She did not care. She was happy and content on my lap. And that was more important.

He watched us for 5 minutes and then went down the hill.

I am having a great day so far and I hope you also do.

Have a great day.

~Suzanne Wagner~

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