The holidays, and Ponki the cat

As per holiday custom I spent some time with my family, who are presently all in San Fernando, La Union.  Before going there I had to stop by Baguio to check if the house is still there, and ended up having my friends clean it.  Had I taken pictures I would've posted them, but I'm sure making chambermaids out of your friends isn't something to be proud of.  They insisted cleaning, and I insisted they sit down, and, as these things go among friends, we all insisted one another while cleaning the house.  I spent one night in Baguio, grateful that I have friends.

Off to La Union, where we spent Christmas, and my mother went back here with me to spend a few days with us.  With us also came a young cat.

Pasco and I took my mother to the place we went to here, where the bridge stills smirks from what it thinks is a very clever way of being a bridge.


Her vacation ended a bit too soon.  I miss my mother, though I am glad she can walk around unassisted.  (I would like to think she showed the bridge a thing or two about cleverness.)  While she was around I wake up at 6:30 in the morning, and pay more attention to food supplies and washing dishes.

And this is Ponki.





She's a gentle cat, only two months old, and not given to meowling.  She plonks her head into our palms when she wants to play, and sleeps like a loaf, or a ball. Pasco does not want her to grow up, and I'm still trying to figure out how to keep her off the windows.

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