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Pre-typhoon
Typhoon 19 is on its way, on a course to hit us on Saturday into Sunday. Today, Tod and I prepared by stockng up on food, filling Tilly’ tank, cleaning up outside, and getting all the storm shutters cleaned and ready. The cats do not like the change in weather. They have been extra vocal…
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Bedcats
I spent this cold, rainy morning catnapping with four lucky cats who got a special treat of Bed Time. They were surprisingly well behaved.
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Happy half-birthday, kittens!
Six months ago, Three gave birth to Maura, Futatsuyama, Isabella Bird, and Fritter. These days, they look more like cats than kittens, but they still play like kids. Today they got a lunchtime treat. Maura waited til everyone else rushed for the first bowl, then he sauntered over as I sat down the second bowl.…
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Licking Hour
Ah, the kittens continue to be adorable as they approach their half year birthday. Today I came outside and they came running over to sit near me. They were doing their own things, but everyone had something in common, licking.
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We have electricity
Zan decided in the morning that she wanted to return to her house; living here as a refugee with her two cats was really stressful for all of them. After yoga, we helped her pack her belongings into the kei-truck and drove her down the road to her almost perfectly fine (slightly crushed and still…
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Kittens!
I have never seen such tiny and determined beings. They came out one at a time, with very little fuss from Three. She licked their cauls off and they went right to work suckling. It is so different than her last experience – these little ones were definitely healthy and ready to be born. Maura…
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Evolution of Christmas Spirit
This year end has been hectic and stressful with driving school, health issues, a broken fridge, blah, blah, blah. I was not feeling the usual “I hate Christmas’ mood this year as much as I was completely indifferent and almost ignorant of the holiday coming up. Boxes arrived from family overseas. I stacked them up.…
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On the Roads
Yesterday at driving school, we went out on the real roads with our new learner’s permits. I expected this to be a brief circle around the school, but it was a gorgeous drive along the coast. We did it three times in three hours and each time was better than the last. Learning to drive…
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Going to Driving School
Whooo! Watch out on the roads; we have our learner’s permits now. Three weeks ago, after a year in the countryside with only bicycles and busses for transportation, Tod & I enrolled at Kamogawa Driving School. Our neighbor, who runs the Korean restaurant, heard we were considering it and insisted that we set a date…
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OMG, Mould
This September was the rainiest one on record, which was really bad for our house and all the stuff in it. When we returned after visiting family in the US for a month, our home was completely coated in mould. The kitchen counter was green. The bedframe was sprouting three dimensional orange mould. The futons…
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