Here's the view out the living room window to the front porch, where I spent the quarantine, a lovey city neighborhood view:
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Things are starting to die back, but I am hopeful that orange million bells stays for a while longer, it's been going all summer and I really love it.
I have sad news to report. After two days of supportive care Whitehall did not rally. The meds helped her be more comfortable, but she refused to eat. I had to let her go yesterday. I'm absolutely gutted, this came on so quickly, but in hindsight I can see that she's had it most of her life, since around two I think, and it explains a lot of her quirky eating habits and refusal to use the litter box, which started around that time. I look around the house and tear up seeing her with Mike in all their favorite places. I'll never be able to make the bed again without grieving for her, as "helping" by playing in the sheets was one of her favorite things. It was hard to sit down at my desk to get on the computer because she was always here with me, I've got so many pictures with her chin draped over the edge of the keyboard.
Plans for today are to continue straightening and organizing and trying to make things right. I am actually going to paint in the living room this morning, then I'll do the driving loop in the country. The afternoon will be chill, it has actually been very warm here mid-day/evenings (fans are still in the windows), so I may work on going thru stuff in the basement. I'm a firm believer of having cats in pairs particularly with kittens, they need the stimulation and companionship, so I'm going to contact the OC rescue and make an appointment to go back down next Saturday to find another kitten and will take another car load of donation stuff. This time my Sister will be in town, so I'll have a socially distant porch lunch with her before I meet kittens.
Tomorrow I'm driving over to PT, the ferry and drive will be soothing and having a face to face human visit with my Niece will be helpful... that's one of the things that got me thru this week, as I had a hair appointment and an acupuncture appointment which both involved real human conversations.