I wanted to pause for a minute and update this blog. I try not to let what goes on behind the scenes here, affect my cat rescue. However, recently, those two worlds collided in a very big way. This caused me to have to post a very desperate plea for help. I am so grateful for those of you who pitched in and helped us out.

The kitties are doing fine, there are several new bags of dry cat food, waiting in the wings, which makes me feel extremely less stressed. Right now I have Mr. Bentley crying at the back door. It has been oppressively hot here and I’ve been letting him out of the cat enclosure early in the morning. he likes to be out in the coolness. It was 103° here at 8 PM last night. But there is oppressive heat everywhere, if not oppressive heat there are relentless storms and tornadoes and we just can’t seem to escape the craziness.

Yesterday morning when I went out to feed my irrigation pump quit flowing. I’ve been told by the doctors I need to minimize stress. That’s quite the joke. Anyway, I realized that in the recent brownouts we’ve had, the pump switches may need to be reset. So I went out to the panel and started flipping switches and thankfully an hour later I had water again!

It’s pretty scary when your ground is so dry it’s upheaving into deep crevices. My trees are so thirsty. Their limbs are almost touching the ground. Our creek is once again dry, thank God our well is still running. There is heavy smoke laying in the air. I’m not exactly sure where the wild fires are, it almost smells like burnt tires here.

The doctors are still trying to find out what caused me to fall. I fell inside the house. A few days later I ended up in the emergency room. That was quite a wake up call. At any rate, they been putting me through the wringer trying to find out why I fell. I guess in the long run, it’s pretty nice to know that at the age of 68 my ticker is still strong. My blood work is good. I just passed out for whatever reason. That’s why I posted what I did. That desperate plea for help. I was under strict orders to be a 48 hour couch, potato. This wasn’t a hard order because my truck was also giving me fits. But I had no way to get any food to my kitties. They matter the most. So thank you those of you who helped out. You have no idea how grateful you made us by your generosity.

So, life goes on in fits and bumps (as my daddy used to say.) I have not seen Elusive for several weeks now. I do not see him on the highway so I have no idea if he’s found a new home or if he’s found his old home or what happened to him. It very well could be that he’s hiding underneath one of my outbuildings and coming out at night to eat. I hope that’s the case because that’s the safest place for him. Instead of darting back-and-forth across the highway on a daily basis.

May we all stay safe during this time of crazy weather