After staying in Sick Bay for the morning a very wan and tired looking Tia came back out to her little herd. She is eating well and doing all the normal business after her scare on Friday so I would rather she were out walking about than in the sick bay which is really only a small draft free area of a barn corridor that I can easily shut off in emergencies.
Last night I checked on them all and Sheila was snoring so loudly I could hear her from the door. When I reached their sleeping room I could see Sheila fast asleep in her enormous straw bed with the calves scattered around her like black pearls. All the calves were sitting perfectly at ease, chewing their cud, heads up and turned to me, eyes shining, listening to their comforting sound.
Yesterday afternoon I saw That Cat perched precariously on a sheet of ice leaning down to the water below for a drink. I need to add here that there I plenty of other vessels of heated water in the barn for cats and birds. Why she chose this trough I don’t know. Camera House was not quite focussed when this happened. Watch this sequence.
He leapt as he fell and was out and gone within the second, doused in feezing water and flying through the air, the shrieking,spitting over the smash of the breaking ice causing quite the drama and scaring the dogs as he shot back into the barn to hide.
We were not amused…
I hope you have a lovely Sunday.
Love celi
ps. Don’t forget. I am an immigrant living in America with a green card. Someone said to me yesterday – but this ban on immigrants does not affect you, you are not from one of the banned countries? My voice had been shuddering with the horror of it, the speed of this persecution, the officers just doing as they were instructed, following orders. Putting people with green cards back on planes without letting them even make a phone call. Planes to where? Back to the hell they were escaping.
I went quite still.
It affects me, I said. Turning away. Because I am from the world.
The Kitchen's Garden 
116 responses to “Cats And Ice”
First, hooray to see Tia up and about — and I involuntarily laughed at the kitty’s escapade. Re: that other unpleasantness, it seems, from my reading this morning, that green card holders originally were exempted from the ban, but that Steve Bannon and Steve Miller were allowed to overrule the DHS. From my perspective, that’s as distressing as the ban itself, and leads to serious questions about who actually is running things. I’ll be having a little chat with my Congressman tomorrow, and hope several million more people do likewise.
Yes. Phone better than email – which is better than nothing. (There may be voice mail now if boxes aren’t full, A prepared sensible 3 minute non-emotional, no name calling speech asking what the heck is going on and what you want to happen. A calm speech, but serious one.)
To deny us entry when we already have a green card is Illegal. Surely. No matter where we are from. To achieve a green card is terribly hard – the vetting IS extreme and it takes years to get one. With a green card I am allowed to come and go from and to America but not be out of the country for longer than three months. I am going back to read the fine print in my immigration paperwork but I do not remember that the green cards could be rescinded en masse at the whim of the presiding regime and that the Immigration department (who approves the Green cards) can be overruled at any time. If this is the case they should change the wording from Permanent Resident to Temporary Resident with the proviso that this status can change at any time and without warning. c
I don’t think it matters what the find print says, Celi. Nothing of the past seems to matter at all and what you have is a whole new set of rules. Yes, it does affect you…. and it affects me, too, one who was born in and living in Canada. It affects every single thinking person on this globe we call home. Because of the divisive nature of all of this I have not put many words to my thoughts and fears so they’re not found as yet. But I do understand where you’re coming from. How fast and easily the house of cards can crumple. ~ Mame
That really brings it home!
Yes it is surely right on our doorsteps.. c
It is a horrible state of affairs for the World. Everyone is affected, even those who think they are not. On slighter note poor kitty, I hope he isn’t frozen into an ice cube!
He was fine – crazy cat. We did not see him for a while – he was probably up in the hay bales.. c
That cat’s hilarious! I had one that fell in the bath once – it’s amazing to see a cat fly 🙂
Waa. Hope you weren’t IN the bath – that could have been dangerous! c
Ha ha, luckily no, I was running it.
It affects us all. We are all immigrants .
It certainly affects the immigrants with Green Cards. c
Poor Old Puss! Guess there was no chance of a nice warm towelling. What a good suggestion to contact our congressmen. Not that I have much hope of any action from mine here in North Carolina. But just to let them know how displeased I am with the president’s dictatorial & distressing tendencies. I will contact them anyway tomorrow also.
I am TOTALLY amused my stubborn cat who has to learn the hard way. That cat is my Patronus!
Fear not, dear Celi. Many of us are committed to seeing this ban lifted for ALL immigrants. My kids and I are having a letter-writing campaign today to thank the Republicans who are speaking out (sadly at this point, only 5 out of 293) against this illegal and immoral ban. America was built on acceptance. Those not indigenous were strangers here once.
Well stated letters good. Great plan
I love your positive angle – it is more important to strengthen those who are doing the right thing. c
I got a chuckle from the icecat episode.
Nothing will convince me that the immigration changes are good. Quite the opposite.
One of my ginger boys swims … in the pond, bathroom basin. filled kitchen sink, maybe That Cat would prefer warmer water? 🙂 So very pleased to see Tia up and about and well again. Are you panicking about your trip to the UK, I am sure you will be fine but as you say what about the refugees running for their lives?? Laura
Yes and if they were to take offence to something NZ does and send me home at least no-one will be shooting at me. Fancy your cat swimming! That is amazing. c
The immigrant ban is a horror. We must fight it. We are fighting it.
The key is to never be the silence when the bad things happen.
Silence is interpreted as approval. Never ever be the silence.
The world is a scary place today. My husband too has a green card. He is from Mexico. Aside from that, the kitty made me laugh. Cat’s can’t help but find trouble… LOL
He will understand how I feel then – plus the Mexicans are taking a hit now too – so he must be doubly unsettled – give him my love from a fellow immigrant.
Oh poor kitty! They are strange critters when they want to be, doing the oddest of things. Guess that’s what makes then cats. 😀
Oh C, this trump malarkey is quite ridiculous. No room to talk though as we have a completely incompetent corrupt idiot ruining our country.
Have a wonderful week ahead.
🙂 Mandy xoxoxo
Incompetence at high levels is pretty scary.. c
I usually keep something in the stock tank, so that if a cat, mouse, whatever falls in, they can climb out. I once found a hen that had somehow fallen in the 100 gallon stock tank in the summer, and she was just floating on top, looking very dead. I took her out, noticed signs of life, washed her off with warm water and dried her very well. She made a full recovery! I am very glad your heifer made a full recovery.
Wow – what a tough old bird! c
Dear God, I worry about you too. The sheer madness. The sheer sorrow. These are dangerous times. Be safe my dear friend.
I am very much looking forward to my holiday away!!
Your PS is so poignant and beautifully written. I’m sorry our country has made you write it. This is a dark new world we are living in.
We need to adjust to avoid being blinded