Aimless…

on a path to wherever

Menu Skip to content
  • Home
  • About me

Tag: gratitude

February 26, 2019February 26, 2019 Amy Palleson

Making space (for pollen and grifters)

My @amythesitter pet sitting IG feed

“Keeping them sharp is honestly a lot of upkeep. And if my brothers loving and adoring me was optional, I wouldn’t even have to do it. But, unfortunately, adoring me is mandatory.” #izzy #cats #cat #tortie #claws #catsofinstagram #catstagram #pet #pets #petstagram #petsitter #petsitting #saltlakecity (In actuality, the boys and I all love and adore her and not just because of her management strategy keeping us in line but also because of how hard she works to keep the family together. The thing about Iz is that you always know exactly where you stand, not just because every single feeling she has is literally completely expressed on her face but also because she’s one of the chattiest cats I sit for. We have had entire conversations where from just the intensity and “tone” of her voice, I know exactly what she’s trying to tell me. Usually it’s “can we please go play in my room so I can forget they live here?” but the other day it was about keeping orange cream puff brother in line after he was too rough with Handsome Jack brother. It’s not easy doing what she does but she makes it look like it is)
I’m going to be passing this little book project off to someone else because it feels like I’ve done all of the work which fits within the category of my highest joy. And so it is/Onward and upward.
Not sure I’m loving the Instagram stories. I tend to be very wordy and I can’t use all the words I need to set the entirety of the moment up. Like I’m not sure you can tell that she’s walking funny at the end, kind of like a human might when they’re trying not to step on something. Anyways, this is Nutmeg and we had just been playing and I didn’t even notice she had some attached to her until she walked into the kitchen and turned around like she didn’t know what was happening which is when I started filming in anticipation of sending it to her family and because she doesn’t see it, turns around to head to her food bowl and it falls off. The yellow tissue paper was pretty well shot after this visit and at the very next visit, she put her leg through the orange tissue paper like she was wearing it as a top. #cats #cat #catsofinstagram #catstagram #pet #pets #petsitting #petsitter #saltlakecity
Our new girl, Lady, seeing my daughter Livy yesterday. Livy had just gotten home and from way down the still-unfamiliar street, Lady honed in on a figure in the distance and I started filming because I could tell by her body language she was realizing who it was. Lady has separation anxiety (I’ve lost both sleep and possessions) but that is normal for a smart, formerly-homeless girl who feels safe with her new people, and the last pic is of the outdoor area we set up for her once we discovered that one of her coping mechanisms is to go in the backyard and—nose up, eyes opening and closing slowly as if deep in thought—take in all the sounds of a new life. #rescue #dog #dogs #adoptdontshop #dogstagram #dogstagram #saltlakecity [So far, Lady has been called Ladybug, Ladybird, Jitterbug and Jitter in addition to Lady—so I’m sure she’ll eventually need therapy—and she’s sweet, smart, has integrated well with the cats and it’s only been one week. I don’t often use this platform to promote anything as it’s not my place to tell people how to live but when I think about this sweet, attentive, smart, loving creature who was set to be euthanized under conditions of fear within a sterility in which she meant nothing to no one, it empowers me to speak to the difference one person can make in creating a world that is both just and loving for all of us. Because yes, there is romantic love; there are movies, flowers, weddings; videos, stories, pictures; obvious and immediately-tangible experiences in which love permeates our experience and loudly gets our attention. But there are also moments when the world of love whispers with quiet confidence about the truth of itself, and in the calm of such moments is something so profound it’s as if it’s the glue that holds our deepest sense of unity in place. And that’s what this video is. So please try to spread the message to adopt/rescue/spay/neuter: Be the just and loving world that we can all hold onto]
Take away: chickens can be people, cats can be chickens, and humans can be a love big enough to make a Life dance. #chickens #pets #pet #petsitting #petsitter #cat #chicken #saltlakecity #rescuechickens #rescued #lovenotes [Since I last sat for this family, some of their chickens passed on and they’ve rescued a few more so this intro to all that’s new is what I found on the counter when I got there today. Truth be told, if I had all the time in the world, this is what I’d probably do for the animals I sit for: Produce bios of them and sketches of their relationships so that the world could meet them. Because the wordless have meaningful stories to tell and if you can hear them then you’re truly listening, and that’s what I want and that’s what I value. So I really love this note].
I still can’t tell if It’s evident that he’s licking my nose. (Tucker)
Welcome to the family, LadyBug. A 3 year old former stray who as of a few weeks ago was still roaming the streets of New Mexico then was set to be euthanized last Friday because the shelter she had been sent to was too full when Rescue Rovers stepped in. She’d been with her foster family in Utah only one week and was just spayed yesterday. She has spots in kind of a Holstein cow pattern on her belly and although officially she’s my daughter Julia’s dog (who’d been looking for a while), we spare no heart in our house so I’m sure that who she really belongs to is the love of us all. In pure coincidence, we all agree that she greatly has the vibe of our last dog Carmela who we lost in March of 2018, except of course for the fact that Lady is friendly to other dogs and so probably won’t try to kill them when they innocently and naïvely try to keep existing. At any rate, Lady, to all the days ahead, may we show the world the gratitude that such a sweet girl came to find us and pay your sweetness forward. #rescuerovers #adoptdontshop #dog #dogs #dogsofinstagram #family #love #dogstagram #rescue #onedaydayone #mixedbreed
When you’ve been wanting a companion animal for a while and finally found one who’s so highly-trainable she actually learned to serve your meals in the sun near the sliders so you can watch the nature show of your back yard while you dine. (Sweet man, Boo; after this, he jumped up on the pool table and we had a really good play sesssion. I do what I’m told.) #cats #cat #catsofinstagram #catstagram #pet #pets #petsitting #petsitter #saltlakecity
iG story as post: Cuts it off again. There must be a middle ground! TBD, I guess
“Share story as post”? Uh okay. Let’s do it. Edit: it cut off the words at the bottom. I’m such a newb. Live and learn.

Recent Posts

  • The beautiful complexity of algae
  • “About me”
  • Making space (for pollen and grifters)
  • Stolen coats
  • Sunset on an old self

Categories

  • 1968
  • 1980
  • 1989
  • 1990
  • 1992
  • 2000
  • 2001
  • 2011
  • 2014
  • 2016
  • 2017
  • 2018
  • 2019
  • Blog
  • Blog-ish
  • children
  • family
  • Health
  • humor
  • love
  • News
  • Opinion
  • Pets & Animals
  • philosophy
  • Photography
  • Science
  • Society
  • Uncategorized

Blogs are categorized by the date the main event happened (e.g., “1998” for the birth of my first daughter, “2001” for post about September 11th, etc);  post date is based upon when they were written/revised.

Blog at WordPress.com.