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Pom poms

One heck of a racket outside 7.30am Wednesday morning.
I took a peek and there were 5 million kids, walking or on bikes, preceded by a dozen or so cheer leaders, waving pom poms all over the place, chanting something totally incomprehensible and making their way along our quiet, suburban street.
So I took a few pictures.
It was brill.

I found out afterwards from a neighbour that this is a yearly event to promote safe biking or walking to school.
I am sure it is a very worthwhile cause although I must admit that having seen the line of cars outside the school, I doubt it is encouraging much walking and cycling.
Good fun though and great to see.

I was pleased to see the Blonde & Beautiful Boderic back at the birdie feeder.
I have never seen another squirrel with a tail like hers.

Here you can see Bo with one of the other Erics.  I think that might be White Eared Eric.
It is hard to get a good picture through the window and the screen but I want to show how different she is.
Stumpy Eric was back this morning too, but I didn't get another picture of him.




Meanwhile back at the ranch.......Bubba has a Nana.
He received a $5 gift card from Pet Supplies Plus through the mail for his birthday, which is more than I ever get from a store.
Off we went to the pet store where, of course, we spent way more than the $5 on lots of other stuff.
I had seen on my Crazy Cat Lady pages, stories of these Nanas and how the cats go wild for them.
Well they didn't lie.
Bubba loves his Nana (I think it has cat nip in it and he has always been a bit of a "Nip Head").   He gets really mad if anyone else tries to play with it.

He does pretty well for a 15 year old who is on "Zoomie Juice" fluids twice a week.   Go Bubba!!


Unfortunately the same cannot be said for Lollipop.
She is only 6 years old and not doing well at all.
She is currently on her highest dose of steroids and has stopped eating again.
I phoned the vet yesterday and he said the disease (pancreatitis) does often cause this.
He said to double the dose of steroids and bring her in Monday for an injection of different steroids.
Sometimes a change helps.
There is no cure.
I told him that we were worried as Lauren is coming over at the end of July and Lollipop is her cat.  Lauren has always loved her and asked if she could be considered her cat when she was just a kitten. Philip has kidded her along from time to time asking for rent and food money etc.
I told the vet that I was worried that Lollipop might not even be here by July - I was looking for  reassurance.
Instead he said, "Yes that would be cutting it a bit close."
Hearing him put it into words has made it so much more real.
It also means we will not be booking any holidays.
I cannot leave her with someone else while she is poorly.  Depending on when it all happens, we may book a last minute trip to The Dells with Lauren.
Poor Lollipop.  She doesn't seem to be in any pain.  She still waits by the back door like a little dog, for Philip to come home every night and she is happy in her little bed in sunny spot.
That's good enough for us.

posted by Sue Banks @ 3:03 PM