Ouch!!

My cats got a pedicure last evening, and this little wiggle worm moved just at the wrong moment, getting a back toe cut too close. The vet tech, whom both cats know, apologized, staunched the bleeding and was soon on her way.  I meanwhile, left for dinner and was met upon return by bloody paw marks on the bedroom floor, a blood stained duvet and sheets and a little girl in no apparent distress who awaited me on a rather horrendously blood soaked couch cushion.

Our vet tech was consulted and promised to return today which she has, medication in hand. The bleeding has stopped. We think Phoebe, annoyed by her nail, chewed on it when I was not at home to notice.

She is contentedly sleeping while I wonder at the best solution for taking feline blood from a blue and white duvet, bleaching sheets and a love seat cover. Any suggestions?

A Lovely Way To End The Week...

Has anyone seen the stars tonight? It is crisp, but not cold and there were several stars raining light as I came home from dinner with friends. The night sky can be hard to see in a suburban landscape as built up and neon-dominated as this tends to be. Living next to an eight-lane roadway populated largely by businesses, it is easy to become overwhelmed with the cacophony of traffic noises, the glare of lights or the blare of emergency vehicles on route to nearby hospitals or the neighboring firehouse.

This evening as I arrived at my door, however, all was quiet and what was intended as a passing glance upward became the entree for one of nature's finest moments. Many years ago while in the desert with my friend Pauline, we were treated to a dazzling array twinkling from above when she, an avid amateur astronomer, showed me some stars through her telescope, remarking that the stars were infinitely more interesting and beautiful than anything humans could create, and few of us appreciated our luck at being able to gaze at them.

I think perhaps she was right. What do you think?