It was a classic horror movie moment.

At night, the cats often jump up onto the window sill to watch the moths that gather when the living room light spills out into the darkness. They were both up there when I walked past, so I stopped by to watch the moths with them. (The cats like it when I participate in their activities.)

Here’s the audio transcript:

“Hi boys, are there moths? Big fluttery moths? Wow, those are sure [SHRIEK!] HOLY CRAP!!!”

I lept backwards as a giant moth - the size of your hand - thumped against the window. I caught a glimpse of giant eye spots and thought, “Polyphemus moth!” I have always wanted to see one of those. I’m a dork that way.

Excited, I grabbed a tupperware container and my digital camera and went outside. However, the moth wouldn’t fit in the container, so I trapped it under my hat, then maneuvered it into a casserole dish.

(By the way, the people who gave me that casserole dish as a present are regular blog readers. Hi! Thanks for the casserole dish, I use it all the time! Mostly for cooking casseroles, I swear.)

Flappy McFlappersons finally settled down enough that I could take some pictures. I went outside, carefully lifted the lid, and started snapping away.

This one’s for those of you who love it when I poke the weird stuff I find out in the yard.

Having a blog is hard sometimes.

That’s a hellova set of feelers! I am pretty sure they are not for the purpose of sticking into the ears of unwary humans.

After I turned him out of the casserole dish, he paused on the deck just long enough for me to take this wonderful picture of his full wing spread. Will you LOOK at those eyespots? Outstanding!

Hell of a way to end the day, I tell you.

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Digit is getting better! He’s well enough to look FURIOUS, as you can see from the PICTURES! Yay, pictures!

My experience with cats is that fury is the best sign on the road to recovery. He still requires several surgeries to fix his back end (urinary tract crystals + flies, from what I understand), some GI bleeding, and a set of peach pit-sized bladder stones. But he’s up on his feet, he’s eating, they’ve removed a two-inch foxtail from his eye (the thought of that makes my eyes water), and his heart is audible again.

The best news is that Rachel has posted a Paypal link! Off the top of my head, drawing on my own rather extensive veterinary experience, I’m going to guess that their final bill is going to tally at somewhere around four grand. Money is tight in their household right now - isn’t it tight for everyone? - and that’s a pretty big chunk of cash.

As a thank-you for your donation, you will be entered in a drawing to win one of her fabulous sweaters. However, I have been hatching plans of my own from the sidelines!

Updated! Blog reader Katharine is kicking in ten 50g balls of Uruguay DK 70% Merino/ 20% Alpaca/10% Silk yarn in a soft sage green.

How it works:

1. Click here to read Rachel’s post. At the bottom of her post, click the “Make a Donation” button.

2. Donate any amount you can spare.

3. This is the most important step! DON’T FEEL BAD ABOUT THE AMOUNT YOU ARE DONATING. You are NOT ALLOWED to feel guilty about helping Digit. Every dollar counts.

4. Come back here and either post a comment, or email me directly (mechagrue - and then the “at” symbol - gmail.com). You don’t need to tell me how much you donated.

5. Next Saturday, July 7th, I will select the winners by random number generator. The first name drawn will win a Jayne hat knit to your specifications (or the specs of the Firefly fan in your life). The second name drawn will win those gorgeous balls of Uruguay DK Merino/Alpaca/Silk yarn from Katharine.

Everybody wins! Clicky clicky!

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6 cups strawberries (cleaned and halved), a big splash of milk, 1 cup vanilla yogurt, blend well. Whipped cream optional.*

* Not really.

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