Sunny Sunday

(Sadu Valley - photo from my personal archive)

Hello, people!

What's happening in our part of the world? For the past two weeks, a heatwave, which I enjoyed VERY much, hit my area. YAY! Hubby says I'm descending from a reptilian species because my feet, hands, and nose are most of the time cold. What can I say? I'm not holding in my body heat very well. Since the weekend was scorching, I packed some bags and went sunbathing nearby. Around the area I live, there are tons of places for camping. We chose a spot, settled in on a blanket, and took out our family games! To my surprise, neither of my kids made a fuss about losing at games! I expected at least one of them to throw a fit, but no.

(Photo from my personal archive)

Even Blue was super behaved, given that there were other people around and she's always excited to make new friends. I was pleasantly surprised! Not that they never behave, but... Tantrums have happened before 😁.

"Hello! I'm Blue..." 

"... and I like to travel."

There was a mountain river not twenty feet from us and the kids (and the dog) loved to play in it, especially because the water was cold. Of course, we had to endure the bugs, but this is Nature. I was in for a much-needed dose of relaxation and... insolation 😋 (because of the heat in the air, not because I didn't wear a hat). 

Fresh air, heat, sun, cold water, a delicious barbeque, fun and laughter, a day spent with my family... what else could I have asked for?

 

The tiny fluff-balls are in the house!!

 

Tiny and her babies

Hello lovely people!

I'd like to present to you my little fluffies 😻. Momma Tiny has brought home her babies!!! This is her first litter.

Tiny came into our year last October and she was about 2-3 months old. At that time, we had our older cat, Tissi. Since I am a cat person at heart, I let her stick around, feed her, and let her get accustomed to being a semi-house cat (half outside - half inside).

RIP Tissi

 Last December Tissi died... She was ten years old, but I think someone poisoned her since she suddenly couldn't keep any food down. I took her to the vet, but her system already started shutting down and there was nothing he could do. I was heartbroken 😢. She has a resting place in our garden under a tree.

So, we now have Tiny, which was named this way because she was (and still is) a small cat. The vet advised us to let her have one litter of kittens before we fix her. She had five kittens, but one didn't make it 😔. The little trouble-makers she brought home (she had them in a shed) are two girls and two boys. One girl is tiny in comparison with her siblings (runt of the litter) but she's feisty. They're still nursing but are eating wet food as well and I'm teaching them to use the litter box. My kids are over the moon! They love playing with the kittens. And Blue, my dog, has become a surrogate mother 😂. She watches the kittens like she's afraid they'll disappear. Whenever the kittens are wrestling, she intervenes to break them apart... like she's saying no fighting. And she's washing them constantly! I'm like "Oh my god! Let them breathe!" I cannot imagine how she'll be when she's going to have her first litter of pups 😬. Until they are ready to go to new homes, I'll enjoy the happiness they bring and leave you with a small glimpse of the evening's entertainment...