Yesterday was a nice day – after a week of cold, cloudy and rain. We welcome the sun and the warm 20° temperature, only to wake up this morning to let overcast sky, cold rain, and temperatures in the single digits again. And although it says 21° in the house, it feels cold; the type of cold and go straight to your bones. The forecast for the next 10 days cloudy rain and cloudy, with the possibility that the son might peek through once or twice. We are all getting tired of this weather. It would be nice to go outdoors without a jacket on, to till the garden and plant some seeds. The season is two or three weeks late. This is April weather.
On a more cheerful note, a neighbours cat escape from her last fall, in a summer cottage area some 50 miles from home. Although it was spotted of and on in that area which she visited as frequently as possible, putting up food for it, and alerting the year-round residents, nobody was able to catch it. After the storms in January the cat disappeared and she gave up hope.
We had a long winter, storms and cold, followed by severe flooding in that area. Then last week my neighbour had a phone call. Apparently recently a cat showed up about 15 miles from where he was last seen. Someone started putting food out for him and call the SPCA. He was caught in a live trap and brought to a city vet who discovered he had an identification chip. To make a long story short, he is back home.
He is in good shape, except for having worms which the vet treated. We will never know where he spent the winter, and how he managed to survive. He was certainly glad to be home, purring on my neighbour's lap, welcomed by her other cat.
Birthstone is here too 
