Skip to main content

Video Conferencing with a Cat

Video conferencing with a cat always makes for a lively conversation. It's a good thing, Sierra, our cat sitter (with Daniel) has learned to speak cat; she kept the discussion going swimmingly.  

The awesome Sierra, per my tongue-in-cheek request, also had Oreo dressed up for the occasion.

Wisely, Sierra had Cheyenne come for back up to make sure Oreo was on her best behavior for the camera.  She performed quite well.  And even though Oreo didn't say too much in her debut of conference calls, the girls loved it oh so much.  

This is a good place to put pictures of cats in China. So many people with stores have cats that wander.  Some with many.  It's kind of amazing.  Do you know any store in the US that have cats wandering around?  

A toilet store:
Then when the shop owner saw me, he brought the cat out closer.  He thought I was taking a picture of his cat.  I was taking a picture of a cat in a toilet store!
This one turned out to be an "I Spy" picture.  It's a cat in a comb store. Can you spot it? There were actually a lot of cats in this store.  Maybe 5-6.
Two little kitties in a clothes store. 
And then you have the cat stores.

And then you have the lots-of-CATS stores! Tom counted more than 30 cats in this one! (I would not wish to have litter box duties there.)
Then, this t-shirt fits great in this post:

Rarely a dull moment over here.  There is always something interesting!  The girls are so over me still being in the tourist phase.  But I hope to keep my sense of wonder for a long long time!  Everything is so fascinating!

Labels:

Comments

  1. cathymomAugust 5, 2022 at 11:44 PM

    Did your cat recognize you? So sweet to be able to see him. Don't lose your sense of wonder! I love these posts!!

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

While We Are Waiting: Temples!

I love the temple.  When I first learned of the possibility of us moving to China in December 2019, one of my first questions was "How can I leave the temple?"  That question was answered in part during the closure of temples in 2020. However, when the joint venture was signed and Tom was officially offered the position in China in November 2020, I began fasting and praying that I would be able to attend the temple just once before we left.  Our original flights were for July 7, 2021 and just a few weeks before that, our temple opened up and miraculously we were able to get 2 appointments for baptisms and 4 other appointments for Tom and I before our departure date.  I can't express my deep gratitude for those 6 precious appointments.  Then when we didn't obtain a visa in time for those flights and access to nearby temples was given, I took up a new hobby.  Temple scheduling.  The girls teased me it was a bit of an obsessed hobby; but since we will go ...
2 comments
Read more

Final Service Project--you can help!

Our time in China is quickly coming to an end.  We will be moving back to the US at the end of June.  I have had several impressions to conclude our time here with a service project.  I have learned that the local children's hospital is building a library and is in need of books.  My original plan was to involve many Chinese people in this project so they could feel the joy of service.  However as I have experienced over and over again, service is a very difficult concept for the Chinese people.  Their culture requires them to keep tabs of who they owe and who owes them.  They will not give if they don't see a direct benefit for themselves.  In addition to this, they lack trust because scams are rampant.  Thus, my requests for them to help with my project haven't gone anywhere. I don't blame them and I feel deeply for them. So my goals for the project have changed.  While Tom and I can provide many books to the library because books are ...
1 comment
Read more

Service Project Report + Thank You!!

First off, thank you, thank you for all of you who donated to our service project for the children's hospital.  You made a really big difference!  I truly appreciate each one of you!  We had a few foreigners here in China who donated, but most of our $750 donations came from YOU!  Right before our deadline, many Chinese people came forward with used books and by the time we counted them all, we had over 900 books! (This is not a great picture, but sadly, this is all that I have of the books.) After contacting the hospital as to whether or not they wanted more books or other things (I made several suggestions including bean bags or comfy chairs for the library, comfort items for patients, craft kits, money to support pet therapy etc.) they said they didn't want more books and decided that they wanted craft kits for the children in isolated wards in the hospital.  So I spent all of your money on craft kits.  The cost of crafts here is so cheap compared to the...
Post a Comment
Read more