Rock Musicians Needed

We apologize again for the lack of posts.  Last night the keeper tried to post all of our posts and Blogspot was down everywhere,  so we had to live with another day of delay.  But it wasn't her fault this time. Meanwhile, she found a new paper posted to one of the phone poles. Lately we have had a lot of missing cat posters.  But this one was different--we told her she was too old to call. And she gave her guitar away to her friend Steve, thank God.

Our First Rose

On Monday the keeper let  us play outside while she worked on our roses.  She took all of the black spot leaves off and then sprayed them all with NEEM oil to prevent more problems.  We have so many roses she had to do the same thing on Tuesday too.

From the Fields to Town Hall

So, as we were getting up from our late morning nap, the keeper was hauling back down to Seattle to the Town Hall, so she could be part of the visit of Illinois US Representative Luis Gutierrez  and the rally with him  for Comprehensive Immigration Reform.  She said that 4 people told horribly moving stories of their loved ones being physically removed from their homes at gunpoint by ICE and sent to immigration detention and then deported back home to whichever country they hailed from. One young man told of being awakened with a gun at his back by ICE authorities.  Rep. Gutierrez was very inspiring, and raised the fact that all of us must challenge the President to stop deporting undocumented college students as well as many others.  She came home inspired.

Sunday at the Migrant Camp

We waved good bye very early ( 6 am) on Sunday morning as the keeper left us again.  She did give us lovely food, and Alice had to take her pill.  She headed to Burlington to join her young adults in their work with the children in on of the Burlington migrant camps.  They brought up 100s of tamales and rice and cookies, as well as games and art supplies.  The sad thing was that because of the weather the strawberries weren't ready for harvest so the parents were also still in the camps without work.  The children were really hungry and these little people had two, three helpings.   Then they fell into a beading/ bracelets and necklace making trance. Some of the children spoke more English than the young adults.
They also speak Spanish and Mizteco.  They are from southern Oaxaca in southern Mexico.

She Left Us

Both Alice and I apologize for the hole in the blog this past week.  We howled and begged her to sit and download her photos, but no, she kept running off to yet another event.  Last Friday she left us for Bremerton where she was giving a retreat on the next day.  She left us in the care of Ann the neighbor.  And the good news was that Alice didn't have to take her meds while the keeper was gone because the keeper did not want to alienate her friends.  I believe I have mentioned here before how Alice can scratch and bite and resist her meds.  By the way, the keeper came home and said the retreat was well received.

More Friends with Pets

We understand from the keeper that we would like these three people a lot.  Two of them now have three dogs who are as well cared for as we are.  Would that all animals had such fine keepers. We also understand that our other friend adopted a new cat named Tobias who is older and needed a good home.  We are always very pleased when an older cat gets a home, especially Cecil, who was taken to Whisker City about a year ago this week.  So, congratulations, Tobias, may you live long and happy in your forever home!

Table XVI--The Rain

We have little to share from the feline world.  How could we? We have been stuck inside for two days. Alice is feeling a little better but not perfect yet, thank you for asking. However, the keeper has a more interesting life. Tonight she ran in to drop off her work gear and threw us some food, not our favorite flavor, by the way. The next noise we heard after the click of the lock was the car zooming out of the driveway.  Destination: Cathedral Place--Ministry Dinner.  She sat at Table 16 with great people, one of which was not in the picture, and the other one was way in the back of the picture. She said the food was incredible--not the normal Costco Church lasagna.  They even provided percussion for a psalm. Table 16 was rain, slapping puddle rain.  We are both sure you had to be there to understand this last part.