Cat-Fish-Life In Lloyd

I am worried about this cat. There is something wrong with our Jack. He is losing clumps of hair and he has gotten so skinny although he still eats like a horse. He pukes at least twice a day and he may be peeing in the house which is not like him. He doesn't show any signs of being in pain. He's still the same laid-back guy he's always been except, of course, when he believes that Maurice is getting a little too uppity in his presence. So today I borrowed a cat carrier from Hank and Rachel and I will be calling the vet tomorrow to see if I can bring him in. I hate to do that because he so vehemently fights it. Remember the last time I took him and he screamed, "NO!" in the waiting room? But what can I do? He's our boy. I know from experience that neutered male cats can develop kidney problems and I had a beloved cat named George who died of that. We just need to find out.

A few nights ago when Mr. Moon got in bed and Jack was between us, I said to Jack, "Do you want to kiss Daddy?" and that cat stood up and went and offered his head to Glen to kiss. He has done this many times. Of course it is my theory that cats can very much understand human language and speak it as well but they are understandably very protective of this information as it is one of their secret skills which they use to control us. 

I have many theories. 

Today was different for me. I stepped out of my safe zone, out of my routine. Mr. Moon had a fishing trip planned and was leaving this afternoon so I asked him if he'd like to go to Monticello with me for a little lunch date. He said he would love to and so after he did some mulching in the garden and I got some things done around here, we went to the Rev, which is the restaurant where we can sit outside and watch the traffic circle around the courthouse.

They're all gussied up for Memorial Day/July 4, I guess. But it was breezy on the patio with a ceiling fan whirling above us and we enjoyed our lunches very much. While we ate we talked about and looked up real estate on yet another nearby body of water, this one east of us in Madison County, just a mile from the Georgia/Florida line. Cherry Lake. It doesn't look like there's much for sale there but it was nice to think about taking a drive to just explore. There are so many wild and beautiful places near here which we've never seen. 

When we got home, Candie was here, cleaning. I guess I still have a cleaner! I do not really enjoy being here while someone is cleaning my house, even such a dear person as Candie so I gathered myself and drove to town after kissing my husband good-bye and telling him to have a good time. I had asked him at lunch how long he'd be gone and he said, "Oh, I'll be back tomorrow," and I said, "Can't you stay longer than that?" to which he answered, "I could but I'd be all alone."
We do make each other laugh. 

I went to the library and then to Lily's Publix where we talked and laughed in the new liquor store where she is queen. You want to know a great thing about that liquor store? IT HAS ITS OWN BATHROOM! Sometimes I use it just because I can which makes me feel like the Queen Mother, which I suppose I am. Then I did my little bit of shopping and I stopped by Hank and Rachel's house which is quite near that Publix (in Florida it's all about how close you are to which Publix when it comes to explaining location to anyone) and picked up the cat carrier. I guess it's really an animal carrier. Whatever. We talked for a few moments. Hank's birthday is next Monday and he's got a Everyone-Come-To-The-Beach trip planned on Saturday and we may go. I haven't been to St. George in a long time and I would get to see people like Billy and Shayla and Waylon and other very cool friends of Hank but of course I would have to converse with people and we know how that goes. 

I talked to Jessie today and she's having a pretty good time being a camp nurse. It's a completely different experience than being a nurse in the hospital working on the mommy-baby unit and she told me that she's gotten more training being a mom for this specific job than she did in nursing school. She says the boys seem to be fine. We caught up on some things like the latest interviews on the Armchair Expert podcast which she turned me on to years ago, and how the North Carolina family is doing as well as how the Florida family is doing. 

Oh. Here's some big news! 

I have some crocosmia actually blooming! That's the area to the side of the gate that I just cleared a few months ago which obviously did nothing to control the spread of this tenacious plant. 
And yes, that is lovely! But let me give you another view.

That's how much of it is actually blooming. 

Sigh. 

One more picture of Jack. 

What would we do without him? 

Love...Ms. Moon