Not doing too well on the "posting regularly" thing, am I?
Well, since I started a "day" last Sunday, I might as well go with it.
Today's "Show & Tell" picture is of Dominique, the back yard cat. On a distinctly sunnier day than we have been having lately.
Miss Do has moved into the yard for good and all.
During the summer months, she was content to camp out for the night on any available chair with a cushion on it. It doesn't rain much during the summer, so open air or slightly under cover was adequate digs for the season. But what about winter? I had no covered spot out back that was not going to get wet when winter storms blew in.
What about bringing her indoors? Well, not so much. She has been invited in the back door several times, but doesn't seem to view "indoors" as a place she wants to spend any amount of time. She'll politely sit by the door for a spell, happy to receive a few pets and some love. But she resolutely plants her nose five inches from the glass of the sliding door, and within ten minutes she makes it clear she belongs on the other side. So, as summer waned and the nasty weather approached, I was desperate to make a place, either on the patio or the "shed deck," where she could stay at least dry if not terribly warm for the duration.
Husband and I set about creating a protected space where she could snuggle in and eat and sleep dry while the winter storms raged.
We extended the "shed deck" by six feet to make it 10 feet square. Then we added a "shelter logic" canopy as a roof. But a covered 10 foot square with no walls offers almost no reliably dry space when the winds start to howl and the rain blows sideways. A trip to the Habitat ReStore scored us enough doors and windows to enclose the space on the south and west. And, voila!
The Dodie deck.
She's content to curl up on one of the several chairs enhanced with blankets, old sleeping bags and pillows. She stays relatively warm and dry. And has basically become queen of the back yard.
Every morning, I take my coffee outside, she takes up her position on my lap, and we sit and watch the birds and the squirrels come to the feeders.
Makes up a little for the loss of my three boys over the past year. The Universe never leaves me lonely for long.
She's a beauty. Quite a set of whiskers. Matt is looking pretty good too.
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