Five Things for Ezekiel Day 4 (with bonus sixth thing)

[scarlettina]

1) I'm glad to hear that my friends and family back east are safe as Big Mother-F*cking Storm Sandy moves on.

2) Weather in Seattle has been mild and damp, not as cold as one would expect at the end of October for which I'm truly grateful.

3) I'm way behind in processing my Europe trip pictures. Maybe I'll get more done tonight. ::fingers crossed:: Trouble is that I discovered spots on a lot of the pictures, which suggests that my lens was dirty and I didn't notice. I'm just glad that I have enough facility with Photoshop to attend to it, but it's slowing down my preferred posting speed.

4) This house desperately needs to be decluttered and vacuumed. I have no idea when this is going to happen.

5) Ezekiel Report, Day 4: Zeke has settled in nicely. He's playful, affectionate, and curious. He and Sophie seem to have achieved detente--no more hissing, but lots of sniffing each other nose-to-nose and a great deal of chasing each other about the house. Sophie has been unwilling to cuddle or sleep with me since Zeke's arrival which, while expected, has been genuinely upsetting to me. Last night for the first time, both Sophie and Zeke got up on the bed at the same time. This morning, when I woke up to Zeke kneeding my cheek, I discovered a big lump at my feet--Sophie, curled up between the top sheet and the quilt. It's not the kind of cuddling with her that I'm used to, but as far as I'm concerned it's progress.

BONUS! 6) This evening on KUOW-FM (94.9 FM, also streaming online and available as a podcast), Selected Shorts is offering Tales of Terror by Edgar Allan Poe, featuring "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Raven," hosted by Neil Gaiman. What a lovely, seasonally appropriate program!

Comments

[aberwyn.livejournal.com]

Sophie's coming around fairly fast, I have to say -- in reference to stubborn cats I have had and known. When we got Flavia, Rhodri refused to accept her, and he hated her to the day he died. He was mostly Siamese, though, which may have had something to do with it.

Zekie looks adorable in the photo you posted. But then, kittens are. :-)

Houses don't need it

[the-same-andrew.livejournal.com]

Houses don't need decluttering, decluttering needs houses. Or, uhm, something. I know what you mean. Fortunately, if I leave stuff out on my deck, the snow will cover it until April. You probably don't have that option in the Emerald City.

[mcjulie.livejournal.com]

If you leave stuff out on the deck here, it will have dissolved by April, which might come to the same thing...