Life's a Stitch

Last fall I wrote about the animals we encountered while walking the Camino de Santiago Portuguese route.

Our current lifestyle, hopping here and there, leaves no room for pets of our own. Although we loved our animals dearly, there is a freedom that comes with not thinking about getting home for the dog, or who's on late night walk duty. It's sort of like loving your children, but realizing there will be no more of your own. In our year of drifting though, some special creatures have played a role in our lives. 

This is a very pregnant Pepper, a Belgian Shepherd, close to her due date. She was the house dog at the very interesting Air B&B where we stayed near our construction project during its framing stage. One day we woke up to find that there were now 14 Belgian Shepherds occupying the house, equalling weightwise, about a peck and a half of Pepper puppies.

My son-in-law commented that they looked like a drawer full of socks.

The other residents were ten week old kittens:

That accommodation included 100 blueberry bushes, in season, where you could pick and eat to your heart's content. There were equal quantities of raspberries, strawberries and peas. 

Besides the human actors on our most recent day of work on set, there were two dogs. I wonder what they were getting paid? This one deserved a bonus for personality.

And now we're kitty sitting dear Miso, while her mistress is trekking on the Camino Portugues.

That is one easy going little cat.