I stopped by my friend’s house today; we’re leaving hubbies at home and taking off for a wonderful conference tomorrow. When I got there I spotted the clematis and wisteria crawling all the way up a Curly Willow tree in their back yard. More new growth in a time of sadness about Hinahina…it helps.
Here’s my photo of the day. The Gathering was pau and I got into my car. I had a lot of errands to run. Turned the key. Car started. Engine turned off. Hmmm… Strange. Turned the key again. Car started. Engine turned off. Acting like it thought I was kakaroaching my own car. Sheesh.
I took the key out of the ignition. Pressed the “open door” button which I usually do if this happens. Put the key back in. This time the car wouldn’t start at all.
Called AAA. The guy came right out… battery fine. Alternator fine. Tried a few key things. Nothing. He called the tow truck. I called Nolemana and asked him to come get me. Tow truck guy has to load my kawila onto the flatbed up a steep hill, after backing down my car from my friends’ very steep driveway.
Off they went. Off we went. We all met at Cleveland Auto Repair in Gresham. I told Arlen what was happening and he right away said he thought it was the anti-theft system.
Nolemana and I came home after doing a couple of my errands.
Kawila stayed at Cleveland Auto. Hopefully I will get her back tomorrow.
Here’s my kawila, almost ready to head off to the shop. Me, grateful for AAA.
I stay writing dis post wit plenny wai maka, cuz today we wen tell Hinahina, “Aloha ʻoe”. Was hard cuz she no like get sleepy foa long time, so we jass wen talk to her, tell her how spesho she stay, telling her mahalo foa being one shaka hoaloa foa Papa-san, foa coming to us so we could rescue her all dem years ago.
She wen have one good day today; kinda playful, eating good, purring, and feeling moa betta den yestaday. Dat wen make one good memory foa us. And foa her, I tink.
We going miss u like crazy, u sweet pōpoki… try tell ʻUkulele “aloha” from me, k? And Kukui, too.
Kʻden. Pau. Too much wai maka foa see da monitor anymoa. Here she is, looking playful today.
These lilacs were kakaroached as suckers from a place that shall not be named. Nolemana dug them up for me and they have thrived. Good to see beauty right now as they bloom on our deck.
Hinahina is still eating tuna, but that’s about it. And because of her renal failure, she can’t stay on it forever. But for now, she is still pretty alert, though she sleeps a lot. Well, who wouldn’t, at her age? She still wants cuddles and pets, and doesn’t look too bad for a sick kitty.
Tomorrow we should be getting the results of her urine culture back. Until then, we wait, and enjoy the time with our girl.
One of the ewes around the corner from us had twin lambs a couple of weeks ago, and I was lucky enough today to get a photo of them. They’re not always near the fence, but today they were.
It was good to see new life in the midst of my sadness about Hinahina.
In order to fully understand the photo of the day, and my sadness, please go here and read my 2008 post about our kitty, Hinahina.
Hinahina is now about fourteen years old, and has been Nolemana’s faithful companion in his office for all these years. About four months ago she developed the beginnings of renal failure, and she’s been doing really well on her special diet, so well in fact, that the vet said last month that she didn’t need to see Hinahina for another six months.
But last week Hinahina stopped eating, and for the past five days we have had more tests run, X-rays taken, and three more exams. Our vets, working together, think that she has developed several issues that are complicating the renal issues, including the possibility of diabetes or something worse. We’re now awaiting the results of Hina’s last culture, but things are not looking good. She’s eating a little bit of tuna, but she can’t stay on that very long, and given the circumstances, it looks like we’ve got a difficult decision to make. That will be on Monday, when the culture results come back.
Our poor girl isn’t feeling well, and one of our vets gently said, “Not all wars are meant to be fought.” He and our other vet are a wonderful team helping our pöpoki.
This is a photo of Hinahina at the vet’s. I hope that there is something that we can do medically when her test results come back… but right now… I just don’t know. The thought of going through this again so soon after losing ‘Ukulele and Kukui is really hard…..
Today was a day I’d been looking forward to a lot: the annual Aurora Colony Handspinners’ Guild Spin-In in Aurora, Oregon, where members of the Guild gather for a day of fellowship and you guessed it, handspinning. There were about twenty of us there today, and it was wonderful seeing all the different wheels, methods of spinning, and fiber being spun. At one point or another, most of us wandered around the room ooh-ing and ah-ing at what we saw.
I knew a few people there and got to meet more and make new friends. It was a wonderful day; Suzette and I sat next to each other with our Ladybug wheels and enjoyed the day together. It was all very relaxing and enjoyable, and now that the days are longer, I will join the Guild once a month at their meetings in Canby.
I’m putting together the photos that I took when I was in Hood River. This is the Hood River Bridge over the mighty Columbia River and the hills of Washington State behind them.
The flowering trees at the entrance to the gym I go to are in full bloom right now. When I’m there, their scent follows me for quite awhile as I walk by them coming and going, and if there’s a breeze, I get showered by the falling petals. It’s wonderful!
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