The little visitor aka the kitten is doing well. Although we were worried about his very young age and his naval hernia, he is eating and drinking and all systems, shall we say, are working. Tomorrow we have a vets appointment with him. Last night I put him on the scale and weighed him and he turned up at one pound, nine ounces. that’s DINKY. And when you consider that our other cats are in the 10-15 lb range – WOW.

He’s particularly cute tonight – insists on sitting on my shoulder and snuggling up to my neck and ear. Unfortunately can’t get much done that way. He’s in the crate right now until I get some wash and quilting done.

For all the times I’ve photographed this, I never knew how it worked: crepuscular rays Yes you DO know what they are!

What drew my attention to this site was the Astronomy pic of the day for today:

As a welcome break for your brain – you might want to click the new link at left for Twink – Toy Piano Music . This music comes from some friends of mine at Tripod/Lycos and it just always puts a big smile on my face. I was looking at their site today and notice that they’ll be having an album coming out in early 2002. Congrats to them and I’ll be watching so I can get my copy! There’s nothing wrong with interesting music that makes you feel good inside.

I don’t think I posted this link before – it’s a retired Sage professor’s site showing his wonderful panoramic images of this area. I was lucky enough to meet him in the Apple store in Crossgates Mall.

Tis the season. On the way home from the store today, Ron and I were reminiscing about how Mo the cat came to live with us on the previous presidential election night. All the inside cats were running from window to window and we kept hearing a strange noise. Finally I opened the door expecting to find a possum or racoon. Nope – a wee black cat who wouldn’t take no for an answer. Mo is one of the best natured, friendliest cats known to man.

After pulling up in front of the house, Ron popped the trunk so I could get out the groceries. Just then a little black kitten came dashing out from the corner of the house next door, through the grass and past me, close enough that all I had to do was reach down and snatch him. He’s only about 7 weeks old. Cute little bugger. we’re not 100 per cent sure of gender yet. he’s black with white toes and chest and nose . White nose whiskers and one white eyebrow whisker. Sweet little thing. We’re not really in the market for another cat, but what can you do?

These go up and out tomorrow: