Cat Recovery

After three vet trips masked up and stared at, our cat, Cotton got better. The third visit was just a follow up.

She had an eye infection and I treated it at home with ophthalmic feline drops I had on hand from kitten fostering. They were working but she did have some scarring on her cornea and we were concerned, she might lose her eye. But after a vet dye eye scraping, and daily treatment (the vet was out of drops) she got better.

Those big green eyes are better and Cotton now hates cages and hilly car rides. The heat outside is over 95 and humid, so we traveled with ice packs to keep her cool. She is happy and watching me can tomatillo for green salsa.

Poach me outside

How 2020 is going in America right now.

A neighbor was given several Anjou pears. They so not like them and they offered them to us. The pears were very ripe and ready to be eaten. I poached them in fig balsamic vinegar, with sugar, cinnamon, fresh ginger then boiled down the simple syrup. I did not have any sweet wine so the fig vinaigrette worked  perfectly.

Next, I picked tomato and basil from the garden served with mozzarella cheese mmm so tasty.

Virus Rant

So the virus has been doubling here in the Ozarks. But all they care about is getting back to normal and getting the kids back into schools. Americans are so angry about everything these days. Jobs, makes, politics, and whatever topic you can think of. We have masks available here in the Ozarks lovingly sewn by locals and no one uses them. And the numbers keep going up. By the end of summer the rest of the USA might become like Italy. I hope and pray it does not.

These are weekly graphs generated by Mike Holloway. It is all fact based and has been going on since the outbreak.

The numbers for Missouri are going up.

These are the Missouri Counties. When we isolated in March there were 0 cases. Then Kansas City and St. Louis started, then after July 4th the numbers exploded and have been doubling daily.

And those who do not die and "recover" face a long battle of recurring exposure, limited lung capacity and lifelong health problems. If everyone wore a mask, social distanced and washed their hands, the virus would die out. But stupidly we spread it here for selfish reasons.