Friday 9-10-2015 – TDK Café Focuses on Fire Prevention Day

Good morning KJ, ECB! LOVE the theme and pics for today! Have been in many fires where pets were rescued–including fish in aquariums! This is not an easy task as water has to be removed and top covered to keep the foam suppressant from getting in the water and killing the fish. The pic of the FF with the pony tail holding the cat could be me not so long ago. How I miss it!
I didn’t see the pic of the new dishes!! May have to go back and see if I can find it. I love so many patterns of dishes which is one of the biggest reasons I don’t own china. I can’t decide on just one I like the best. I’m like you ECB, give me a plain dish with a simple pattern, then I can mix and match later!

Good morning – poor grey kitty wanting feather on a stick. Looks just like Shaddo, except I put a pink flea collar on him and he scrunched his neck up – it seemed he knew it was a girl color, and what if the guys saw?
KZ, were you a firefighter? I don’t think I knew that about you. How awesome!
Meant to say yesterday that while walking I watched the great blue heron glide from one side of the lake to the other. So beautiful!
A bit of bad news. Papa Tux is not doing well. Saw him this morning when I came back from walking. He was walking across the road to my driveway, and at first I thought he was stalking a squirrel that was close by (didn’t have my glasses on) but then saw that he was having trouble walking. No apparent injury, he’s just old and worn out. I brought a dish of food out and he ate some, and when I brought more, he hissed and tried to run but he kept falling over. He settled down by my truck and I put the food down for him, which he ate more of. He has gotten thin lately and now he’s quite wobbly. Sad to see the once proud majestic king of the colony so poorly. Hoping nature takes its course and Papa Tux lays down in a soft bed of leaves and floats to the Meadow with as little discomfort as possible.

Purrz for all fire fighters today, thanks for theme KJ & shares!
Lol – fireman stuck in tree 😉

Well, good news to report!
I caught the wee tabby kit yest eve!
Yup, it is now on way to be groomed for new forever home/paws crossed – yay!
Noticed some food left from last nite outdoor nomz, wondering if local strays got word/instinct
of capture & stayed away. Same thing happened when caught wee orangie too!

Here is net pic but very similar duo now to better life…

OK, time for java, thanks Tux…pile o’fun on desk…will be back later!

Awwww poor Papa Tux…. Bless his heart… SO sad…
Joan, how cool that you saw the heron fly across the lake. They are beautiful! I LOVE that you go for a walk every day!
When I put the garbage bags up the hill, I walked around my yard picking up some pieces of garbage that blew down from neighbor’s house, neighbor’s deflated toy ball, and my old broken bird feeder etc. Put them in a bag and took them up too. Picked up some broken sticks on the lawn too. I took down & brought in my extra clothesline to put away as well. Saw several piles of empty nut shells in a few places, maybe Hickory nuts? Squirrels have been very busy!
I see it rained a bit overnight. After I came back in, it poured for a few minutes, the sun came out, and now it’s cloudy again! I had places I wanted to go today, but not if it’s gonna pour rain!
Bless each and every precious fire fighter!!! What a difference they make for all of us!! *Clapping……
The leaves are really changing and are SO very pretty!
My dishes are Corelle Ware and have a thin blue design around them. I did get more pieces that I needed that are all white. My daughter had some palm tree stoneware, but they are just too heavy to use.
Still no sighting of the hummies. Guess they are gone. I have bushes of poke berries and see the chipmunks climbing them and taking the berries under my house, UGH! What a mess that will be! I hear them under the heat vents every now and then. I worry they will chew wires and cause a fire. I heard that happened to a woman… a squirrel chewed wires under her mobile home and caused a fire.

I don’t where my pics went yesterday. I love all the pics and theme today…feathers on a stick!!! All firefighters are Heros. I thank them for always being on the ready.

I haven’t decided what to do today. Happy weekend to everyone who’s outta here.

Wanted to get back in here before now, but just couldn’t! Had hair appointment and sooo glad I did, my hair is almost all one length again and looking like ME!
Yes, I grew up at the Fire Department, as my dad was a FF. Then, later on after my dad had passed, I joined the volunteer organization that helps with fires/ EMS calls and Rehab. I took the Level 1 FF course to enable me to be able to fight fires with the paid FF’s. Loved every aspect of that job. The training was very tough, and a few times thought I was going to croak. Especially going up the ladder at 80 ft. and climbing the side of the building during our ladder training. Fear and adrenaline was my friend, and every time the tones dropped, my heart was in my throat. I wish I had known how much I loved that job when I was younger as I might have decided on a different career. BUT women weren’t in the fire service then as they are now. *sigh* but somehow maybe I opened up a path for others after me. It adds a whole new dimension to a fire scene to have a woman on the engine….. 🙂