Kodiak's 6th Anniversary

6 years ago November 25 I made the colossal error of purchasing a colossal cat.  You see appearances are deceiving. He looks small in his carrier as we are bringing him home.  Actually no, we knew he was a big one because we could tell by his size.  Geordie had his number though as he tried to bite him at the no-kill shelter where we got him.  He then let me pick him up and turned into a loaf.

 

Here he is now being all sweet and soft. He is still huge.  Naturally though.  He is a big cat and he needs to lose a bit of weight and has one half regular food half calorie control but its not doing much good. He is just naturally large. He probably has some Maine Coon Cat as he is quite poofy and has wuddleable cheeks.

He is an excellent alarm clock and we can set our watches to the times it is to feed him. He eats like a hobbit though. He gets first and 2nd breakfast, and 1st and 2nd dinner. We space him out because he chomps too fast and than throws up and that is nasty.  With our new place he likes sunning himself on the balcony, where in the glow he is no longer black but more a root beer brown colour.  His slave name at the shelter was Rootbeer. He was also once a Darwin, but he is our very own KODIAK BROOP CAT GIGANTOR!

Remembrance Day

 Geordie and I attended the Remembrance/Armistice Day ceremonies in Victory Square Park. Lots of people were there.  They had a parade with different army divisions complete with pomp and ceremony.  The central point of Victory square is the Cenotaph pictured below. This is where the wreathes are laid and many people leave their poppy pins there afterwards.  The cenotaph is engraved. "Their name liveth for evermore" and, within a stone wreath, "1914–1918." Facing Hamilton Street: " Is it nothing to you" and facing Pender Street: "All ye that pass by".

 After the ceremonies the different sections parade out in front of the cenataph and do the 'Eyes Right / Left' salute.  This salute is very special and usually used for dignitaries and leaders.  I am afraid I don't know which division is pictured below but all of them saluted the memorial. I really like seeing the veterans get a big round of applause but I always get creeped out by the child soldiers of cadets.

 People were standing on window sills behind us and on top of cement walls that are in Victory Square itself.  It's the opportunity for people to think of those who were and are in service.  I was upset at an elderly Japanese couple who chattered away loudly through the anthem, reading of 'In Flanders Fields' and quite a bit of service despite being given dirty looks and shushes.