Thursday 16 May 2013

20 steps from my door

20 steps from my door...

well this is actually taken just opening my door, the smaller much older cat Diesel is 21, we got her from the SPCA, she has moved out several times over her life time, When our first puppy Nahanni, a little ball of a black lab moved in,  later when one of the kids brought home a second kitten both joining the hectic family life,  Diesel found the tranquil retired life next door with my mom and dad and just visiting grandkids more to her liking.  She moved back in  with us back to Victoria 10 years ago, but when  we moved Freya into her new residence in a care home in Victoria and Dave's Dad moved onto our place, Diesel decided this was the place for her.  Nahanni eventually passed away at 16, a great family member for all, within a few years Jamie felt the need to adopt another dog in need, we found Halo under the free section of Used Victoria, Desiel watched as new dynamics formed with the crew.  Several years later, we lost two of our old time family members and friends,  shockingly Dave's Father Al passed away in early spring and within two months Hardy, our long time adopted family friend who also lived with us for over twenty years also passed.  Our two prospector, miner  and driller characters that have a million wild BC stories can sit around the campfire, drink those beers and bullshit til the cows come home.  But back to Diesel, she now had no choice but to move back in with us, which was and continues to be very hard for her because Kevin showed up, while  we  were away on a trip. Kevin is the second black cat in the photo, he follows and  haunts her, pounces and attacks her, this poor old tough girl, who was and still is  the runt of her litter holds her own every day. Look at that brat sitting behind her as she trys to get a bit of fresh air after breakfast today!!


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