Hi Jan, Asha's beautiful, I wish you all the best with her. I look for forward to a future post in Feb, saying it's true, I found them the ones!!..I get chills thinking how great that would be. I visit the shelter once a week, it really makes my day. Sometimes it is hard, knowing I'm there with no intentions of bring one or two home(not just yet). I felt so bad today for 1 kitty Ringo. He was totally in love with another cat Dutchess, who just go adopted. He is miserable, he bit someone right after she left and drew blood. Poor guy...(not the person, the cat)..Even a cat knows what it's like to lose something they love. I wonder if a picture of her on his cage would help..Oh well, Hopefully he'll be better next time I see him...By, the way I can't even look at and orange cat now without thinking of Zita and Ziggy...Ann

Oh Ann, that is so sweet. You don't know what it means to me to have friends that wouldn't even know me to pass me on the street but are so full of kindness and good wishes. Thank you!!

How hard it is to not be able to bring one of those sweeties home, yet I understand what you are going through because for us it simply isn't the right time to bring any new kitty into our lives. Our old girl Rosie is failing - she is a 17 yr old border collie - and it wouldn't be fair to focus on someone new right now. But not only that, I have the dilemma of the whole safety issue of cats in this neighbourhood. I saw two orange tabby kittens (both boys) and a grey female when I went to the vet to help a friend whose border collie has had a major injury. The poor little kitty girl was clearly having irritation in her throat, but she had just been spayed and apparently they put a tube down her throat. I could see the soul in her eyes and that was hard, especially seeing her pain. The one orange tabby boy was very mischievious - trying to pull in the strap on my purse then whacking me one through the bars of his cage. The other boy was trying to comfort the grey girl, poor little thing - I sure hope she's feeling better now. I do think often about finding two very special kitties in February and having my two return in another form. I know some people don't believe in that, and honestly I don't know what I really believe in that realm, but some people swear that pets have come back to them. I am at least open to it, and hopeful. I have been painting a picture of Ziggy and I think I need to do these things to express my feelings. I know that she knows how I love her, as does Zita. It is just hard with the distance of time and space...

take care Ann, and again - thank you for thinking of my kitties. BTW, Zeus has become rather cuddly lately. He's even come into the dreaded office several times during the past few days.

bye for now

Jan.

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Landslide

I took my love, I took it down
Climbed a mountain and I turned around
I saw my reflection in the snow covered hills
till the landslide brought me down

Oh, mirror in the sky
What is love
Can the child within my heart rise above
Can I sail thru the changing ocean tides
Can I handle the seasons of my life

Well, I’ve been afraid of changing
cause I’ve built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Children get older
I’m getting older too

Oh, take my love, take it down
Climb a mountain and turn around
If you see my reflection in the snow covered hills
Well the landslide will bring it down

If you see my reflection in the snow covered hills
Well maybe the landslide will bring it down

Jan, I LOVE that picture so much, I just had to print it out. It will be on my locker at work tomorrow. Thanks for sharing it.. Ann..