Our 4 Sibling Felines will be 16 Tomorrow!

Yes, we are a HOUSEHOLD OF SENIORS...

Five senior kitties and Bandido, Spooky, Spunky and Tiggy-Tiger will be all 16 on March 30.

They are all born here at our home and I was assisting their Mamita when she gave birth.

We rescued Mamita 'Spicy' and brought her home on the plane, from Acapulco, Mexico.

Poor Sacha girl only reached 6 years as she got hit by a car... see post below.

Spunky girl this morning on the windowsill at breakfast time.

YES, she does use 'eyeliner'...

Spunky is a Mackerel Tabby Tiger.

Spooky boy on November 13, 2022, with the elastic that I'd cut off from fitted sheet for using fabric to add to duvet cover making it wide enough for our newest Caribbean down duvet.

They love to play with anything!

Tiggy–Tiger girl on her favorite blanket...

She is a very feisty Mackerel Tabby Tiger girl! 

Bandido (Dido) boy on the cotton mat in front of balcony's sliding door 'indoor shutters' of our bedroom.

He is the most svelte and silky kitty—resembling most his Mamita Spicy.

Dido is also the most vocal of all!

Sixteen is quite an age for any kitty and we both are grateful they all four reached that!

Related links:

{R.I.P. SACHA GIRL} | previous post by me

{Our Felines are 8 Today!} | previous post by me

{Cat Dining Room} | previous post by me

{Telling YOU the Tale of our 4 Feline Girls} | previous post by me

{Our 'GREEN' Bedroom} | previous post by me showing you the indoor shutters that Dido is posing against

SPRING in Our Garden — Post Accident

 This year's beautiful spring happens without me being IN it...

Can't walk, cannot go outside so Pieter captured it for me on my iPhone.

Hard to imagine what a driver without LOOKING can cause to another human being's life!

Our entire household is affected.

An elderly husband becomes the care taker...

Our kitties are unsettled...

Needing assistance with laundry and making the bed and on and on.

A very painful and also costly thing.

Needing a private driver to go to places where I used to drive.

On and on.

For missing the spring flowers, dear friend sent these on February 23, for enjoying indoors...

From my bed, I could see through the balcony door our Red bud Cercis Canadensis blooming on February 25.

Sending Pieter with my iPhone to capture them for me...

BUT my Pieter does NOT see the pink flowers due to being color blind!

This photo shows the wood trail below, that Pieter did newly built while I was in Limburg, The Netherlands one final time...

In front of our garage is this stunning Azalea pot plant, also on February 25.

Heavenly Azaleas...

Those stamens are so pretty!

Also on February 25th a sweet bouquet delivered by some kids from our Church and one street down from us.

You also see our pansies in our fiberglass window boxes happily blooming and more pot plants on the patio that bloom.

At least for me SOME spring flowers that I can enjoy without being outdoors...

My ugly rash and itch has subsided, a nasty side affect from the Medrol Dosepak, to reduce the swelling.

The swelling has gone down and cuts are healing with scabs formed.

My left leg hurts most around knee and ankle, where it is so severely cut and bruised aside from the Proxima fibula being fractured.

My calf is extremely tender and painful to the touch—hard to get any decent sleep with it and my right leg with the knee fracture and knee immobilizer.

BUT my nasty night sweats are also gone it seems—making progress!

Short legged and chunky Speckie girl on February 27, 2022...

Yesterday, our youngest senior kitty of 13, Speckie came home from the Animal Clinic after 3 nights, where Pieter brought her on Friday morning.

She was very sick.

Turned out after some blood work that her kidneys are not shutting down but in bad shape — just like mine. She also had a bacterial infection and got antibiotics and fluids.

Let's hope her Chronic Kidney Disease does not progress too fast...

Thanks for all your comments and prayers.

Spring in our Garden

 This was a lovely week with sunshine!

Spring is unfolding beautifully!

February 9, I walked over onto the neighbor's property to capture our blooming Japanese magnolia from there.

Just showing the bay window area from our home and the blind wall where the dining room is, no windows on that side.

Now from our side towards our home...

LOVE those perfect flower buds and there were already some petals on the ground.

Wanted to capture them because it would rain in the later afternoon and night.

A pine warbler is enjoying lunch on the tray from our previous Sharp microwave, set on the oak stump.

Happy daffodils near the Japanese Magnolia as you can see by its petals on the ground...

Our Fiberglass Window Boxes are filled with yellow pansies.

Tiggy Tiger girl is head butting one of the planters...

That's the one where that poor friend cat often lies in for looking at us.

Our Renewal by Andersen bay windows look nice from outside!

A closer look at the yellow pansies.

Pieter bought them early at our local Home Depot just to make sure we had enough for all window boxes.

On the veranda side they got planted mid January but the bay windows after the Andersen windows were place on January 17.

I've hung the crocheted curtains back after Pieter drilled tiny holes into the fibrex of the new windows.

That worked perfect and after laundering the curtains and then stretching them out while still wet, we hung them on their 925 sterling rings (thin ones!). See post below this one...

Yesterday's photo—dark due to a dreary and rainy day...

The hand crocheted curtains hang perfectly on the new windows.

Detail of screws that Pieter pre–drilled into the fibrex material from Renewal by Andersen windows.

And my 925 silver rings.

Our 2nd Japanese Magnolia is near the flowering Camellia Sinensis Tea Plant.

Now I'm standing on the wood trail for capturing some flowers from our 2nd Japanese Magnolia.

They look perfect against our veranda.

Tiggy Tiger girl came to smell our Narcissus...

She's a tiny but cute kitty!

Senior—just like her Mami...

On Tuesday it was 21°C or 69.8°F...

So we both rolled our bikes...

On Tuesday it was 24°C or 75.2°F

Followed by rain again...

Related link:

Kitchen Bay Window New Crocheted ROSE Curtains & IKEA Roller Blind | previous post with the 925 sterling rings

Our Kitchen Bay Window Before and After Renewal by Andersen | previous post by me

AMAZING recovery of Japanese Magnolia—after getting LIGHT and FOOD! | previous post by me

Kitties we LOVE and GRIEF for...

 A dear Blogger Friend lost her precious Derry boy.

Musings on a Small Life ←click link.

LOVE this photo of sweet Derry!

Kitties and or Puppies can really look inside our soul...

Their faces can convey so much and they truly are such loyal companions.

May Derry R.I.P. and may his Mom find the strength for moving on without this cuddle bear near her...

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November 22, 2022 our Spunky girl claimed my European pillow, the one below the regular sized one.

Hah, my water bottles on the night table to the right...

This made in Germany flannel set with yellow roses, I'd enlarged its duvet cover so it would now fit the 'larger' Caribbean light down comforter.

It was quite a task for taking it apart on one side with the seam ripper but it was so worth it!

Our kitties LOVE it as much as we do... 😼

Spooky nestled close to his Papi while reading on his Samsung tablet...

Speckie only claims her tiny spot next to her Papi's pillow... arms crossed.

Spooky next to me on the love seat. He sure LOVES his blanket and with one eye he follows what I'm typing here on my MacBook—for you to read...

Yes, our kitties are all seniors and they show more and more gray hair in their fur.

Speckie is 13 since November 10 and her four siblings by adoption are turning 16 on March 30.

Spooky's paw—looking like a blackberry...

But YES they forever leave a footprint on our hearts—and they are so loved!

On January 8, 2023 this neighborhood kitty (male) is on our patio in one of the pot plants and staring at our kitties in the windowsill of the bay window area...

Ours stay inside when it's cold and those 'friend–kitties' come to our home looking for some affection... SAD!

That's why it is a tremendous solace when we lose one of our beloved kitties—knowing they lived a sheltered life with good medical care, good food and lots of LOVE and cuddles!

There are so many others that never get such human love... This kitty also limps and that for over half a year. 

Those eyes speak volumes!

YES we have had SNOW here in the Heart of Georgia!

Just want to share with you two memories of a WHITE world here in the Heart of Georgia.

It does happen once in a while...

 

This was on January 7 in 1988 and I was home by myself and captured this sight.Pieter had left on January 5 for Michigan and got stuck in Chicago on January 7 as they could not fly in to Atlanta as the airport was iced over...On January 8, Pieter called me from Atlanta around noon where he finally had landed.Now the painstakingly slow journey home via Interstate 75 as it took him 4 hours!Here in the South they have NO equipment for clearing snow...

Closed Caption (CC) available in Dutch—remember we always did create videos for Mom & Dad in The Netherlands!But if you watch on YouTube you will find Clickable points below video with English information and also links to matching blogposts with more insight info.
Thanks for watching! Hoping you all stay warm and cozy through winter.
Related links:{Our Home in the SNOW  --  January 2002} | previous post by me with photos{Our Felines - Sweet Spooky I...} | previous post by me{Daylily Hemerocallis WHITE TUXEDO + SAD Feline & Canine Love Story} | previous post by me{Our Clematis lanuginosa 'Candida'} | previous post by me where the wrens were feasting off its seedpods{Phlox Subulata - Creeping Phlox} | previous post by me showing the blooming Phlox along pondActing like a CAT for Retrieving Pieter's Glasses | previous post by me—where Spooky climbed in the video... that pile!{Our Damage from Tornado spin off of Hurricane Earl, 2003} | previous post by me showing the Phlox that we planted next to bridgeLET IT SNOW! – THE GREAT SNOWFALL OF 1973 | post written by a Dubliner

Tiggy Tiger girl on her Leopard Blanket and Outdoor Cat Friend

Our tiny Tiggy Tiger girl loves to lounge inside, now the sun is less warm.

She really is our Mini Tiger as you can tell by my fingers...

Tiggy Tiger always has a smile on her face...

A cute, almost pocket size kitty...

Her whiskers visible here on October 13.

On October 15... Friend Cat (as we call him) sat next to our oak stump—waiting for Tiggy Tiger to come and see him.

But Tiggy Tiger preferred her Leopard Blanket...

This poor kitty obviously is not enjoying the indoor lifestyle with his human parents, as ours do.

Makes me always sad to see their faces!

Had to take these photos through the window as he runs off the minute I open our veranda door—such a skittish kitty.

Tried often to feed him treats—no luck.

He probably never had one and doesn't know about them...

Do you think that our kitties 'talk about' how they live with their human parents?!

Related link:

Tiggy Dreaming of and ALMOST Tasting a Birdie... | previous post by me

Bye Bye Biking in Shorts & Lynx Rufus

 Guess we have enjoyed our final 2022 months of warm and sunny weather for biking in shorts...

On October 11, it was a perfect day for getting onto our 'iron horses'...

Wearing a short sleeved top though.

Perfect sky with clouds for capturing those cows and bull with old building.

A look to the left reveals an old barn.

The new farmstead is seen in the back on the right.

Cloudy, but lovely weather on October 11, at 28°C or 82°F.

Another perfect day on October 16.

Just past the bridge, across the river.

That was the weather on October 16, at 29°C or 84°F.

October 24...

That was sunny and 22°C or 72°F.

Me standing at the very end of the bridge across the river.

Lovely blue sky!

Going back across the river, I saw this Bobcat Lynx rufus.

So sad to encounter this beauty of Georgia Wildlife!

I've placed my foot alongside for size comparison next to my size 8 sandal.

I did drag the still soft but limp body off the pavement, into the shoulder in the grass as I hate for trucks to mash up the body.

I've not looked at its head but so far no visible wounds... 

Guess it ran into a car and got knocked out.

For comparison, our own Tiggy–Tiger girl at home in the driveway next to my foot.