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Meet Rory

Posted on September 3, 2011 By Tom 2 Comments on Meet Rory
Miscellaneous

Rory

I can’t believe I let this slip by! I had posted it on Facebook and Flickr, but hadn’t written about it here. We have a new kitten!

A week and a half ago I was on my way into my office when I heard this tiny voice meowing. I looked, and one of the tiniest kittens I’d seen was curled up in the corner just outside of my window. I got a box and retrieved the little beast, which immediately curled up in my hands and started purring.

We’ve had other kittens dropped off at our office. There have been two other such incidents, and each of these had been adopted by my coworkers. This time it didn’t look like anyone was interested in giving this little guy a home. I snapped this photo of the cat in his box, and sent to Laura, just to show her what I’d found.

Noname cat (Now Rory)

I had the kitten and his box in my office. He quickly escaped, so I picked him up. He stayed on my shoulder for awhile until I figured out what to do.

The problem is that we have folks allergic to cats in our office. I couldn’t just leave him there, and he was already out of his box. Fortunately, Lori Cooper came to my rescue with a much larger box, and an office that could be closed off so that he didn’t escape. Right after that I got a message from Laura asking if I was bringing the kitten home. I guess he’d found a home, after all. During lunch I brought the kitten home so he could get settled in.

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Rescuing Rose

Posted on January 10, 2011 By Tom 2 Comments on Rescuing Rose
Family, Local

We had quite the neighborhood adventure Sunday afternoon. Our lake levels have been lowered so that we can do some annual maintenance, and Laura had spotted a new, very elaborate beaverdam just upstream from us. I had walked down to take a couple of photos when I spotted some blonde fur in the mud in … Read More “Rescuing Rose” »

RIP Percy

Posted on January 4, 2011 By Tom 3 Comments on RIP Percy
Family

A late night phone call or knock on the door is never a good thing. That was definitely the case this evening. Our neighbor from across the street said that he thought he had found our cat, Percy. I stepped across the road with him to find that Percy had apparently been hit by a … Read More “RIP Percy” »

New Arrivals

Posted on November 8, 2009 By Tom 1 Comment on New Arrivals
Miscellaneous

We had two significant arrivals this weekend from Florida. Laura’s mother arrived for her annual visit. She will be staying with us through Christmas, as she usually does. The other visitor will be with us on a more permanent basis. We have adopted Percy, a cat that showed up at Amy’s house over the summer … Read More “New Arrivals” »

R. I. P. Shadow

Posted on August 27, 2009 By Tom 2 Comments on R. I. P. Shadow
Miscellaneous

This morning I got a call from Laura that I didn’t want to receive. She had taken our old cat, Shadow, to our vet. We had feared the worst, and those fears were confirmed by the vet’s prognosis – complete kidney failure. The only humane thing to do was to put him to sleep. Shadow … Read More “R. I. P. Shadow” »

Remembering Rascal

Posted on February 19, 2009 By Tom 5 Comments on Remembering Rascal
Miscellaneous

Tuesday evening Rascal curled up as usual on our bed, lying on his back and purring while I rubbed his tummy. At 3:30 am he wanted out, despite the fact that it was raining. It was the last time we would see him. Rascal was missing for two days, by the end of which we … Read More “Remembering Rascal” »

RIP Winnie (for real, this time)

Posted on October 29, 2008 By Tom 3 Comments on RIP Winnie (for real, this time)
Miscellaneous

At 7:20 this morning our cat Winnie lost her long battle with illness. In August of 2007 our vet had discovered a large tumor in her abdomen and said that she didn’t have long to live. We debated euthenasia, but she still seemed to have so much life left. In September of that year we … Read More “RIP Winnie (for real, this time)” »

Winnie, One Year Later

Posted on October 16, 2008 By Tom No Comments on Winnie, One Year Later
Miscellaneous

This time last year we thought we had lost our little cat, Winnie. A trip to the vet in August of 2007 gave us the bad news – she had a large mass in her abdomen, possibly malignant. In September of that year she went missing and we thought she was gone for good. Then … Read More “Winnie, One Year Later” »

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