Laid Up

 I'm laid up and have to rest another week, at least.  I pulled or tore some ligament near my illiac crest is what I determined (Dr. Google).  But its not all self diagnoses rest assured.  I had this problem at least once in the past and was real doctor diagnosed.   

Not that easy for me to do nothing but if I don't, these things haunt you forever.

It's the perfect time to do nothing.  Its not stopped raining for a long time.

I ate the Dragon Fruit I got at Gleaners.   I'd never tried one before and I did like it.  Its not a strongly flavored fruit, which surprised me, since its color is strong.

I got tagged in a post from Kate, who adopted Tiny Tim from me 15 years ago on Halloween.   That was when I flew down with him to Huntington Beach, from Portland.  My brother the travel agent gave me his miles to make the trip.   Alaska Airlines treated Tim and I like a King and a Queen, moving us to first class and allowing Tim out of his carrier.

Kate took me on a whirlwind three hour tour of HB while I was there too, before I had to catch the flight back.   I didn't get home until like 2:00 in the morning so it was a very tiring trip but it was fun.

Tim is a very old man cat now but still alive and kicking.

There's Tim, with his best buddy.   Tim only has three legs.   He had come "flopping" up to a place where I was trapping.  I caught the poor boy, whose knee had been destroyed in a dog attack.  The vet amputated and he was jumping around the next day!  Kate has been the best for him, could never have found better.  Tim is sooo lucky.  Seems like yesterday but he joined Kate 15 years ago!!!

I've been playing with the cats a lot.   The 7-11 colony kittens--Chia, Machi and Pistachio, are so fun to play with.  They're hardly kittens anymore.  They love to play with Dougie and Cougie, from Waterloo.

I have to check myself when I see Pistachio, because I think omg its Comet, but Comet died years ago.

The big guy is coming through still.  This was early this morning, taken from my car.

Here's my dead pumpkin from years ago.  I usually at least carve one, for fun, but this year I didn't.