Raspberry Turnovers

I got bored this morning so I rolled out some dough and after cutting it into little squares, filled them with a filling mix made with the raspberries mentioned in another blog and baked a dozen turnovers. They came out perfect.

Probably not good for my blood sugar that I have already eaten 6 of them. laugh

My house has a new cat.. I picked her up at an animal shelter yesterday. Poor thing was put in there last October and has been stuck in a cage since then. They think she is about 3 years old. Most of the cats at the shelter look very sad. Some look scared. My Tom cat is 15 and now that he is all alone here (except for me of couurse) I feel guilty when I go out for a few hours. He comes running and crying when I come home. Before the death of my Moe cat this remaining one had never been alone before. I think he gets lonely and maybe a little scared when I go out. So I decided to get him a companion.

There exist selection criteria for a new cat to be here. They have to want to be with me. If not, then it is best to not adopt them. Some display of intelligence is also helpful. At the shelter there is a room full of 2' tall cages stacked 3 high all around the room with cats in all of them, maybe 60 such. Most of the cats were just huddled as far back from the cage door as they could be. I circled the room slowly inspecting each cage's occupant. Abandoned cats, captured cats, donated cats, old cats, young cats, declawed cats, friendly cats, not friendly cats, clawed cats, males and females. Their apprehension at my inspection was noticeable. A little tag on each cage describes the occupant. Some had been in there for months and months. It is a no kill shelter so they will be caged until the day someone adopts them. Only one cat displayed curiosity at me. The one I adopted. She meowed at me. None of the others made a sound except one old Tom who made a warning noise when I peered in at him. The one I adopted got up from the back of the cage, came to the door and stuck her paw out at me through the bars and waved. She had not been declawed. That is a plus as she may not initially like my Tom cat's attentions. The tag said she had been previously owned by a family. They moved to a place that doesn't allow pets so one day she just got plunked into a box and was brought to the shelter and caged. The tag sasy they described her as friendly and playful. Those owners never looked back or visited her again. Such love they display. No Heaven for them. There is no place in heaven for the cruel. Poor thing. Wondering what she did wrong. Where are the children she played with? Where is the woman who used to hold her? What crime did she do to so offend them they threw her into a cage and just left her there? No doubt most of the cats have similar thoughts. Whatever, I have adopted her and brought her home.

Introducing strange cats to each other is an art form. It is best to minimize stress by keeping a closed door between the cats for a few days. Let them sniff each other's scent and get used to the idea they are not alone. Allow a day or two their sliding paws at each other under the door. That hasn't begun yet. Thus far the new female is still in hide and explore mode. I have put her in my wife's old office and the cat is getting used to not being in a cage.

I left her alone last night, and today I spent a half hour brushing her. She seems grateful and licked my nose. I suspect it has been awhile since she was last brushed as the brush filled up quickly with loose fur. I crumpled a sheet of paper into a ball and she happily was still batting it around the room when I exited. Her first toy and her first thing to do since October.

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Nice blog,................thumbs up
Glad she found a home. Shelters are the saddest places..none of the animals deserve to be there..blues
Hello Ken,wave I m somewhat envious about reading how you made rasberry turnovers, I can t bake anything, I do my baking at the local donut shop,rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing
Nice blog about your new cat, enjoyed that, and I learnt a few things as well, some of the things you mentioned about pets, could be about my little pooch. Thanks Bud,handshake
wave could we have a pic of the turnovers as well? grin feeling quite peckish..
Mmm...I agree, Lisa...I love raspberry!!

Lovely blog, Ken, I hope you and the new kitty have many happy years together
What will you call her, Ken? Wishing you many long and happy years together and that the cats bond or at least tolerate each other. You did a good thing.

I'm not sure these shelters that promise to never put down an animal are doing it any favours keeping it in a cheerless existence - adopted my dog from a place where she got an hour's playtime every day with volunteers, which was lovely, but 23 hours a day in a small run. I reckon it took her 2 years to really adjust to being in a home again. And yup, she was handed over by a loving family who were much happier sentencing her to life imprisonment than having her put to sleep when they could no longer keep her.
Ken

Watch your blood glucose...lol...laugh

Glad to see you adopt another kitty...such good company...

Cheers

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