The ice has settled on the ground overnight making the way up to the barn this morning a bit treacherous. A slippery slope as my father would say. It’s early morning and although the sun isn’t up the rooster across the road is crowing its fool head off. I always thought they only crowed when the sun comes up! But I was told as most of them live inside factory like facilities, it messes with their internal alarm as the windows are blocked off from the sun- for whatever reason- I have no clue. I wonder what it is like to sleep in, hit the snooze button, forget about responsibilities and burrow deeper into the covers ignoring everything. Not on my agenda, to many depend on me being an early riser. All I can say is God Bless Carharts!
Blossom is up in the rafters and her calico head peers down at me. I pour the kibble into the automatic feeder and she scrambles down the ladder ready to eat.
Pippi got out yesterday into general population twice. There were moments of concern as I blocked off exits to rooms and the outside enclosed porch and wrangled her back into the bedroom. She is smart, I found out she climbs the screen and flips the latch up. The door swings open and out she goes. Although she is not “actively” sick, I cannot chance her being with the rest and so I had to apologize to her and put her back into her room. Mike promised he will fix the door today, but I doubt he will. These days, it is hard for him to walk and he is cold all the time so I suspect he will hide under the blankets and sleep on the recliner all day. That’s as it should be, for the diabetes is taking over slowly. I will figure out how to fix the door although I am tool challenged!
When I had trouble keeping my two Tonkinese in my room while various people were over working on the house, I installed a barrel lock on the outside of the door. They had quickly figured out how to work the door knob, but couldn’t manage to open it when it was bolted on the outside. It’s pretty simple to do – just screw the bolt on the outside of the door, and drill a hole into the frame large enough for the lock to fit in. You could also do a hook and eye lock – it’s basically the same principle.
Tara
Pippi is indeed a smart little creature. It’s too bad she can’t be with the other cats, as she clearly wants to be. But she has you to love her, and that’s just as wonderful.