After a last milking and feeding of the goats we erased all physical signs of our wonderful time at the farm, including the hair of four active dogs and drove off to Sita’s house about two hours south in 3 cars.
We stopped at the house to admire her handiwork in the garden and see the convalescing kitty Cortez. Sita and Jim’s cats are indoor cats and Cortez had escaped and had a bad encounter with a car. We all thought he was going to die – but cats are resilient and the vets helped for a sizeable chunk of cash. Cortez’ shaven tail still looks like rat’s tail and he walks a bit funny but he is clearly on the mend.
As a parting activity we had organic and locally produced roadside food near a farmer’s market and then Steve headed north again for his last days of work at the farm and we, Tessa, Axel, myself and the two dogs, headed east for two hour ride to Lobster Cove.
The rest of the day consisted of goodbyes to dear friends, cocktails here, dinner there during which we invariably have to touch the subject of what next. The immediate ‘next’ is a return to Kabul without Axel, a difficult prospect.
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