The webcam is up on the second floor. The restaurant and bar are downstairs, under the large open deck.
We’re heading there for breakfast in a few minutes to enjoy the view.
Another small step forward.
Last night, The-Cat-Currently-Known-As-Cali slept on top of the futon in her safe room. That was a first, after eight nights sleeping under the futon. She was there almost all night. At one point, she shifted and slept on the soft bed we had originally bought for Annie. Then she looked out the window, before settling back down for more sleep.
There’s no action in this particular 13-second video clip. Just her, sound asleep.
Chalk up another “first” for her. A small step, but a step nonetheless.
It’s Feline Friday, and a special one at that. It is the first FF since we brought the-cat-currently-known-as-Cali home from Aiea Heights, where she has been living since being rescued at the beginning of the month.
She is a very beatiful cat, and very sweet. She is also very spooked by the sudden transition. We brought her into the house, went in our spare bedroom, opened the door of the crate, and let her walk out. She then walked directly under the futon that’s set up as a couch, hunkered down, and let us know she is prepared to wait.
And wait she did. Although the purrs and kneads when I reach back and pet her, she has shown little interest in coming out from back there, at least not while we’re in the room. She came close once this morning, but backed away at the last minute.
However, I can attest that her bodily functions are working. She has used the litter box several times, and has emerged to eat both last night and this morning, although we didn’t witness it.
But last night I turned my little Wyze surveillance camera around to point back into the room, and the camera (with its infrared light) caught her coming out and exploring the room and adjoining bathroom, making the rounds several times before jumping up on the futon and checking the two windows. It seems the infrared also attracted every little gnat that’s hiding in there!
Anyway, on her second round, she had a little “accident.” She tried to jump up to the window sill of the small window that looks out at our front door, formerly one of Annie’s favorite spots. But Cali hit the camera, and cat + camera came crashing down. I discovered it this morning. Hopefully it won’t deter her from continuing to explore.
In the meantime, here are three Feline Friday photos. First, Cali in that safe zone behind the futon. Then a close-up so you can see what a beautiful calico she is. And, finally, a shot of Romeo, who has taken up a command post in the hallway outside the closed door to Cali’s room. I’ll add the video below, after the photos!
She’s been here for barely 24 hours. So far, so good.
We’re still considering the whole name thing. Cali is a pretty good name. Someone suggested that every Romeo deserves his Juliet, so we have considered the name “Juli.” But we’re trying to withhold judgement until we have more direct experience of her personality. We’ll see.
And here’s the video from Cali’s first night with us.
If things had been different, my older sister, Bonnie Stevens, would have been celebrating her 77th birthday today. Instead, she passed away in October 2016 of breast cancer.
In one of those weird coincidences, I just ran into a little video taken when we celebrated her birthday in April 2009 with dinner at our parents’ house in Kahala. It was just Bonnie, our mother (who turned 95 the following month), Meda and me. Our father wasn’t there for the party. He had been in a nursing home since the previous November, after a fall sent him to Queen’s Hospital. We celebrated on April 9, the day before Bonnie’s actual birthday, because Meda and I were both working in town that day.
I say finding the video was a weird coincidence because I just happened to notice it while briefly scanning a small hard drive containing photo files from 2009 to determine how to back up the data. Its tiny thumbnail looked like a fire or volcano, so I clicked and opened it. The “volcano” turned out to be the candles burning on Bonnie’s birthday cake in the first seconds of the video. I have no recollection of the video, so finding it on April 9, the day before Bonnie’s birthday, and the same date that we had that dinner in 2009, rings of synchronicity.
It’s interesting to see my parents house, which is now our house. That light over the dining table was broken, and needed a tap or two in order to turn on. The house itself has been extensively renovated, but the spaces are still much the same.
So, Bonnie, we’ll remember you and have a drink in honor of your birthday this evening. Thanks for reminding me.