Soon after I got up this morning (at 5 a.m.) and opened all the windows to let some cool morning air into the house, the air started moving for the first time in about a week. Yesterday everything was perfectly still and the temperature reached 35.5 degrees Celsius — that's about 95 F, and was lower than predicted. It wasn't unpleasant, actually. This morning the sky is gray and there's a cool breeze blowing.
The yellow flowers above are the non-invasive wild millepertuis variety that grows out in the vineyard.These are photos I took in June 2015.
At six a.m. I went out on the terrace to see if it was raining or just gray. I looked out toward the back yard and saw a cat lying on the ground near our oregano patch. I think it was the neighbors' cat named Ulia that went missing on May 12. If it was, that's the third time I've seen her over the past month. I sent a text message to the people Ulia belonged to. I'm waiting to see if they answer me again. I wonder if Ulia might be living near the pond out back, where she can get water to drink and maybe small rodents to hunt and eat. Or maybe it was a different cat. Maybe Ulia returned home one way or another. I hope so.
The neighbors whose cat ran away answered my text message and then showed up a few minutes ago. They are still looking for Ulia. I asked them if they wanted me to continue letting them know if I see the cat again. They said yes and thanked me.
ReplyDeleteUlia may prefer living in the wild lol. Hopefully she'll kill some of your pests. We have a feral cat that I credit with killing things living in our crawl space.
ReplyDeleteare the neighbors leaving food out for their kitty? Common sense but you never know
ReplyDeleteI don't know. I don't know these neighbors. They don't live in our Hamlet, but farther away.
DeleteOh, Ulia! I wish she'd be less elusive :(
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