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Cake day: July 12th, 2023

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  • She’s dry and has a blanket for body heat, prefers privacy, and now she has food (probably getting low on mousies after being trapped) and water and an exit if needed. You might crack that window rather than the door, put a box or board to hold it up and block extra air/rain. You’re refilling bowls and scooping the box so you’ll know if she’s gone.



  • Be very careful, boys (and others) have been killed by collapsing sand holes. No matter how fast their friends tried to dig them out. The sand is not just cutting off your air, and filling your mouth and nose if you try to inhale, it’s also a crushing weight on your lungs, much more than avalanche snow for instance. If you want to dig a hole deeper than your chest, do it in more-solid dirt, not sand.


  • Worse, those lemons aren’t fully ripe. Of course you’re adding sugar anyway but they’re going to be low on juice and possibly bitter, so be sure to taste before you ruin other ingredients. Storebought lemons are often dyed so you needn’t try for that look, but at least half of the skin should be a clear bright yellow. And they should twist off without a stem. Lemons ripen slowly, and they keep well on the tree, so you shouldn’t have a bunch like this unless a storm or something brings them down or a branch breaks.







  • A great thing about cats is that they are able to use the vertical space in your home to get enough exercise without having to go outdoors. And since they reliably land on their feet, it’s a lot safer than having your toddler roaming around the kitchen in the middle of the night, but in terms of curiosity and good judgement it’s about the same.

    Wipe down your counters of course, but you shouldn’t be preparing food directly on the counter anyway. I stow my cutting boards vertically behind my canisters when not in use.

    And give them better places to climb, like a tall cat tree in a sunny window, or a perch above your computer. High+interesting+warm+secure