The Diary Of Onebrokelady Aged 60 And A Half

jwil

Nice to hear from you again   Hope you are starting to feel better x

PollyWollyDoodle

Just delurking to mention - some rescue centres will re home indoor-only cats, for example if they have FIV they can live a long and happy life, but must not have contact with other cats in case they pass it on.  If your DD would like to own a cat, she might do better looking elsewhere. While my cats have always had garden access, they can live perfectly happily in an indoor space and indeed for some it’s safer.  

Sun_Addict

Good to hear from you. I've been thinking about you and wondering how you're doing.

It's daft that DD can't rescue a cat just because she lives in a flat. As Polly says above, there must be some indoor only cats looking for a home. I know rescues want to ensure the animals go to a good home but sometimes I think they're too picky. 

Onebrokelady

Cherryfudge said:

It's good to hear from you OBL.  What a shame for your daughter, I would find it hard to have an animal for months then have to let it go, too. I expect the cat will soon train his new lady to leave the door open so he can get on the bed, though.

I love that you bought a squirrel feeder - what was that about animals training us? We rarely get squirrels so the birds here only compete with each other.

And thanks for the mention of the hanging basket. I haven't done mine yet and I really need to make a start. The begonia tubers were accidentally left out while we were away and are now under water, so I need to check those first, then decide on what else to add.

Enjoy watching the squirrels!

Hopefully the new owner will be as soft as DD is. 

I’ve got squirrels all over the place here,I love watching them though 🙂

Onebrokelady

Honeysucklelou2 said:

Hi OBL,
Just catching up with diaries. I am so sorry to read about B.  I lost my lurcher last year… they are a part of our families. Our lurcher is buried under the hazel trees at the allotment where he loved to race up and down.  On many an occasion DS3 will ask to stop there on the way home from school so that he can chat to him.  Thinking of you…

Thankyou it’s horrible when they go isn’t it. I keep forgetting she’s not here anymore which always pulls me up short. How sweet that your son stops to chat to your lurcher 🙂

Onebrokelady

PollyWollyDoodle said:

Just delurking to mention - some rescue centres will re home indoor-only cats, for example if they have FIV they can live a long and happy life, but must not have contact with other cats in case they pass it on.  If your DD would like to own a cat, she might do better looking elsewhere. While my cats have always had garden access, they can live perfectly happily in an indoor space and indeed for some it’s safer.  

There is a local one that had some cats in a few weeks ago that had to be indoor cats due to FIV but she still had the foster cat and they have now been rehomed. She is going to think about it for a bit as she misses the foster cat too much at the moment.

Onebrokelady

Sun_Addict said:

Good to hear from you. I've been thinking about you and wondering how you're doing.

It's daft that DD can't rescue a cat just because she lives in a flat. As Polly says above, there must be some indoor only cats looking for a home. I know rescues want to ensure the animals go to a good home but sometimes I think they're too picky. 

Sun_Addict said:

Good to hear from you. I've been thinking about you and wondering how you're doing.

It's daft that DD can't rescue a cat just because she lives in a flat. As Polly says above, there must be some indoor only cats looking for a home. I know rescues want to ensure the animals go to a good home but sometimes I think they're too picky. 

The RSPCA are very picky and I get that they have to be careful but the cat she was fostering was terrified of loud noises and if he heard a motorbike go past when the windows were open he would hide. He never showed any interest in going outside. Whenever she came home and opened the front door he would sit at the other end of the hall and not come near her until the door was closed. The lady that has taken him has an enclosed garden but I doubt he will even go out there.

foxgloves

If I was in a position where I had no garden, @OBL, I'd defo ask our local rescue about adopting an FIV cat. They can live pretty normal lives as far as I understand but just mustn't go outside where there would be a risk of them passing it on through cat bite injuries. Our local rescue flags up when they have a cat needing an indoor home & I think it's lovely when they get chosen. Your daughter is used to having pets as well, so I'm sure they would jump at her as a responsible adopter for an indoor-only cat.
F x

Onebrokelady

Hi everyone hope you are all ok.
I went to Mum and Dads today and they were both ok. Dad seems quite stable emotion at the moment which is good. His memory is getting a lot worse, he can’t remember my daughters at all now which is sad but to be expected because he doesn’t see them regularly enough to remember them. 

After I left there I went shopping and was supposed to buy a yard brush but I got too much shopping so couldn’t carry it. It’s been raining on and off all day so I don’t need it yet anyway. 

I’m currently carrying out an experiment in my back garden where the lawn used to be. I cleans the chicken run out a few weeks ago now and I decided to spread the old stuff from the run over where the lawn used to be, however I forgot that there was loads of mixed corn included in this and it’s now sprouting like crazy. I’m going to leave it and see if it fills up the whole area because it looks like grass so I might have a lawn in the next few weeks, if not it will be a corn field 😀.

Mum gave me a nice woven hanging basket today so I’m going to replant the one i did yesterday into the new basket in a bit. It will be a lot more secure then. 

I’m not sure if I posted about this in my last post but I bought a hanging bird table the other day and I’ve hung it on a bracket near the back door thinking that it probably wouldn’t get used because it’s too close to the house but the birds love it. I can now sit on my settee and watch the birds landing on the bird table. It too unsteady for the wood pigeons so they have to use the other feeder further up. I have had a couple of magpies trying to land on it but it swings about too much for them so they go in the chicken run and help themselves to the chicken food 😀😳

Makingabobor2

What you posted yesterday about not posting lately, sounds just like me. I have been AWOL from my diary for about 2 weeks due to mental and physical  reasons. Not sure if its old age or the weather...lol.  Glad to see you are feeling a bit better now though.