Day of the Dead Day, um, (Forgotten)

Empty streets on this block.  Other blocks are abnormally crowded with cars, during the day, since many people are home. 

But in the business district, the streets were not so empty of cars, as people drove to and from stores.  Most stores seem to be open still.  Closed are the restaurants and bars and a few others.  I checked out the wood lot cats.  The wood lot is closed so I was not sure if they were being fed.  That's my excuse for going. The reality is I needed to get out.

Their food dish was half full so yeah, they're still being fed.  I filled it full and then took a couple bags of cat food to the bird lady, who came out to say hello when she heard me bang on the door.  The bird lady has a huge heart and has taken in many strays, mostly from her neighborhood.  For awhile there wasn't an unfixed cat on three blocks where there used to be dozens.  We went at it hard, to get them all fixed.  Then one household left and abandoned many of their cats and she took two of them in, whom I couldn't find homes for.

Unfortunately two more cats have showed up that she is feeding and one of them is very pregnant. 

Ok, I said, she can have her kittens in my garage. The vet clinics aren't doing anything but like vaccinations, no surgery, nothing like that.   Which is fine by me if she has kittens in my garage.  I love kittens. Ok, she said, can you bring me a trap.  Sure, I said, in the morning.

I came home after my brief outing with a smile on my face.  At least I could help out the bird lady with the pregnant stray.  That's if she doesn't have kittens tonight that is.  It's still cold here, and often pouring, and no weather for a kitty to be having kittens outside somewhere.  Is she owned do you think, I'd asked the Bird Lady.  Well she eats here, she replied, and nobody would let a pregnant cat outside when its so cold to maybe have kittens somewhere else.  I had to agree.  Check.  Not owned.

The other one she feeds may be the impregnator male, she thought, but my bet is on adult kitten of pregnant lady, one from last fall. 

By the time I got home, someone had already volunteered to foster pregnant mom.  That's easier on me, but disappointing too.  I love watching a mom with her newborns.

Not sure she'll even be able to trap her though, so we shall see.

Beats her having kittens under a porch or under a house, that's for sure, and then them growing up wild.

Anyway, I enjoyed my shower this morning without the shower head.  The water came out in a hard stream and felt like a massage and I liked it.   So I decided to just order a new shower head online, so I'd have a few days to enjoy my showers without a shower head.