Cat Tales Zoological Park

In conjunction with my last post about Rocky Horror Picture Show, we also spent the morning with our friend for her birthday at Cat Tales. This park takes in big cats and animals that people stupidly get to be pets, or animals that retire from the circus or show business and so on, and lets them live out the rest of their lives in the sanctuary. Its a small facility but has grown from the small house it started in. They are also working to expand. 

I was pretty tired that morning so I didn't manage to remember all the cat's names, but I remember the Lionesses name is Nala. She's the only lion they have at the moment and when the train goes by, the conductors will blow the horn and she will roar back at them. 

This guy was quite the talker and very handsome. He's the only white tiger they seem to have at the moment. 

On to the orange tigers...

It was getting close to feeding time and while it was a cooler day, it was still a little warm. So some kitties were hanging out in the water or taking a nap. 

There are some Bobcats, apparently someone thought it would be a good idea to make one a service animal. Um, no, a wild animal should not be made into a service animal. 

A touch of fall.

And some information

This little guy, if you look really hard through all the cages, is a sleeping raccoon.

This is one of the foxes. This one might be the newest, born this year.

Here is the wolf.

And a few more tigers!

I really like going to this park. It's actually rather peaceful and the cats and other wildlife there are very calm and relaxed. The folks working out there are nice and knowledgeable too. Honestly, the place is really awesome and I wish I could gush more, but I think my nose is doing enough of that for me. I'm sick with what I think is a sinus infection... But I really wanted to get this post out before I lost what little drive I have to blog today. Because I do love this place and while I wish these cats and animals could be returned to the wild, they can't and they are being well taken care of at Cattales. 

For more information about the park, here is the link to their website:

http://www.cattales.org/

Cat Tales Zoological Park, still achy, music

Today we went to Cat Tales Zoological Park. 

I'm not sure what spurred Amanda into wanting to go or if it was a joint deciding venture between her and our friend Rachel. Either way, we went with Rachel and her boyfriend. 

Cat Tales is a  non-profit that takes in animals from side shows, animals that basically idiots decided it would be cool to have and then learned they were much more than they could handle and so on. They have Bengal and Siberian Tigers, a Lion, bobcats, a bear, some parrots, and at least one house cat that we decided was the most dangerous kitty at the park. No, really, we named him Skittles and he rules that joint. Okay, he probably doesn't but he's wild enough that there are signs advising people not to pet the house cats if they see them. There are also signs that state "do not run, you look like food", which I thought were appropriate.

It is not a big park and for my first real outing involving a good bit of walking, I think it went pretty well. One of the white tigers, Zeus, was pretty chatty. I didn't know if he was upset because he was limping and possibly hurting, or if he was just talking. He kept looking at me, so I spent some time at his enclosure while he walked up and down and rubbed his face on the chain link.   

I do not have pictures because my phone died during the night last night and I didn't have time to plug it in this morning before we left. My camera battery is also dead, so I didn't have that available. I linked the website above

After we left Cat Tales, we stopped by a cemetery so Rachel's boyfriend could get some pictures and then we went to get something to eat. Then we stopped at Party City and I knew after a few minutes in there that I was done for the day. It has only been four weeks since my surgery and I am still pretty sore. On top of that, I think the lackluster breakfast sandwiches I got us at 7-11 upset my stomach because I wasn't feeling well. It was bad enough that anything Amanda mentioned us getting from the store for the week made me want to vomit. 

I am still having trouble laying down to sleep. I tried this morning but it was just painful enough to keep me from getting any true sleep. So I gave up and sat up. I'm not happy about this, I would really like to sleep in bed with Amanda. I miss it and we are both feeling a little disconnect in that regard. Tonight she was having a bad night, so I made her come out to sleep on the sofa because I didn't want her to be alone. I mean, it's not like I'm likely to sleep anytime soon. Writing all night seems to be the best time for me. The rest of the world is sleeping.

A bit of good news is that my Grandmother is out of the hospital and back in the rehab center. She's keeping food down, but fora  little while her kidneys weren't functioning. She's better. 

Still writing and I did a really naughty thing. I ordered a couple of small note books from Evil Supply Co. They are relatively inexpensive and I find them to be the perfect size for story notes. Plus they are so me. This is one of the ones I purchased tonight.

On to music. I set up a L'Ame Immortelle station on pandora because I wanted more of that type of Gothic Music. Through some tweaking I am finally getting a mix of Gothic and Darkwave that is akin to what I was hearing on R1 Das Darkwave years ago. It was a streaming station I stumbled upon via Winamp over a decade ago that is no longer running. The station on pandora isn't perfect and I'm not getting everything I would like, but its close enough to make me happy. I'm still trying to figure out how the hell "Cry Little Sister" from the movie Lost Boys actually pertains to the damned movie. I know I saw it years ago, but I don't get it, lol.  I also heard a "new to me" song by VNV Nation called "Carbon" that I fell in love with.