MANY OF YOU campfire friends have followed the story of Paddy, the frightened, injured, and bedraggled little waif who came to our cabin door a year ago. The day after St. Patrick’s Day, to be exact. Thought you might like a ‘birthday’ update. The first picture below was taken today. The other two a week after Paddy came to us,
LIFE–real life–is small. Intimate. Personal. As close as a cat’s purr, a hug, a cup of tea, the blooming of a flower. It is not, and never will be, defined by the grand ambitions of fools, lunatics, and tyrants. They live their own small and mortal lives, less authentic and decent than our own, and in their ignorance and pretension
YESTERDAY, in a post about Kathy Ann’s family quilts, I happened to catch a photo of our little waif Paddy curled up for a nap. Many of you have followed the tale of Paddy, who showed up the day after last year’s St. Patrick’s Day. Cold, frightened and starving. A tentative, mutual adoption followed. And now Paddy is doing very
IT IS THE TIME of year when bonsais are brought in to their winter quarters, and concurrently the orchids begin to bloom once more. They brighten my office, and little Paddy, onetime woodland waif, doesn’t seem to mind sharing the space. He brightens the office, too.
LAST MARCH, a frightened, freezing, injured little waif. Now, a Prince on his throne. UPDATE on Paddy, and Kathy! …. Paddy continues to discover his true personality, as do we. After a trip to the Pet Hospital 2 weeks ago (slight eye infection) in which I cuddled and ‘protected’ him against the vet, I have been suddenly and completely accepted
SCENES from an afternoon island nap. Even though I was mostly in charge of Paddy for the first 4-6 weeks, he soon bonded with Kathy much more strongly. I didn’t mind—just glad to see him safe and happy. But this last week on the island Paddy and I have had a breakthrough. So very nice. We have discovered/decided that the
PADDY, the once-terrified, freezing, starving, limping-on-two-legs, wouldn’t come into the garage, couldn’t be touched, stray cat. Now ‘helping’ me with emails and office work. I know you guys are probably tired of seeing these pictures/posts. But as I tell Kathy (whom he loves best) it just makes me SO HAPPY on some days to simply look at him. To watch
SO ON FAWN ISLAND, home of Koda, Simon, and Paddy, we now have a new arrival/family member. This is Dingo, late of Houston, Texas, found by granddaughter Maya on ‘Petfinder.’ He is a 14 month-old Golden Shepherd rescue, and he fills the empty spot left by the kids’ Nellie, who died last year. In just 2 weeks, he has adapted
FOR ALL YOU friends and admirers of little Paddy the cat, our St. Patrick’s Day waif, what a change. And what adaptions he has made! You will recall that Paddy was terrified of the world, and wouldn’t let us approach, let alone touch him. Now, here is Paddy on Fawn Island, having done beautifully with the 250 mile car-ride. And