All About the Cats

We've arrived in our home for the next two weeks here in Hemet, California. We generally make a trip down here once per year. It's a good-sized town without being too big, and this is a very nice RV park with three swimming pools, three jacuzzis, volleyball both in water and on dry land, and lots of other activities for old farts...that would be us.

Smitty wasted no time getting out for a real walk this time. He's been here before. As I've mentioned on previous walks, he doesn't like the wide open spaces. Here, the space is fairly secluded, and so he felt less vulnerable. He gave those bushes on the left a good sniffing, and then he marked his "terrortory." No other cats allowed, thank you.

He may have found a lizard nestled in some leaves that collected at the bottom of this bush. This gave him no end of amusement as he scratched at the leaves and generally acted like a cat.

And everything was going along purringly until I looked across at our neighbor and saw this fellow looking back. No worries, I thought. He's confined to his own catio, and Smitty hadn't noticed him.

Although, I think Sadie had him spotted...or maybe it's a her...hard to tell.

Then, I noticed the catio is open on one side, and the cat is free to roam if s/he so chooses. S/he even has a ladder there for ease of ingress and egress. And, YIKES! We definitely don't want a repeat of the Fang episode from our last trip here.

On our last trip, our neighbors had a little cat they left tied up and unaccompanied outdoors. His name was Rocky, and Smitty hated him from the first time he laid eyes on him. Just look at that evil face. Goodness knows what horrors he's plotting in that wicked head of his.

Smitty never got a minute's rest because he had to keep an eye out for that cat every second of every day. It really burned his biscuits.

I don't think he's spotted this new cat across the way, but he's still watching out for that other cat. We know it's out there somewhere, and so Smitty is being vigilant.

Sadie can rest easy knowing Smitty's on the job.

Don't worry your purretty little head, Missy. I'll purrtect you.

We were a little hemmed in on our last visit, and so we asked for a space farther out. We're as far as we can be on the west side of the park, with a wall behind us.

And pretty much nothing ahead of us. Mike can park his truck in one of the many empty spaces down this road, which gives us more room at our own site.

He was going to ask permission until I reminded him that asking forgiveness was the better way to go.

Mike has a list of projects about a dozen deep for our time here. Today we'll get out and pick up some needed supplies, and he already has an Amazon delivery scheduled. I need to pick up some supplies for the Crabapple Hill Sew-along for International Embroidery Month. I ordered the floss I need from the Crabapple Hill website, and I expect it will arrive later in the week. As for the other supplies, this will involve a trip to Jo-Ann, which always puts me in a bad mood. I'd go somewhere else, but Jo-Ann will have the best prices for the supplies I need. Also, we'll be stopping off at a Staples where I'll be able to print the pattern and instructions. So...there's plenty on the agenda for today.

The rest of the week is scheduled pretty tightly already too. Tomorrow Mike has hired a crew to come and wax our RV. This new RV has full-body paint, and so we've been waiting for our arrival here in Hemet to give it a good wax job. On Wednesday Mike's sister Meredith will pay us a visit from her home in nearby Fullerton. On Thursday is the Road to California quilt show, and we have a meet-up with some friends on Sunday. Somewhere in all of that, I'm hoping to get in a sewing day or two. As with our last visit, we'll get in some walks around the park. There is always lots to see.