2021 - What I did today

A bit of a sadness today, not for me but for the elderlies nextdoor. I did a bit of shopping for them yesterday and on the way out they asked me to keep an eye out for their very elderly black cat (the one that gave us fleas!) who hadn't been in for tea. He's an ex feral that enjoys the outdoors as much as he enjoys their laps and cuddles, so I cast my eye round the back garden generally, knowing he could be holed up anywhere in a cosy spot but didn't see him anywhere. Twenty minutes after I got home the phone rang, it was nextdoor saying he could see the cat lying on the back grass unable to get up could I help. The cat was in a bad way, uninjured but definitely poorly, unconscious and twitching. I brought him into the warm and prepared his mum and dad for the worst. The vet came and relieved his suffering. They will both find it very difficult without the cat, they were a truly symbiotic pairing. An unfortunate bit of sadness for them at this time of year when they have nobody to visit either.