Knitting, cooking and other enthusiasms
Posted in Cats on Jan 9th, 2010
Teddy is a feral tom I’ve been feeding for almost a year. He’s fearsome with his golden eyes and coal black fur. I don’t know where he sleeps, although I know he found a temporary burrow under part of the house that’s nearest the dryer vent and I’ve created some shelter for him in another [...]
November’s sun is low in the sky but it’s still good for a noon time nap.
I do believe today was the nicest fall day we’ve had this year. It made it to 72 with little wind and lots of sun. A welcome contrast to the last month of cold and rain. A perfect afternoon to spend doing garden clean-up. I didn’t have the heart to cut back the cleome yet. [...]
It’s been one of those weeks already.
I’ll be back tomorrow.
Maybe.
Posted in Cats on Jun 26th, 2009
What do you do when there’s a creature on your lap who objects when you reach over/around/under him to use the keyboard?
Discover the onscreen keyboard.
Mouse-click typing at its slowest.
Summer with its heat and humidity arrived this weekend so the cats did what they do best, slept away the hottest part of the day in air conditioned comfort.
I, on the other hand, fought with the wheelbarrow and won, hauled 15 bags of mulch around, fertilized all the pots, transplanted lettuce, stopped to smell the [...]
Yesterday’s goose encounter reminded me of this photo I took last month. I was putting my cart away after visiting a big box store and noticed orange cones up around an island in the parking lot. Mother Goose apparently took a liking to this tiny patch of dirt surrounded by acres of cement. Some generous [...]
Posted in Cats on Mar 1st, 2009
As I mentioned before there’s been a stray cat prowling around our house for the last few weeks, marking his territory by spraying every door, shrub and flower pot.
Well he’s still here.
But the spraying is better.
As long as I don’t waste time bringing him food.
Since he’s completely black with only a few white hairs, he’s [...]
Not one….
Not two…
But three….
pairs of socks have all decided to wear out at the same time. Pair #3 has huge holes in both heels and will probably get thrown out. They haven’t worn well and the colors are fading. Wish I could remember the yarn so I’d know not to buy it again.
But pairs #1 [...]
I used to sleep all night before I owned cats. I’d go to bed at 10 or 11 and sleep through until morning and never hear a sound. I never knew what I was missing.
A noise woke me at 3:30 this morning. Since Gus was howling to go out, I decided to let him see [...]
