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Memorial weekend is ‘homecoming weekend’ for both of my cats. Teddy instantly captured our hearts when we met 10 years ago on the Saturday of the weekend at a local SPCA shelter. He was approximately 1 ½ years old, and needed to be neutered before the adoption could take place. Since it was a holiday weekend, we were told he’d be able to have his surgery on Tuesday. But Teddy’s signature serious look, combined with the fact that he was in the shelter for nearly two weeks, played on the staff, and apparently right after we left they took him in for surgery. We were surprised and happy when on that Monday we got the call to bring our new baby home. :-)

Memorial weekend is ‘homecoming weekend’ for both of my cats. Having adopted Teddy a year earlier, we had been looking for a little while for a nice and gentle companion for him—though having two cats at once was a first for me. I was thinking of finding a young cat, not a kitten, maybe a female. On this Memorial weekend, 9 years ago, we visited the same SPCA shelter. There I saw baby Ollie, just 7 weeks old and the last one left of his litter, curled up on the small purple braided rug in his cage, looking like a miniature mountain lion with his tawny fur and long, lean build (even as a kitten!). When I approached, he turned and looked at me, and gave me a long, slow wink. At that instant, I knew he was mine. :-)

Blossoms sprouted from limbs and branches, wherever they could squeeze in...

Bridalwreath Spirea