Free Senior Pet Adoptions Through Nov. 30

This is Adopt a Senior Pet Month, and the Boulder Valley Humane Society is offering the adoption of any pet, aged 8 or older, at no cost.  With today's economy, a lot of people are finding it necessary to release their "adopted family" to the Humane Society due to loss of income, or loss of their own home.  The Boulder Valley Humane Society is a no-kill shelter, and they work very hard to find the right home for each and every critter left with them.  Currently, there are 91 cats and kittens available for adoption - and 12 are aged8 or more.  There are 33 dogs and puppies also available, and 4 of them are 8 or older.  There is nothing wrong with these companion animals - they just lost their place to live.  If you have the money, time, space, and love available please give one of them a good home!
Nedi caught something this morning, and brought it in to play with it.  It is behind and/or under the refrigerator at this point in time, and it chitters when Nedi and Lovey go and poke around the base of the 'fridge.  I am guessing that it's a young chipmunk or squirrel.  I would like to capture it and turn it loose in the front yard...  The newspaper says that the high will be 50 degrees today, and that winds are calm.  If the winds are calm, then I'm Jack Palmer's mother.  They just about blew me over on the way to the bus stop this  morning - I came back home and called Nancy and cancelled today's walk with the Rs.  She had just gone out to her car (parked in front of the house) and had almost been blown away, too.  We decided the dogs could just play fetch with Max when he gets home from school today.  ....  And I found out that the lines that are down at the north end of the building are not electrical lines - they are the telephone and internet cables for the building.  The young man from Century Link asked when the tree came down, and I was able to tell him it  happened Saturday morning, before the CU football game started.  (Luckily, it fell before anyone set up their tents and grills in that space.)  He was very surprised to hear there had been no problem with continuing service; that there was no disruption to the telephone or the internet.  I just hope that's true when it gets repaired.
The visitor and conference center near Allenspark, called St. Malo, was hit by fire yesterday.  Insurance folk are saying there is over $1 million damage.  Trees took down the power lines to the center on Saturday, and management sent anyone staying there home that afternoon.  Six employees were staying there, using various means to keep warm, when the fire started early Monday morning.  With the wind still gusting at over 45 mph, and with no electricity at the site to pump water, multiple fire fighting companies were called to the scene.  More than 11 different fire districts fought the blaze until late last night.  There are still four fire companies  at St. Malo, putting out any recurring flames.  The building is smouldering, but the wind keeps whipping up the flames again.  -  Luckily, the St. Malo Chapel has been untouched.  The small, stone-built church was visited by Pope John Paul, who spent 70 minutes wandering the forested and mountainous site.