Have you seen the cat grass for $5 at the pet store? Shopping for garden seed a few years ago I ran across a packet of cat grass seed, a few dollars was enough for 2 or 3 plantings. Then I noticed it was just a blend of wheat, barley and rye. It didn’t take long to realize these are all available at much less expensive prices right in the grocery store (organic) and sprout very easily. Gabby doesn’t eat it because she hasn’t got many teeth left but Gwen and Winnie go bazonkers for it. I’m trying to get into the habit of planting a new tray each week so that we continually have one going. The moment I put the new tray down on the floor Winnie makes a beeline for it talking all the way. For the cat who didn’t vocalize for the first two years we had her, that’s an impressive endorsement.
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I think Gabby is wishing for a furry godmother about now. Despite daily brushing she was beginning to have little tangles and matts every day so it was definitely time for a trim. It’s always such a shock to see her looking so thin but especially so this time as she’s recently lost some weight. Having put some back on since the food change, I don’t even want to imagine what she looked like underneath all that fur back in January. I wonder how long until she’s speaking to me again?
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Here’s our Gabbykins just after we adopted her from the rescue league in ’99. They said she was the most flea-ridden cat they’d ever rescued. She was found in a dumpster severely malnourished and a few days pregnant but too thin to sustain the litter. They warned us that she’d get much floofier once she was eating properly and they did not tell a lie. They also called it right when they said she has a jewel of a personality. Right away we shortened her name to Gabby, Gabrielle being just entirely too prissy for this vibrant and somewhat clumsy girl. See all that hair sticking out between her toes? She has much more now and it causes her to slip and slide on a regular basis when she tries to jump up.
Gabby is such a wiggly girl that it was tough to get a clear photo of her whiskers but can you see the knot? I have no idea how she managed that. I guess she’s just talented that way.
Yesterday I gave the English muffin recipes from “
In the evening while we watched 
Last night Gwen gave us quite the scare. Jason couldn’t find her at bedtime (usually she’s asleep in her “basky” at the foot of the bed). We searched the house three or four time and then outside in the neighborhood and woods with flashlights for quite some time. Finally, I came back in and searched indoors with the flashlight again, even more carefully, and sure enough there she was sound asleep beneath the sewing table snug on a shelf amongst the fabric scraps. So much for getting up early to go bird-watching but I *am* glad she wasn’t lost outside with bears and fishercats and the neighborhood cats who are constantly fighting.
Yesterday I had another go at making lotion (after *finally* finishing up the last batch). The last batch had a fair amount of water and too much beeswax so that it sort of separated over time. It’s too early to say yet but so far there is no separation.
Her furry Godmother!
Gwen’s just “helping” me spin this lovely Targhee roving from Spunky Eclectic (colorway Tahiti).
Gabby is doing very well on her new food (Royal Canin for Persians), suggested to us by