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May. 21st, 2023 03:47 pm( work, finances, health )
A bit over a month ago we adopted a second cat. Ellie (Eleanor) Kat is a pale tabby, about 7 years old according by her teeth according to the vet, bigger and more playful than Gytha and also much firmer about enforcing her boundaries on people with teeth and claws.
Her owner had died and she had been living outside with one-a-day human contact since. D & E fell in love with her from the photo in the FB post, and so did I a little bit so the vote was 2 1/2 to 1/2 in favour. Gytha was very not-impressed with the new addition to the household (Ellie was completely unconcerned about the presence of another cat, beyond self defence) but we have progressed from hissing/growling matches and stand offs to them being somewhere between wary and comfortable in each other's presence as long at the half-metre distance isn't pressed. Gytha has also become much more peopley, but interestingly also more interested in play.
Ellie is also used to a much larger territory (Gytha has always stuck pretty close to property boundaries) leading to several evenings spent herding her home from a block away when we first started letting her out.
I also think the household dynamic has improved with D having a cat she can call "hers" :)
A bit over a month ago we adopted a second cat. Ellie (Eleanor) Kat is a pale tabby, about 7 years old according by her teeth according to the vet, bigger and more playful than Gytha and also much firmer about enforcing her boundaries on people with teeth and claws.
Her owner had died and she had been living outside with one-a-day human contact since. D & E fell in love with her from the photo in the FB post, and so did I a little bit so the vote was 2 1/2 to 1/2 in favour. Gytha was very not-impressed with the new addition to the household (Ellie was completely unconcerned about the presence of another cat, beyond self defence) but we have progressed from hissing/growling matches and stand offs to them being somewhere between wary and comfortable in each other's presence as long at the half-metre distance isn't pressed. Gytha has also become much more peopley, but interestingly also more interested in play.
Ellie is also used to a much larger territory (Gytha has always stuck pretty close to property boundaries) leading to several evenings spent herding her home from a block away when we first started letting her out.
I also think the household dynamic has improved with D having a cat she can call "hers" :)
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Some months ago we were given notice of my brother (B) and his fiancé's (R) wedding, to be held beach-side in the the Coromandel. After looking at the costs and logistics of flights, rental cars etc just for a weekend trip versus the cost of the ferry, and discovering that there was a quilt show on that we could feasibly visit en-route, the decision was made that we could afford for me to take a week and a half off work, E would be taken out of school (which she could mostly keep up with remotely) and we would make an overdue family holiday of it, visiting places that D hadn't been in years and completely new territory for the other two of us.
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Photos: July 2022 quilting exhibition.
Jul. 21st, 2022 09:27 pmMy talented, crafty wife got her first ever exhibiting ribbons this week, nailing the Best Art Quilt and BEST IN SHOW from ~200 quilts at a local guild exhibition (and another Merit). SO PROUD. Here's a quick gallery showcasing the 9 of her quilts which were present (one as part of a touring exhibition).
All her quilts
All her quilts
