So Festive --- Day 13/358

Walk: No

Distance: n/a

    

Wouldn't you love to go to this festively decorated neighborhood home for a holiday get together?  

House Present --- Day 13/357

Walk: Hood 

Distance: 4 miles

Ciwt's Personal Entry --- Day 13/356

Walk: Small Hood

Distance: 2.5 miles

Ciwt's cleaning woman brought her a beautiful flower arrangement, so now she has her own Neighborhood Holiday Decoration to share. 

Snowman and Santas --- Day 13/355

Walk: No, rebounding (and not scaring people) from Mohs

Distance: n/a

Not many winter and snow Holiday decorations in Ciwt's neighborhood.  It is possible that some people here have never seen snow or been in North Pole weather.  

Mohs Non-Momentum --- Days 13/352, 53 & 54

Walks: UCSF Dermatology Surgery, none, none

Distances: 1.5 miles, n/a,n/a

How good are you at stopping and resting?  If you are like Ciwt, not very.  So, her doctor's orders to do that after Mohs surgery the other day - including No Long Walking 😲 -was daunting.  But, once she got the hang of it, it has felt good to just relax on her window seat, look out at the stormy weather and actually enjoy her new home.

Much credit for her ability to do all that resting goes to Michael Connelly whose books never fail to engage Ciwt.  She saved her copy of his new one, The Waiting, to bring to the long Mohs process which involved maybe 2 hours of activity and at least 4 hours of waiting while slides were analyzed.  And the book worked its usual magic: drew her in from the first sentence and carried her right through.  When the Mohs was over, she almost didn't want to disturb the book's momentum by leaving the hospital.

So, if you like crime novels, have trouble sitting still but need to, treat yourself to The Waiting or any of Michael Connelly's other books. He is the creator of the Bosch, Lincoln Lawyer and Renee Ballard series as well as several stand alone books, so you have many to choose from. (Here's a link to all of them)

Stately Neighborhood Holiday Entrances --- Day 13/351

Walk: Hood

Distance: 4 miles

Neighborhood Wreaths, Wreaths, Wreaths --- Day 13/350

Walk: Hood

Distance: 6 miles

Cats and Mouse --- Days 13/348 & 349

Walks, Union Square Dentist, SFMOMA

Distances: 4 miles, 3.5 miles

So, if you have ever been to one of Ciwt's homes over the years, you are likely one of the people who has asked "Where are your cats?" or "Do you still have cats?" or just said "I've never seen your cats."

Well, here they are!  If you know anything about cats, you might see they have a lot of Maine Coon in them.  That's the look Ciwt goes for - puffy, long hair, tufted ears - and she has had six altogether.  Six that disappear whenever they hear the doorbell ring or a new voice.

Maine Coons are charming, playful, loving, athletic - and VERY shy with strangers.  Strangers meaning people who haven't been in their presence for at least three consecutive days.  Until then, they wait you out safely under the bed or some other hiding places even Ciwt doesn't know.

With that, Ciwt will let her cats return to their beloved obscurity.