Here is something I blogged about in 2013:
My wife noticed the pile of stuff in front of my computer, she thought that it was just one of my messes. (“How can you work like this, David?”) I had to then explain to her that it was just my attempt to keep our cat Lucifer from blocking out my computer monitor by standing in front of it, as I worked. You can see from the photo, it worked. If Lucy does get interested in the moving cursor on the screen, she, a least, has to now watch it from the side, which allows me to still see what I am doing on the computer.
Sadly, Lucifer and Kona our dog, (like their owners) are really starting to suffer from the effects of old age. I have mentioned before how I now have to carry Kona everywhere, because she can no longer walk. Lucifer, who is now just skin and bones, can no longer jump upon my desk and get in the way of my computer, those days are over for her.
In the past, Lucifer made a cozy home of a padded folding chair covered over with a blanket, making a cave-like space for her, but now she no longer uses that as her home base, I assume because she can no longer jump into it. Now she stays close to the ground and has adopted an old box I made for collecting my student’s work when I was teaching that was sitting on the floor of my office, as her sleeping place.
It is hard to watch the declining activity in our pets, and realize that their lives, like ours, have an expiration date, but for now they are still doing what they can, not complaining, and showing affection to us, as we are showing to them.
Take a look at my paintings: davidmarchant2.ca
No comments:
Post a Comment