This cartoon reminded me of Shula.


 

Mollie's new home

Mollie has decided to go into a care home. The decision is entirely hers and one she has been thinking about for awhile. The place she has found sounds very nice, she will have a bedroom, her own on-suite bathroom and a sitting room with doors out to the garden.

 I am sure she has made the right choice, she has looked at a few place and this is the one she likes. She spent a week there before making her decision and was able to check out the accomodation and is happy with it.

She will be able to have her own things with her, most important her own television and her own telephone so will retain her privacy but be able to have company if she wants it.

For the moment she is back at home sorting out her affairs, once she is settled in her new home I will go to Jersey to see her. It will be nice to know where she is and picture her room when we talk on the telephone.

I am praying for a nice summer next year so she can take full advantage of the gardens which she tells me are beautiful.

Tickle my tummy

Sky has really settled in and whatever Shula is doing Sky wants to do it too. Since she has gained confidence she has become a bit more demanding for a fuss. It is really nice to see her so happy, you only have to smile at her and she wags her whole body, it makes you feel good.

We do have to be more careful now as she wants to be everywhere with you and can get through small spaces. We have had to put wire at the bottom of the garden gates because she squeezes through to get into the drive if you are there. I worry that she might go under the main gate looking for me if I am out.

What you doing in there Pippa

Poor old Pippa can't get away from the dogs, whichever empty pot she finds to sleep in they find her.

Rebuilding underway at Les Aristochats

I just returned from delivering some stuff to Les Aristochats and was looking through some old photos of happier times. This is Carmen's three legged goat which along with her two companions survived the fire and is still living happily on the finca. Rebuilding is underway and it is hoped to have some of the work finished before the rains come.

Burnt campo Calahonda

This is the sort of devastation caused by the fires which raged for miles.

Les Aristochats

This is part of the devistation effecting this santuary for old cats. Fortunately only half the place was affected. After all the horror of the fires which affected me, seeing this place which my friend Carmen has for the past I don't know how many years dedicated to saving old unwanted cats makes you want to cry. So many animals have died, even here where their cages were open and they could have fled they chose to stay and died.

I think a few days ago Carmen was all for giving up but there are still some animals that have survived so she has to go on. Now she has to rebuild. The community has been good suplying food and water, now what is needed is material to rebuild., cement, sand, wire and fence poles, tiles for the floor.

Fire

We have had the terrible fires even worse than the last time. Some apartments at the top of Calahonda have been effected and loads of people evacuated.

I did not realised how bad until I went with my friend Carmen to her finca in Atalaya where she has a little animal sanctuary, Les Aristochats, dedicated mainly to old cats without the hope of adoption to live out their life.

We passed quite a few burnt out houses and miles of the country side is devastated.

Carmen's house escaped untouched except for smoke which has made the place dirty. What was burnt was half her animal pens and she has lost a lot of animals.