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New cat travel cages arrived today. Bigger, sturdier, and with a door on top which will make it easier to grab and drop the cats. Well, at least the dropping will be easier. Dudo was fascinated as the cages were unpacked. When he saw them begin to be assembled, he wasn’t so fascinated. He’s been pouting on the cat tree in San Geraldo’s office for 45 minutes. I don’t know where Moose went. Poor boys. It doesn’t matter to them that we gave away the two older travel cages.
We have been emptying things out that we no longer need or want and it’s been going incredibly well. This week has been Feria del Rosario here in Fuengirola, the annual fair in honor of the Virgin of Rosario. We’ve been too busy. It ends today, so it looks like it will be a miss for me this year. Click here for a bit of fun from last year.
Yesterday’s sunrise was so spectacular that San Geraldo woke me up to see it. A lot of people are seeing the Northern Lights. We’re seeing the southern ones. After yesterday’s show, today’s, although impressive was not worth rising for.
Hoy llegaron nuevas transportines paragatos. Más grande, más resistente y con una puerta en la parte superior que facilitará agarrar y soltar a los gatos. Bueno, al menos la caída será más fácil. Dudo quedó fascinado mientras desempaquetaban las jaulas. Cuando vio que empezaban a montarse no quedó tan fascinado. Ha estado haciendo pucheros en el árbol para gatos de la oficina de San Geraldo durante 45 minutos. No sé adónde fue Moose. Pobres muchachos. No les importa que hayamos regalado las dos jaulas de viaje más antiguas.
Hemos estado vaciando cosas que ya no necesitamos o queremos y nos ha ido increíblemente bien. Esta semana ha sido la Feria del Rosario aquí en Fuengirola, la feria anual en honor a la Virgen del Rosario. Hemos estado demasiado ocupados. Termina hoy, así que parece que lo perderé este año. Haz clic aquí para ver un poco de diversión del año pasado.
El amanecer de ayer fue tan espectacular que San Geraldo me despertó para verlo. Mucha gente está viendo la aurora boreal. Estamos viendo los del sur. Después del espectáculo de ayer, el de hoy, aunque impresionante, no valía la pena de levantar.
• Dudo se preguntó qué hacía cuando me levantaba tan temprano. “¿Es hora de comer aperetivos?”
• La bolsa de plástico cubría una computadora vieja. Dudo le encontró un mejor uso.
• Lo que queda en la terraza para ser llevado a Córdoba.
• Aún por desechar. Un par de cosas que dejar atrás.
• El vestíbulo de entrada. A Moose ahora le gusta aullar y escuchar el eco.
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All this sounding very familiar……..toss this, keep that…..You guys will feel so much ‘lighter’.
Jim:
Yes, we already feel much lighter!
Are you going to be taking the cats on the train when you do your final move to Cordoba? Or do you have another means of travel that day? Imagine carrying those cages and your other stuff might be a bit of a hassle on the train…but maybe not? Best of luck wrapping up things these next two weeks and with some (fingers crossed) cooperation from Dudo and Moose.
Heading back to ABQ on Wednesday for another two week cover for the ILs.
Got quite a view of the aurora borealis on Thursday night here in MD. Standing on my back deck, I got some great photos with my phone. iP14Pro has a pretty good camera.
Mary
Mary:
We’re renting a car for the trip. Can’t imagine hauling them on the train. You sure had some spectacular views. Thanks for sharing them!
That is the most glorious sunrise!! All that and Stritchy, too! Love it. Jx
PS I am not surprised that cats are yowling. They know what’s afoot…
Jon:
There’ll be a whole lot more yowling going on.
I’ll miss your sunrises and sunsets over the sea, but look forward to your new views. Poor kitties, they just don’t understand what’s going on.
Kelly:
The view will definitely be missed, but I’m excited about what lies ahead.
You know… you see photos of sunrises like that, and you’re impressed… but, I can’t IMAGINE what it must have been like to see in person!
Nice carriers 🙂 You two still have a car, right? That’s how the final move will be done?
Judy C:
I can’t count the number of times one of us has rolled over in the morning and said, “Oh, my god. Look at the sunrise!” Bad timing. We sold the car in the spring. But we’ll just rent one for the drive to Córdoba with the cats.
Donde esta Olivia?
JSSW:
Olivia hangs on the wall in the salon! You don’t remember her greeting everyone? She’ll have pride of place in the new apartment. Probably in the “follé.”
Those cats are pretty smart to know a partially assembled cat-carrier when they see one!
Reading this makes me a bit jealous of your fresh start. I’d love to clean things out and move to a new place.
Steve:
Yes, the cats are no dummies. You’ve been in your place even longer than we’ve been in ours. I do love moving. And I especially love the opportunity to clean things out. So satisfying.
Dudo’s face always makes me smile.
I like the idea of a drop top carrier, though I wonder if lowering the cats inside is better … I see four legs splayed out in all directions.
Gorgeous sunrise … I’d have gotten up early to see that, too!
Bob:
You roll the cats a bit with their legs up in the air and drop then in not giving them a chance to splay. If you can grab them in the first place, it IS easier.
Looks like The Boys are getting a brand new cat tree in your new place if that old one is out on the terrace for jettison!
Debra:
We have three cat trees. The one on the terrace is shot, so we’ll take it down to the curb for trash pick-up … and someone will drive by and pick it up before the City gets here. The living room cat tree will come with us. The one is SG’s office may be beyond hope (to us), as well.
When I was a child, had a necklace with a globe-shaped charm on it. Metal on one side, glass on the other, and behind the glass was the most amazing sunset (or was it sunrise?) made from butterfly wings. That is what your pictures look like today. Only they look better.
I do wonder what happened to that necklace.
Can’t believe how fast you guys are getting this move done. I am so impressed.
And I’m ashamed to admit I know little, if anything about Elaine Stritch. I now know that she sure could perform a song.
Ms. Moon
Ms. Moonsigh:
Elaine Stritch has a one-woman show available on YouTube. Worth a watch. She tells the story of her life AND she sings. I was talking to our current landlady the other day. She told me she figured we’d be here until the end of December and was amazed at how quickly we did this. I told her we’re old pros with nearly 20 moves under our belts together. We don’t waste any time. That necklace sounds so unusual. I wonder if it’s stashed with a bunch of other things somewhere. Wouldn’t that be a nice surprise?
They sold all kinds of butterfly wing jewelry when I was a child. Florida was souvenir central, you know. Shell jewelry was also good. And oh- the orange blossom perfume. It was sort of wretched but I’d love to smell some again.
MM
That sunrise was eye popping! Wow! I know you’ll miss that view.
Jennifer:
Yeah, the view will be hard to leave behind! (And the sound of the sea.)
I remember moving my two cats; they did not like the process. Eventually they settled down but it wasn’t pleasant.
Urspo:
They’ll be stressed for a short time, but they’ll love the new space.
Caught you in the mirror!
Kirk:
I tried to get a shot without my reflection. Oh well.
Kitty trancs, talk to the vet, no reason for them to be stressed when they can be mellowed out.
David:
Kitty trancs make us nervous and our vets have always been against them, although I know many people use them. I also don’t like how long it takes them to recover. We once gave Benadryl to a very stressed out cat. He foamed pink at the mouth when we gave it to him, but it did help during our drive from San Francisco to Palm Springs. I think we’ll stick with the pheromone spray.
“ Yesterday’s sunrise was so spectacular that San Geraldo woke me up to see it. ”
A comment as lovely as it was heartbreaking
finlaygray:
Yes, there’s something beautiful and overwhelming about being awakened to see a sunrise.
Bigger, sturdier, and with a door on top which will make it easier to grab – like my men.
Urspo:
Easier to grab is important (sometimes).