This morning, I unwrapped his foot after leaving it alone (per instructions from wound care) for a week. His foot looks horrible- it is so swollen, red and would be painful if he could even feel his foot. We go to see the original surgeon today and I know he is going to be distressed at the look of the foot. I thought we had reached a clearing here and he was getting better- but it looks pretty bad this morning.

There is so much smoke in the air this morning. Over 35 wildfires here in Oregon- the closest to us is over the mountain in Sisters, but that doesn’t stop the smoke and haze from coming over the pass. My friend called me last night, she had to evacuate all 6 of her horses and her 10 goats off her ranch. She doesn’t know if the ranch will be standing when she is allowed back- it is pretty scary. She hauled her livestock to her brother’s home in Yakima WA and all she can do now is watch the news report and worry. She’s lived in her ranch for over 60 years so my fingers are crossed that her ranch isn’t going to go up in flames.

Braveheart keeps darting out of the bedroom and I keep patiently catching him and putting him back. I can just see him get hurt either by the other cats or by one of us. Kittens as small as he is, they are so fast and can get stepped on in a second’s notice. He gave me quite a talking to this morning when I picked him up (yet again) and put him back into the room. He’s looking at me like “Mom, I want to go and play with the big kids!” Bless his purry little heart.

My mom and dad’s anniversary is approaching-They were married in 1944! Wish I could go and see them but Mike can’t make the trip and I can’t leave him or the cats for very long.

Well, Tandem and Axle are shredding yesterday’s mail so I best go and rescue our bills. I told Mike we should have called these two kitties Shredder and Trouble! LOL

Everyone have a good day, be good to each other and hug your cat-