Stormy Weather...
Quote de jour
"When you're used to hearing purring and suddenly it's gone, it's hard to silence the blaring sound of sadness.
~Missy Altijd
So much water under the bridge, or should I say, snow? Mystery week ended with my disappearance. Funny how no internet service can do that, and no heat, or hot water. The song "Stormy Weather" feels appropriate and not just because of surviving the strangest snow storm I can recall. There's been mega cat loss in my family. My brother's cat died recently and this week, my mother's beloved Missu was put to sleep. Missu was a pretty but anti-social tortoiseshell who hid anytime someone visited. My mother thankfully has one cat left but she's bereft. What unnerves me is that Missu and my cats are the same age. The savage storm of the past few days made me painfully aware of how tenuous life is.
For readers expecting Cat Saturday and Kitty Wisdom 101, sorry, all I have is this shot of Domino baffled by the storm from hell.
The past 48 hours felt like going...
This was the view early yesterday morning. The silent white landscape looked moonscape meets post nuclear apocalypse. My creative muse did cartwheels until saw the damage. Heartbreaking holocaust of my favorite trees. Nature has no favorites. I won't go into the gory details. More photos to come. Despite major damage, the startling beauty trumped all.
For now, I sink into gratitude for... the guys who fixed the furnace today, for hot water in anticipation of a hot shower (my first in three days), for kind neighbors, for Ron from Jamaica who carried a ladder in knee-deep snow to repair a torn cable wire, for cats who double as hot water bottles and you for reading.
"When you're used to hearing purring and suddenly it's gone, it's hard to silence the blaring sound of sadness.
~Missy Altijd
So much water under the bridge, or should I say, snow? Mystery week ended with my disappearance. Funny how no internet service can do that, and no heat, or hot water. The song "Stormy Weather" feels appropriate and not just because of surviving the strangest snow storm I can recall. There's been mega cat loss in my family. My brother's cat died recently and this week, my mother's beloved Missu was put to sleep. Missu was a pretty but anti-social tortoiseshell who hid anytime someone visited. My mother thankfully has one cat left but she's bereft. What unnerves me is that Missu and my cats are the same age. The savage storm of the past few days made me painfully aware of how tenuous life is.
For readers expecting Cat Saturday and Kitty Wisdom 101, sorry, all I have is this shot of Domino baffled by the storm from hell.
The past 48 hours felt like going...
This was the view early yesterday morning. The silent white landscape looked moonscape meets post nuclear apocalypse. My creative muse did cartwheels until saw the damage. Heartbreaking holocaust of my favorite trees. Nature has no favorites. I won't go into the gory details. More photos to come. Despite major damage, the startling beauty trumped all.
For now, I sink into gratitude for... the guys who fixed the furnace today, for hot water in anticipation of a hot shower (my first in three days), for kind neighbors, for Ron from Jamaica who carried a ladder in knee-deep snow to repair a torn cable wire, for cats who double as hot water bottles and you for reading.
Posted by Layla Morgan Wilde at 2/27/2010 3:32 PM 
Categories: Nature, Cats, Westchester County, Photography, Spirituality
Tags: snow storm hell cat loss
Categories: Nature, Cats, Westchester County, Photography, Spirituality
Tags: snow storm hell cat loss
oh poor Domino. And poor you. We have had mostly rain. And since we have had floods from the rain, and plenty here without power, it would have been 1000 times worse if we had what you guys had.
Spring will be here. Eventually. In 3 weeks.
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Wow!!! What a storm you had. Bad weather is just so hard on outdoor animals! We must never forget that and try to be as good as we can to them. Thank goodness my ferals all had shelter and food and water!
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So true!
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I've been thinking about you these last two days. We had the same thing here three weeks ago. Just got rid of the last of the tree damage here today - it's easier now that I don't have to look at all these broken limbs in my yard. And I know I'll never take power for granted again, or heat, or a hot shower. I hope things return to normal for you soon.
I'm so sorry about all the loss in your family, too - my heart goes out to your brother and your mother.
Go hug your two feline hot water bottles
Amber is happy to see Domino weathered the storm - not that she had any doubt that her tough guy would be okay.
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Thanks so much Ingrid!
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ooh dear Layla... i'm sorry you had such an awful week...
the photos are lovely but it is sad about the damages... love you...
it is never easy to lose a pet....
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