Yesterday, Ms. Sierra went to her forever home and she scored! The couple they are retired and they have built a railroad that encircles their 5 acres of land. I got to go on the neatest train ride! Earl, the gentleman used to be a long-haul trucker and he got into a massive accident when a dump truck plowed into him almost destroying his rig and his life. His son swore if he would fight- he would build him his own train and lay tracks and that is what happened.

They are the nicest folk I have met in a long time and I called this morning to find out that Sierra must know this too. She was in bed with them before they were ready to go to sleep last night! She is following them all over the house. I told them she likes to get underfoot and the house is beautiful- huge, larger inside than it looks on the outside. I took photos with my new IPhone but I can’t figure out how to get the photos off the phone and into the cloud- or whatever they call it. I am just so thrilled that this beautiful kitty has such a wonderful place to grow old in. They initially wanted two kittens, but Shimmer and Benson are way to unsocialized still to risk an adoption. Benson is only just now able to trust me enough to leap on my lap at night. But he still nips at me when I pet him.

Goodbye Sierra, I shall miss you being underfoot but I know you will be good company to these wonderful people who instantly fell in love with you! Just like I did.

We have survived 2 of 8 storms of “historic proportions” according to the experts. The last 6 are headed our way. All we have lost so far are large limbs in the back. I think we might be in for a challenge though, because this morning in our blackberry thicket there were over 20 turkeys hiding. They weren’t hiding from predators, they were trying to get out of the wind!