Good morning, Danish, Donuts, and Bagels in the Break Room. Thanks Soot, I'm having Pumpkin Spice coffee with my Pumpkin Spice Bagel this morning.

Although it's supposed to hot, hot, hot again this weekend, it was down to 51° here last night. It was nice to open up the windows! I'm still listening to a few dozen hummingbirds out my window - they are a bit late leaving for the migration this year.

Draclvr, we're now in the time of year where the Anna's Hummingbirds decide whether to hang around here or not, so we've all made sure that the feeders we have out now are going to be available all winter. This year we'll have about 10 heated feeders over four properties. We should have at least 10-12 birds overwintering.

Although I will miss mine twittering are fussing at each other, I am just about read to give up mixing up a gallon of sugar water every 24 hours for the season!

51 degrees ... wow Draclvr, that cool temperature must be wonderful ... we'll get back to those temperatures eventually down here

Hagatha ... we really enjoy our 'quick glimpses' of our little hummingbird friends and plan to keep our feeders out too as the migration flocks pass us

Didn't make it in time today ... so brought some Twinings British Afternoon Tea for the Break Room and some small cakes and pastries

Have a wonderful day all

same thing.

Yes, in the winter it's quite a bit of work, especially as I have to make sure I have the feeders full before I go to bed every night.

Sadly no humming birds here (last seen on holiday in the BVI quite a few years ago), but we are still slaves to checking that the assorted bird feeders are adequately replenished each day!

Good morning, Danish, Donuts, and Bagels in the Break Room.

Good morning everyone

I brought a pot of Copper Moon Sumatra dark roast this morning for the break room ... enjoy!

T.G.I.F.

sports and chores.

So here's an odd thing -- my local coffee roaster just brought in a new Kenyan coffee, a little darker than their usual roasts, and for some reason I can use it for cappuccinos, but if I use it in the French press and add cream, the cream curdles. I've tried it with two different cream containers, both fresh, and it always happens with this specific coffee and no other. It must be quite an acidic coffee.

Weird. I can't think of any other reason it would do that.

That is very odd.

Well, I am glad the weather is a little cooler our Hvac system stopped working. We have no air-conditioning right now.... lol what else can go wrong... the loaner refrigerator we got is down in the basement area... I am making lots of trips down those stairs... and heavens if i forget just one thing.. guess this is one way to loose weight. I'll be ready for that cup of coffee in the morning.

Good morning, Danish, Donuts, and Bagels in the Break Room. A Sam's trip is on the agenda today. Dinner with karaoke to follow at the Eagles tonight.

Well, I'm learning to accept that my dog has changed. Been along time since I've lived with an aging dog. He doesn't always wake me up in the morning to eat. First time this happened, I paniced. He didn't wake up to eat and didn't come running when I put food in his bowl. He ate a little bit out of my hand but, though I tried, he wouldn't get out of bed. When the play day people came, he sat right up, barked and went over to get leashed and go. This morning I was up at 6:14 and put food in his bowl. He slept until play people came. THEN he barked and got up. Steadied his legs and went over to leave. When that happens, they feed him there. So, now I know to not worry, but to be ready for however things will happen with him. He's 9 now but aging fast from the muscle condition. We both have to get past aches and pains of waking up in the morning.

I know how he feels some mornings. Good for you to let him just be himself as he ages.

I'm glad he is happy butterflybabe.

Our kitty is not doing well again. No more urination problems but maybe the infection got into her bloodstream.

Did your kitty get any antibiotics administered while she was at the vet, ob? That could explain why she seemed to get better for a while. She would need a week to ten days' worth, though, to probably get rid of the urinary infection completely. As I said before, I have never known these things to clear up on their own without proper treatment. I had a couple cats in the past with this sort of issue. I am sorry to hear that kitty is doing poorly again.

I'm not sure what the vet did as I wasn't there but my brother had found these https://www.purina.com/friskies/wet-cat-food/lil-soups and was able to give her the medicine in them, though some was originally wasted. I guess he shouldn't have cancelled the follow up appointment though. We've lost cats to kidney issues that we didn't know they had until it was too late. This is seeming to be too late again now unfortunately, even though we did have the warning of the UTI. I was actually hesitant to even post this.

I am glad to hear that kitty got some or most of the medication that way. It can be difficult with kidney issues and trying to catch them early. One of my cats did not show symptoms until it had progressed to the point where it was really too late to help her other than trying to take good care of her otherwise, so I understand the difficulties. I am very sorry kitty is not getting better and she may well need more antibiotics.

I was actually going to ask, oldbroad. If kitty didn't get all 10 days of those antibiotics at home, the UTI may not have been completely cleared up. I had one last spring that I took back in 3 times even though she DID get all 10 days of antibiotics at home. Turned out she has crystals in her urine. Which means we have to feed her this very pricey UR dry cat food. Luckily she likes it! So far, no more UTIs.

Thank you Marian and thanks for that info Drac!

same thing.

Sorry to hear about your cat, oldbroad. My previous girl had several bad UTI's in her last two years and a couple of times even had blood in her urine. It was very important to get her antibiotics into her, although it was a struggle. One time we even left her at the vet for a week so he could treat her properly. I hope you can your cat back to health.