2021 update from the cats

It’s been almost 2 years since we have updated you on cat life, although we’ve been mentioned from time to time and during the great (awful for the cats) move from Germany back to the USA. The last you heard exclusively from us in June of 2019- before the move- we were doing well living in the suburbs of Stuttgart, Germany.

We waited so long for our furniture, saying “safe travels” to it at the end of October 2019 in Germany and finally seeing it again at the end of December 2019 in New York. We survived the flight from Frankfurt, Germany to Boston, followed 2 days later by the drive from MA to NY. We were very sad to say “good-bye” to Sebastian when he went over the rainbow bridge before Christmas 2019 at the amazing cat age of 19. He wanted to live, despite his kidney disease. We cats loved him, though not as much as Barbara, who cried for days.

Sebastian in Germany

As far as the pandemic goes, we understand it has been really hard for a lot of people, but we cats have loved every minute of it. This is the longest our humans have not traveled in years- no suitcases, yay. The windows here in upstate NY have given us excellent views of wildlife, from turkeys to birds galore to deer, rabbits, a woodchuck, and neighboring dogs.

Ida playing with a cat toy from Dubuque

Sidney greets the few visitors we have had, and goes out into the back yard on a harness and leash. She loves to help during online scrapbooking weekends by sitting on top of the supplies. Sidney also enjoys online church services and online choir rehearsals.

Ida is mostly an upstairs cat now, sleeping on the bed much of the day, but she also goes on the wall between the kitchen and the living room, especially when she wants Barbara to get off the couch and pay attention to Ida. Ida likes to sing out loud when Barbara is recording choir songs for the online choir concert.