It’s been an interesting 24-36 hours.
The weather forecasts have been grim. Rain and flooding is imminent.
But much of this storm passed north of the island of Oahu, hitting Kauai directly, while another part of it passed to the south, hitting parts of Maui. We’re hoping for continued good luck today, and are keeping in mind that parts of the island were already drenched and primed for additional flooding with the smallest excuse.
And this was not a good week for cat photos. The weather was damp and gray, and far less light than normal found its way inside our house. That’s a great photo inhibitor! No interesting light, no interesting cat pics.
But I did my best, waited for opportunities, and took ’em.
Note that Kinikini is posing in one photo with a paperback book, “North of Foothill.” It’s the recently released mystery by Orlando “Dan” Davidson, who some might remember as director of the State Land Use Commission, and before that executive director of the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation. This is his second book which just made its official debut last month. Available from Amazon and other booksellers.
As I was posting the photos, I realized that this is my sister’s birthday. Bonnie (Lind) Stephens was born on this date in 1943. I came along four years later, and in my first few years she spent a lot of time babysitting me. At least that’s what the old photos show. But later, those four years between us appeared as a huge gulf. She entered the University of Colorado in Boulder in 1961 as I was just starting high school. She didn’t return for nearly 50 years except for brief visits.
Unfortunately, she died a decade ago, in October 2016.
Our present cohort of cats never met Bonnie, who was a cat person in her own way.
