Stacy Horn

Whenever you see a bunch of helicopters parked in the sky it’s never good news. I took a picture of these three on my way to the Grace Church Archives. When I got home the first thing I heard about was Clinton being hospitalized, but I didn’t think that could be it. The part of town was off and there would have been a whole freaking swarm of helicopters.

Then I heard there was yet another transformer fire right where these helicopters were hovering. That’s like the third one in the past month, I think.

Buddy ate a huge breakfast, Sarah Palin’s numbers are down (thank God, like her if you must, but that doesn’t mean she is qualified to be president), and I’m heading out in a little while to the Grace Church archives.

A picture of my roof from yesterday. I love color shots that are mostly gray.

I installed the snow fort yesterday morning because I knew it would start snowing when I was asleep and I wanted to get it up beforehand to keep the feeder area dry. To remind the birds that a feeder full of food was inside I put out seed in a line leading inside the fort. This has worked in the past.

But this morning, when I went to refill the feeder, all the seeds outside were gone, but the feeder itself was still full.

The snow fort, however, was doing it’s job beautifully. If the birds would only discover it they’d find a nice dry place inside to hang out and eat. I put some more seed outside in the snow, but god knows if they’ll figure it out.

This shot is practically live! Buddy is still here, purring in my lap, as I type. I’m in a good mood because we now have a working routine. I have identified the foods he will reliably eat (Friskies, anything with the word “fillet” in it) and how to get him to eat a little more each time. Food/pills, food pills, it’s working for us.

Meanwhile everything in NYC has been cancelled, so play day!! I’ll try to get some good shots when I go up to the roof in a few minutes to check my bird fort and replenish the feeder.

I’m going insane. I feel like I pill Buddy all day long. Poor him, poor me. I also noticed that he eats more if I hang out with him while he eats. Weird, right? So now, twice a day I sit with him while he eats. I’m going nuts making sure I’m doing everything I can for him. I’ve been reading that probiotics help and so I started him on a probiotic, but I don’t know if I’ve bought the “best” one so I’ve been googling all morning, reading reviews. I still don’t know. I’m a crazy lady. But the one I’ve started with is called Ark Naturals Gentle Digest.

Here is the healthy (evil) one. I try to make sure he gets attention too. He’s very good about not eating the Friskies that I feed Buddy. I say “no” and he listens mostly. I have to repeat it every minute or so, but it’s not a battle.