Adopt!

June is the American Humane Association’s Adopt-A-Cat Month

As most of you know I LOVE cats! My first cat was a Siamese back in 1971 and was bought from someone/store, can’t remember for sure. His name was Zeus and was a great cat for his 20 years of life.

Tiger was a blk/brn ticked Tabby I found in an automotive garage where I was working on my car. She was a greasy mess but I brought her home and she lived to 19 years.

Yoshi, another Siamese, was adopted from Maxfund, a no-kill shelter in Denver.

Simba, a MLH orange Tabby and Philo, a SH orange Tabby came later. Philo had a problem with his tail so it was bobbed and he looked like a Manx.

Rajah came from my daughter and was one of my favorites. Another plain Tabby, he would jump up in my arms and lay on his back like a baby when I watched TV. He developed an issue that could not be controlled with drugs so he had to be put down. Yes, I cried like a baby when he went and did so with Zeus and Tiger too.

Coco was another Siamese from the shelter and she developed a personality problem and became scared of the other cats. She went back to the shelter.

After my divorce, Yoshi, Simba, and Philo stayed with my ex-wife and I missed them very much.

I remarried and bought 2 short hair Tabbys from a private party … Stripe and Marble, named for their markings. They are small cats and are VERY loving. A few months later we adopted 3 kittens from the Cat Care Society. These kittens came from Oklahoma and had been at the shelter for a short time before we adopted them. Black is a black LH, Orange is an orange LH and Grey is a grey LH. Much easier to name cats like that then figuring out dumb/weird names.

All the cats that have lived with me have been great because of their personalities and idiosyncrasies. Yes, I’ve had dogs in the past (4 of them) but, IMHO, cats are a much better.

So, go to your shelter if you are thinking of getting a cat. Even if you aren’t, you can go to a shelter and give them the love they deserve.

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Cinco de Mayo

This is one of my favorite times of the year. I LOVE Mexican food and cook it at least once a week or eat out. The Denver area has great Mexican restaurants. Santiago’s is my very favorite and El Tepehuan comes in a very close second.
Today is also planting day in the garden. We will get more snow but the plants can be covered and usually suffer no major damage. It would be nice to live in a climate where snow and freezes aren’t a problem, but I would definitely miss the Denver area AND the mountains! I can drive for 30 minutes and be in the lower mountains where the air is clean and the rivers and streams are full of fish.

Pot

So, Guv Chris Christie goes on a tirade about Colorado’s pot legalization. Seems like he should be concerned about New Jersey. Colorado consistently is one of the top States in quality of life. Where does NJ rate? People move to Colorado whereas people flee from NJ. Colorado has an honest governor … no comparison there. When I think of NJ I think just the opposite of Colorado and think of beautiful mountains and laid back people that enjoy living here. Christie should visit Colorado and see firsthand what a better State Colorado is!

In the news … there is a study that shows pot smoking can cause heart attacks. DUH! You ingest smoke, like you do in cigarette smoking, and thus can have the health problems associated with cigarettes. It doesn’t take a study costing many $$$$ to figure that out. I would venture a guess that pot smoking causes less health problems than cigarette smoking simple because you smoke way less pot than cigarettes.

Earth Day

I’m hoping that there will be many, many more Earth Days to come. With fracking, oil spills, pollution, etc, Mother Earth needs a break!

Do you wonder why we are such a materialistic society? It seems we get more and more because our relatives get more, our neighbors get more, or we just want more to have more. I’m somewhat guilty of that because I have too many electronic devices … Windows 8 computer, Macbook Pro, iPad 3, iPad Air, iPad mini, Nook color, and a couple of Kindles. I don’t need but one iPad and the Mac but I won’t get rid of the rest.

But, I hang out laundry instead of using the dryer, even in the winter! In Colorado we have an abundance of sunshine even in the winter months, and even 70F days in December. Besides, the clothes smell so much better after a dose of sunshine.

Easter

Hope everyone had a nice Easter. We went to Blackhawk for the day and enjoyed a great buffet along with some fun gambling. I was a bit surprised at how many people were there by the time we left. We got up there early morning and left early evening. The weather was great, in the 50’s, and the machines were paying off.

Along with 4-20 being Easter, it was also the annual 4-20 celebration. This year there were as many as 60,000 people (depending on what news station you watched) and there were only 130 arrests and 18 hospitalizations. There were many exhibitors showing their post wares and an award for the best pot … awarded to a Denver pot grower. Also, there are now more pot shops in Denver than there are Starbucks.

Cats

Cats are a very amazing creature and each have their own special characteristics. There are 5 cats living in my house and keeping us entertained. We bought 2 cats from a private party and did so because they were beautifully marked and were sisters. The other 3 cats were from the Cat Care Society in Denver and were brothers. Instead of coming up with cutesy names, that none of us could agree on, we named them by their coats …

Marble, one of the sisters, had coat that looked like marble

Stripe, the other sister, had a striped coat

Black, Grey, and Orange, the brothers, were named for the color of their coats

Marble is the smallest and weighs about 5 pounds and Black is the heaviest at about 18 pounds, with the others in-between and the boys weighing the most. The sisters hang out together as do the brothers. There is a definite division of the sexes when it comes to napping or sleeping. However, when they play it is every cat involved.

The cats are very social too. Whenever anyone comes to the door the cats want to know who they are, what they smell like, and if they are coming to play. Which brings me to to a show called, “My Cat From Hell.” It is a great show dealing with cats that have big problems. The host, Jackson Galaxy, goes to the ‘bad cat house’ and trains the cat and their adult keepers. Jackson is not the ‘normal’ person and you have to watch the show to see what I mean. It is on Animal Planet and also available on Netflix. If you are familiar with Cesar the Dog Whisperer and like his show (I do), then you’ll also like My Cat From Hell.