Peace and quiet, what a way to start the week.

Good morning folks from a quiet, still, clear Betty's Bay.  After a night of strong winds and  Ben stronge gusts it is now absolutely still and silent here, especially quiet as I have just dropped Cece off at the Vet for her sterilisation.  Poor little mite I felt so bad leaving her there with all those strangers and can't,wait until we fetch her later, even Jasper is tiptoeing around the house looking for her.  Being the 'brave soul' that he is checking all the corners and blankets very timidly.  She made some big 'strides' last week in that she actually played for the very first time, firstly with some imaginary little bug, then with her teddy bear.  She also started reaching up to things a little - she can't climb the furniture or jump up on things, but started standing up and exploring / reaching above her to feel what is there, it might sound odd for a kitten, but I have come to realise that she is handicapped and takes a LOT longer than others to do normal stuff.

We had a fairly quiet week which was good as far as me being able to rest and recharge,  Jelly Bean had flu which she was struggling to shake off and was able to take a couple of days to recover as well.  Hopefully this week will be a healthy week for us all.  My precious Hubby has an order to make a portable rack / stand for displaying handmade quilts so has been busy drawing up the plans and quotes for his client.  I believe we are finally winning the war on the fleas, thank the Lord, it is an ongoing process so I will keep on doing all the necessary. Hehe.  As for the rest of the family, BigBear and BabyBear were also fighting flu and the winter germs, Big Guy and Poppet are well just exhausted.  Princess had a Hockey match on Saturday and scored the only goal for her team which was very exciting even though they lost the match.  The little Master Muffets had their first real Football match on Saturday as well and did the Guard of Honour at half time so much excitement as you can imagine.

Max once again managed to escape and got away before we could even blink.  The next thing we saw was a message on the Community Group saying that he had been seen charging down the main road and when they tried to catch 'the wild dog' he ran away  hahahaha.  If there is one thing Max is not is wild!  Hyperactive, disobedient and a Houdini but not wild.  Their daughter managed to catch him and we then collected him although she was desperate to keep the little 'wild dog'.  He is now safely back home and hopefully the wanderlust is satisfied for awhile.  Never a dull moment with this lot.  Yesterday we had a very precious friend over whose husband is overseas on business, she brought her 6 month old puppy for a play date and it was so entertaining watching them all reacting to each other.  For some reason Max was determined to protect her from her own dog. #facepalm.

On the drive home this morning I was able to take a couple of pictures looking out across the bay towards Simonstown, the sea was still and flat with mist hanging over the bay, just so exquisitely beautiful and peaceful.   Folks in keeping with the lazy atmosphere I am going to put a pot of soup on the stove so that when our little one comes home tonight I will have the time to see to her, I'm praying that she will not be stressed about the stitches and try and pull them out like Kiko did.  With Kiko I
eventually had to make her a special collar so that she could not bite them.  She was very special.  Have a super week friends and please stay safe.

Looking out across False Bay towards Simonstown,

One tired little kitten