Assorted Things.

I had the day off today. Three day weekends that start with a Friday off are always a bit disconcerting. I didn't do much today, just some food shopping and watching some videos. I would have worked a bit on the deck plantings but the rain made that too annoying.

I took a walk downtown last Saturday. It was just to run a couple of errands but it was pouring rain and my aversion to umbrellas got me soaked (natch). I saw, or rather heard a bus vs. car accident. Everyone was OK but I had to wonder where the fault was since it was in the middle of an intersection.

I also noticed that Logan Circle was opened for the first time in months. It has had chicken wire around it for ages while they worked to renovate it. It had been struck by a runaway garbage truck some months ago, and before it was overrun with homeless. I took this lousy shot with my phone camera:



One thing some of you might notice: The trees are gone. They replaced them with open grass fields and some flower beds. I don't know what the plan is here. To make more flat open space for people to drop blankets and hang out like they do at the much more successful Rittenhouse square? Or is it some kind of anti-lingering measure to discourage the homeless from setting up camp somehow? Or is this something done to improve the view from City Hall down the Ben Franklin Parkway to the Art Museum? I dunno. I just wonder if this effort will bear fruit of having more people hang out at the park? The big problem is pedestrian access, which was improved, slightly. The park is still isolated from the rest of the city by a large high speed road with lights times for the benefit of heavy traffic flow, not pedestrians.

SaraBelle didn't gain any weight from her week of pigging out. I've been giving her treats and some of the Nutro pouch food. The trouble is letting her eat it and keeping it away from the other cats. SaraBelle can't eat an entire pouch at one sitting and I have to keep the leftovers on my desk while she is between binges, lest the other fuzzballs munch it down and get fat.

One of the forums I am on, another person whose pet also has cancer was asking 'how do you know when its time'? I've been looking at SaraBelle a lot these days. She's still cuddly and affectionate (or I am nice and warm for her skinny bod) she meows a bit at me. I don't think I see a look of pain in her yet, but how good am I as a judge? I don't know. I almost don't want to know.

My Vet actually called me this week, and it was good to hear from her. For the past couple of months SaraBelle's treatment has been sort of assembly line. Bring her in, give her chemo, check her out. This time she would like a note from me as to her temperament. Usually the only indication she has is what I mention to the V.A. when I check her in, and that's not a lot to go on.