Hello, neighbors!

 

In the past three days, I have had 3 planters stolen from my front porch in the 1100 block of Mellon Street.

 

They were regular, terra cotta-colored plastic: one long windowbox type, one round about

one gallon size, and a somewhat larger vertical rectangular one.  All had dead( last years')

plants in them.  The thief ripped out the dead plants, and took them, dirt and all.  I am

flabbergasted, to say the least.  I could almost understand someone stealing a valuable,

expensive ceramic planter, but these were run-of-the-mill plastic that you could buy at

Target, Walmart, K-Mart, or--as I did--Home Depot.

 

If anyone saw anything, please let me know.  I will be calling the police to update my

report--I just saw the last theft as I was leaving for work at 6 am this morning.

 

On a totally different note, one of my two cats has just been diagnosed with "panleukopenia" hope I spelled that correctly--the "boy in the plastic bubble" disease.

Her white cell count is 1/4 of what it should be.

 

Has anyone heard of this, or had a cat treated for this?  I'd be grateful for any information.

The vet gave her a shot and gave me some pills to give her, and a tube of vitamin stuff

that she hates, though she is a trooper with the pills.

 

I'd appreciate any information on either of these items.

 

Thanks much,

 

Beth Barnhill