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Tuesday, April 30, 2019

A NEW BIRD ~~ SIGHTING AN OLD FRIEND ~~ LILAC TREE ~~ PUZZLE UPDATE ~~ ASPARAGUS UPDATE ~~ PARTING SHOT

A NEW BIRD


Last Saturday Linda and I went to a potential new walking place for us, a cemetery in the Terrace Heights section of Yakima. Summer Girl's BFF (Linda H.) had told us about this cemetery which has a pond, so we had been wanting to check it out for any interesting birds. After arriving, we parked and walked down to the pond and immediately saw the most beautiful birds, which by the way were HUGE.

A new bird for us




These beautiful, graceful birds are Trumpeter Swans. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology has a wonderful website that is very useful to help identify and learn about birds. Click here to visit this website and read about this swan, the largest waterfowl species in North America. Be sure to click on the various icons at the top (Overview, ID Info, etc.) to read about various aspects of the swan's life.

One thing that really struck me about the Trumpeter Swan was the fact that they are very loud. Once you hear them, it is obvious why they are so named. I managed to get a little bit of the male swan trumpeting on video. It seemed that every time I hit the video button on my camera, he would clam up. The video below is about a minute long, and you can hear him vocalizing in a couple of places. Most of the time I was filming them, they had their necks under the water, foraging around for vegetation. Someone had put out some food for them on the deck, which they nibbled at from time to time. We would have stayed longer at the pond if it wasn't for the fact that the wind was blowing a gale and it was quite cold. We did get at least a small walk in before we returned to the truck and headed home. But we were so happy that we got to see these beautiful birds, and I'm sure we will be going back.



SIGHTING AN OLD FRIEND


It is always a pleasure to see a bird that we know from our days back in North Carolina. Not very many of our Eastern birds are present here, sparrows and finches being the main exception. So I was very surprised the other day to spot a Mourning Dove (click link) under our front feeder. I grabbed my camera and got a quick shot, which didn't turn out to be a very good picture, but I figure a quick shot is better than no shot.

Mourning Dove

We loved all the Mourning Doves that we would see in North Carolina. In the Spring, they would bring their babies to our back yard Sanctuary, as did most of the birds. We loved their soft cooing sound, and their gentle demeanor. I miss seeing them because it is very rare for me to see one in Yakima. I have seen a few at places like the Greenway, but I believe this is only about the third time I have seen one in our yard, in the past 12 years. When we first moved here, we did have a paired couple that came to our yard. But soon the invasive Eurasian Collared Dove appeared, and I think they have pushed the smaller Mourning Dove out of this residential area. I am keeping my hopes up that this guy will be a regular visitor to our yard.

I mentioned above that we also had finches in our yard in Lumberton, and I do believe that the House Finch can be found all over the United States. One thing we did notice about the finches in North Carolina was that a great majority of them had a bacterial eye disease called Mycoplasmal Conjunctivitis. I could walk right up to the feeder and they wouldn't fly away because they couldn't see me. You could always tell one with the disease because they had a very erratic way of flying. A couple of days ago, I saw a very yellow-colored house finch at our front yard feeder, so I got some pictures of him. While I was taking the pictures I realized that he also had this eye disease. He seemed to be able to see out of one eye okay, but the other one was completely swollen shut. I hope the little fellow is able to survive.





That same day that I was checking out the little house finch, I happened to see this gathering of quail under the feeder. We are so happy to have some of our quail families visit us again! (This video below includes a little ditty I made on GarageBand using the musical "loops." Turn your sound up to check it out!)



LILAC TREE


Our lilac tree has been blooming now and the smell is out of this world! This tree is absolutely beautiful this time of year. Linda transplanted it from a small seedling that came up over near our neighbor's yard. They had a small lilac tree and I guess it came up from theirs. It was so tiny, we weren't sure it would live. Every year we have watched it get bigger and bigger, and the last few years it had several blooms on it. This year it has really taken off and is covered in blooms. Too bad my blog doesn't have smell-o-vision or you could enjoy the wonderful scent.

Linda's picture on top, mine on the bottom

PUZZLE UPDATE


The last puzzle I mentioned in the blog a couple weeks ago was the "Dragon Dreams" puzzle. We worked on that one for over a week and didn't make much progress. It turned out to be more frustrating than fun, so we boxed it back up and took it to the Harmon Senior Center so it could plague someone else. Linda had picked up a couple of puzzles there the other week that really looked intriguing, so we decided to do one of those. Although I didn't get to do much on this one (due to not being able to see very well), I still managed to get a few pieces put in. Linda really enjoyed it, and so did I. This one is of an Edward Gorey illustration from 1965, which is untitled. The puzzle may look familiar to you because the opening credits of the PBS series "Mystery" are based on his style. He wrote many books himself, as well as illustrated many book covers for other authors. This puzzle is definitely a keeper.

Edward Gorey puzzle

ASPARAGUS UPDATE


I haven't seen any activity in the asparagus patch over the past week, so I can only assume that it has all died. Below is a picture of my entire asparagus harvest. After three years of coddling and babying these plants, this is what I got. I grilled it the other night, being very careful not to let it slip between the grill grates. I could tell that it was asparagus, but that's about the extent of it. I included a toothpick in the picture to show you how big it was (or wasn't).

Asparagus from the Rue de la Pathetique
(nod to Jack McFarland)

PARTING SHOT


Summer Girl was outside just now, enjoying the sunshine and keeping a watchful eye on the back yard. She expressed great displeasure at my interrupting her reverie for a photo op!

"There she is again with that camera!"

I put the blog up a day early this week because tomorrow I go in for eye surgery on my other eye. So be sure to check back next week at the regular time to see what's happening!





Wednesday, April 24, 2019

GUEST PHOTOGRAPHER ~~ IN THE YARD ~~ OUR SPRING VISITOR ~~ ASPARAGUS UPDATE ~~ PARTING SHOT

GUEST PHOTOGRAPHER


This week's blog welcomes back Linda as guest photographer. Due to my having eye surgery last Thursday, I wasn't able to take pictures for several days. When Linda and I decided to take an Easter morning walk on the Greenway, I prevailed upon her to take pictures for me.

Swampy area

We were greeted at the Greenway entrance with this lovely swamp scene. To tell you the truth, I thought I was back in North Carolina! There, scenes like this are very commonplace. But here, in Yakima, such wet places are rare. On this beautiful, sunny and warm Easter Sunday, Linda snapped the perfect photo to start the blog.

Sentinel

We began our walk on the Jewett Pathway, which goes around a couple of small lakes. The other pathway that follows along the river is closed off because the pathway caved in a few years ago. Soon after we got around the lake, we spotted this fellow above, high up in a tree beside the water's edge. I believe this is an immature Osprey.

End of the line

The Southerner in her native environment

Continuing on the path, we came to the area where the cave-in happened. I stopped to check out a couple of Canada Geese who were honking loudly across the river. Something seemed to be disturbing them, but I couldn't tell if there was anything else around. They flew away in a few minutes.

A beautiful day

Linda paused to catch a glimpse of the sun, which we have sorely missed seeing for the past several weeks. The weather that day was absolutely perfect...although it could have been a little bit warmer for my taste.

Carolina Blue sky?

At one point I looked up and saw this beautiful tree against a perfect blue sky. Linda dutifully took a picture of it at my request. Some of the deciduous trees around here are starting to get their leaves, but these were not at that point yet. It was very easy to see birds flitting back and forth between the branches. I spotted several "Butter-Butts" along the way. They were too quick to capture a photo, but you can visit this website here to check out the Yellow-Rumped Warbler. If you look at the picture on the website, you will see why this bird is nicknamed a "Butter-Butt."

Serenity

Along the Jewett Pathway runs a little off-shoot from the river. The water in this off-shoot doesn't flow as swiftly as the river, so the reeds along the banks tend to bunch up and create little waterfalls. The picture above is a good example of that feature, and the sound of the water spilling over is so soothing. Beavers do tend to operate in this area as well, although we did not see any indication of them on this walk.

Male Downy Woodpecker

We heard a faint hammering and both looked up to see a Downy Woodpecker busily preparing a nesting hole in this dead tree. He was so busy he was oblivious to us standing just below him. There will soon be baby Downys around the path!

Cooper's hawk

As we headed back along the path, I spotted what I thought was a white bird in a tree (my eyes were still not 100%). Upon checking him out with the binoculars, I was delighted to see that it was a hawk of some kind. He posed nicely for this picture. When I got home I looked him up, and I believe this is a Cooper's Hawk. This web page here gives some excellent pointers for identifying this hawk, which is often confused with other hawks.


Thistle head

One last photo from our walk fills the bill for our "Arty Photo of the Week." It seems like every year at this time we both get photos of the dried thistle heads. It's only because they are so beautiful. By giving contrast to the green leaves starting to sprout on the nearby branches, they make a nice picture.


IN THE YARD


Back at home, there were plenty of photo ops as well, given that all the flowers are just now starting to go crazy with blooming. Linda strolled through the front yard and got some lovely pictures of our tulips.

Ruffled Tulip

This tulip above is one of my favorites. I love the fringed edge on it, that serves to give it more depth and interest. I also like the two-toned color on these.

A burst of yellow

This photo above shows a yellow tulip with a slight tinge of pink in it. Linda and I both agree that our favorite flower color for the yard has got to be yellow.

Pink Lady

Most of our tulips are pink, which sometimes looks pinky-red when photographed. I'm not sure why the camera sometimes chooses a slightly different shade than what our eye perceives, but it's probably due to the way the light hits it. Either way, these flowers are still beautiful.

Candy-Stripe

And now we come to my favorite tulip, the Candy-Striped tulip, seen in the photo above. I just love how these two colors come together on this one flower. So pretty.

Purple Haze tulip

I decided that I needed to have at least a couple of my flower pictures in the blog this week, so I got out my camera and managed to get this shot above of a gorgeous purple tulip that is coming up among our sea of Solomon's Seal plants. These are not the real names of all the tulips above, it's just what I like to call them.

Solomon's Seal

OUR SPRING VISITOR


While we were sitting in the living room the other day, I looked out the window and saw the leaves on our Golden Currant bushes fluttering in various spots. I grabbed my camera as I suspected it was our little visitor that we get every Spring. See if you can spot him in the video below.




Yes, it's the little Orange-Crowned Warbler (click on the name to read an article and see pictures, including one showing the orange patch). We have yet to see his orange crown, which I imagine he displays only when courting or when startled. He was busy visiting as many of these flowers as he could. It was so nice to see this little guy out our window. Spring is truly here to stay, if only for a short time.


ASPARAGUS UPDATE


It seems I was too impatient about my asparagus, because I went outside the other day and low and behold, there were a few tiny spears starting to poke up above the ground. Right now the count stands at four spears, which isn't a drop in the bucket of how much asparagus I can eat at one sitting. It is one of my favorite vegetables. But at least I know they are still alive, for now. We'll see what develops over the coming days.

After 3 years, this is what I have so far

PARTING SHOT


I followed Summer Girl outside this morning to see if I could catch her in a decent photo. Instead, I got a cute video of her. Now you can see why she has earned the nickname "PigPen."



That's all for this week, check back again next week to see what's up!


Wednesday, April 17, 2019

BUSTING OUT ~~ PUZZLE UPDATE ~~ BIRDS IN THE YARD ~~ CORN DAY AT RANDALL PARK ~~ PARTING SHOT

BUSTING OUT


Spring is really busting out all over the place in Yakima. It's a good thing, too, because everyone here was more than ready for it after the long, snowy winter that we had. A walk around the yard produces many beautiful scenes to enjoy this time of year. Linda caught this shot the other day of flowers on our Thundercloud Plum tree in the front yard. They are quite small, but really interesting when you get in close on them. I am so proud of her, she has become quite a good photographer!

Thundercloud Plum Tree flowers

I have gone out every day and checked on my asparagus plants, but alas, I think they are all dead. I have not seen a single shoot come up. I think they may have gotten smothered by all the snow we had on top of them for so long. If that is the case, I am going to be out of the asparagus-growing business, because I have babied those things for three years. Luckily for us, locally-grown asparagus is quite plentiful around here during the spring. This morning, while checking on the asparagus, I took my camera with me and got a few shots of the back yard while I was at it.

Getting some color in the yard

As you can see, the daffodils and tulips are blooming like crazy. The purple Muscari, scourge of my existence, are just coming up. These things are all over our yard, and get more and more numerous every year. I wouldn't mind a few in the yard, but we have hundreds of them, maybe even thousands, I don't know for sure. Talk about invasive!

The dreaded Muscari

Since I love closeup pictures so much, I decided to zoom in on a tulip flower. The different parts of the flower really stand out when you get in close.

Tulip

As I was taking the picture above, I heard a buzzing sound nearby. I walked over to the Golden Currant bush that is against the back of the house, and there were several bees going at the blooms on that bush. I stood there for quite a while, trying to get a picture of one. I finally got a decent shot, but it wasn't easy because they were zipping around in a frenzy. As soon as I would get one in my viewfinder, he'd move on to another blossom before I could press the shutter. But I persevered and finally got my picture.

Buzzing about

PUZZLE UPDATE


A few days ago we finished another puzzle, one which we had done not too long ago, the Kitchen Cupboard by Ravensburger. This is another one of Colin Thompson's puzzles, and I just love doing his designs. After we did that one, we decided to take on the Dragon Dreams puzzle. This puzzle is in the shape of a dragon. It looked like a good puzzle when I saw it on Amazon, so I got it for Linda's birthday. But now I am not so sure. The puzzle picture is very murky and does not have distinct lines on the pieces, so it is extremely hard to figure out what goes where. We are giving it a go, nonetheless. We'll see how it turns out!

Kitchen Cupboard

Dragon Dreams puzzle

BIRDS IN THE YARD


Spring not only brings us beautiful flowers, but also the gorgeous American Goldfinches in their breeding colors. I like to call these little guys my "flying Easter eggs" because they are so colorful, and they usually arrive around here en masse in the Spring. We have a few in winter, but they are quite drab in their winter garb and do not stand out as much. Another visitor who is also a hold-over from the winter is the Red-Winged Blackbird. We had a few at the feeders in the past couple of months, but now they are coming in greater numbers. I expect we will be seeing babies of both before too long.



CORN DAY AT RANDALL PARK


We took another bag of corn to feed the geese and ducks this past Sunday. We spread out the corn, and a few ducks and geese came over but not in the numbers that they did during the winter. I imagine they are finding a lot of food around the pond, and there are more people going to the park and feeding them. Even though some of them didn't seem interested, there was one particular goose who thought this would be a good time to assert his opinion on who was the fairest of them all.





Proud of himself
(who's that photo-bombing at the bottom?)

If you noticed a "flash" in this video, that was just me trying out something new called a "flash freeze frame." The freeze frame catches the geese in a sort of "dance" pose, and then the video carries on. After all the excitement is over, you can still hear them growling and grunting at each other.

With things calmed down at the corn area, I walked over to the pond. The mood there was pretty laid back, with no overt confrontations while I was there. Of course, when you go out on the viewing deck, the ducks and geese all come swimming up, hoping for some food. I got some pretty good closeup shots before they figured out I didn't have anything for them.

Showing off his pretty back feathers...

...and tail feathers

This mallard even stood on his head for me

I noticed some holes in the reeds up on the shore of the pond. I am wondering if this is where they will make their nests. I didn't see any indication of nests anywhere else, so I am going to keep an eye on this area whenever we go to the park, just to see if my guess is correct.

Possible nesting spots

After taking pictures at the pond, Linda and I walked over to another area and came upon these two ducks just sitting up on the grass. They seem to be a mated pair, and at first I thought they were Manky Mallards, although they didn't really look like those. When I looked them up online, I found that the black and white one is an Ancona duck. Click on the link here to read about this breed that was developed in the United States in the early 1900's. The plain white duck looks like a regular domesticated duck.



Ancona Duck

LOOKING BACK


Linda & I were taking a walk Thursday morning, and she said, "I remember Dad and I walked along here once when he was here visiting us. He found two marbles right there (she pointed to a spot in the road). I still have those marbles in the desk." It's funny how something so ordinary and mundane as a couple of marbles can evoke a memory that is so precious to us. That's why it is so important to keep little things like that, because there will come a time when loved ones are gone and you will need all of your memories.

Memories

PARTING SHOT


Finally, I caught Summer Girl outside! It was warm and cozy in her secret hiding spot, but she agreed to come out and pose for a picture anyway, as a favor to me.

Those are some big tulips!

That's all for this week, join me again next week for more from the Southerner in the Northwest!



Wednesday, April 10, 2019

AHH, FLOWERS & BIRDS! ~~ PUZZLE UPDATE ~~ GRILLING AGAIN! ~~ LOOKING BACK ~~ PARTING SHOT

AHH, FLOWERS & BIRDS!


Now that Spring has a firm grip on Yakima (we can tell because the forsythias are blooming), things are starting to ramp up pretty quickly. Due to the warmer weather we have been having, the daffodils that have been up for a couple of weeks are now joined by the tulips. The early tulip blooms that we have in our yard are these cute little red ones. They come up soon after the daffodils, and I am here to tell you that the colors of both flowers are certainly welcome, especially this year.

Dazzling!

It won't be long before we have the other tulips blooming, the ones with different colors, and especially the one I like to call "Candy Stripe" (not it's real name, I'm sure) that looks like a candy cane. We also have some with frilly edges. All of them are quite beautiful. While I was out in the yard taking pictures of the tulips, I couldn't resist snapping one of this cute garden sign. Linda got this not too long after we moved here. She always loved it because her mother had one just like it in her yard. Every time I look at it, I think of her mother. The saying on this plaque is actually a stanza from a poem by Dorothy Frances Gurney.

Lovely sentiment

In addition to all the flowers, we have seen increased activity from the birds. This past week I saw a group of four California Quail out in our front yard. I've seen several groupings of quail around in the past week, so I don't know if these are all different quail, or just four quail that are appearing in various numbers at different times. Anyway, I am just glad to see quail in our yard once again. There were three or four out under the back feeder the other day, with one guy perched up on top of our patio wall as lookout.

The sentinel
We finally got Linda's new bird feeder set up in the front yard, and it only took about a day before we had customers coming to it. It has been rainy and dreary around here lately, so it was nice to see the bright red feeder hanging outside our front window. This little female house sparrow did not mind the rain at all.



I have had some time this past week to experiment with my GarageBand program some more, and I am learning something new every time I do that. I found a bird tweeting loop on there that I added to the video above, just to give it some sound. Lately I've been fooling around with these loops, which are just pre-recorded instrumental tracks that are repeated over and over. You can add them to your videos in various ways to create interesting little sound bites. I decided to add one to this video below, which shows a White-Crowned Sparrow and a Golden-Crowned Sparrow kicking around underneath the feeder. I named this video "Bollywood Bird Dance."



PUZZLE UPDATE


Linda brought out the little puzzle that I gave her for her birthday last week, and we started putting it together. I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of it, even though it is not the best I have seen. But it held up well and the pieces fit together nicely. It only took us a couple of days to get this one together, but we had a good time doing it, remembering all the events depicted in the pictures.

"Our Family" puzzle

GRILLING AGAIN!

Since the weather is nicer now and there isn't tons of snow on the patio, I have been able to grill several nights. I do believe this is my absolute favorite way to cook. I don't care what it is, if you put something on a grill, it is going to turn out tasty. And the clean up is almost nil! Here's a couple of pictures I took while grilling last week.

Turkey burgers
Tofu kabobs

You can probably see that I've been grilling at the edge of the back porch, only because it's been rainy and I don't want my cast iron Lodge Sportsman grill to get wet. As long as the rain holds off long enough for me to get my charcoal chimney lit, then I am okay with grilling on the back porch. As soon as the rain stops, I will move out to the patio.


LOOKING BACK

Today for our Looking Back feature, I'm adding a picture that was taken on August 29, 2007. We had only been living in Yakima for a little less than two months at that time. I remember it well, though. Linda and I took a trip to Vantage, Washington, to the Gingko Petrified Forest. It was an extremely hot day, so Linda had the brilliant idea to take an umbrella for portable shade, and I was so glad we did that! I certainly do look the part of the typical tourist with my camera case and binoculars hanging off of me. I got some awesome video of the surrounding landscape, plus some great pictures, and we got to see some beautiful petrified trees. One thing that was disconcerting, however, was the fact that the petrified trees had to be put in cages so that people wouldn't steal them (cage is in lower right corner). It's a sad commentary on the way things are these days. We enjoyed our trip immensely, nonetheless.

I'm petrified

PARTING SHOT

I'm still struggling to get a picture of Summer Girl when she isn't asleep on the bed. No such luck today, however. Still, I managed to focus on one of her more foreboding qualities. How can something that looks so sweet while she's asleep still possess such formidable claws, always at the ready to teach an intruding photographer a lesson?

Ouch!

That's all for this week, please stop by again next week and check us out!


Wednesday, April 3, 2019

CELEBRATING ~~ SPRING HAS SPRUNG ~~ LOOKING BACK ~~ PARTING SHOT

CELEBRATING


This past week Linda's sister came over for a visit so we could celebrate Linda's birthday. We always have such a good time when she's here, sitting around talking for hours (mostly those two, I sit back and listen), drinking wine and G&T's, and going out to eat. This year was no exception as we had a fun time, much different from last year when I was sick with pneumonia.

Linda opened a few presents on Saturday during our drinkiepoo hour, and then the rest on Sunday, her actual birthday. That way we got to celebrate twice! I'm not going to run through the whole thing, but I did want to highlight a few of her gifts. Of course, we all know Linda has to get a flamingo at any celebration, if at all possible. This was a little charm that I got from Mimi's Charm at a local craft fair. Mimi is a super nice lady who has a very wide assortment of charms, necklaces, keychains, etc. at her booth. Check her out if you ever go to a craft fair near Yakima.

Charming

Everyone probably knows by now that Linda loves to read. I do believe it is her favorite thing to do. No birthday for her would be complete without books as gifts. Wendy and I both took care of that this time as we each got her a book. Here she is opening the one from Wendy, entitled The Salt Path.

YAY! A book

She only got two books this year, but not to worry. Emily sent her an Amazon gift card that will keep her supplied with books for some time to come. Here are the two books she got for her birthday.

Left from Wendy, right from me

Not to be outdone by mere books, my sister sent her a new bird feeder. This one is so cute, and will come in handy for the back yard in the winter, so Linda doesn't have to trudge through two feet of snow to fill it up every day (like she did this winter). It is so cute we are going to put it in the front yard for now, and move the old green one we had out front to another spot.

New feeder for our birdies

Since all the snow melted, we have been looking out the front window to a scene of brown, brown, and brown. So I decided to get her a little color for the front yard, until the flowers bloom. We love to watch these little whirligigs as they blow in the wind (which we have an abundance of here in Yakima).



The last gift I will highlight is one that I "made" for her. I didn't actually make it, but I spent an entire afternoon putting it all together. It's a puzzle that I ordered from an online company called Shutterfly. I uploaded pictures from the computer and then arranged them around to make the puzzle grid. Then Shutterfly made the puzzle and sent it to me. I did all this during Christmas, so I had to hide it in the closet for the ensuing months. I think she was quite surprised when she opened it.

A small puzzle, but special

SPRING HAS SPRUNG


Something we have been impatiently waiting for has finally happened...flowers are starting to bloom all over the place. Right now we just have daffodils, but the tulips will not be far behind. It is so nice to see some color out in both the front and back yards.





Beautiful daffodils

Another big indicator of Spring is the way the birds are behaving. They are starting to form up pairs with the males vigorously courting the females. The males are also starting to get their breeding colors, as you can see in this picture of the Red-Winged Blackbirds below. Their wing bars are still apparent during the winter time, but they aren't nearly as brilliant as they are in the spring. Also, I'm happy to report that the female Varied Thrush is still around, but is hard to spot now because she blends in with the background so well.

Trying to impress

LOOKING BACK


I'm still working hard with all the pictures I moved over to the Mac from the PC. Right now I have two photo projects going, one on the Mac and one on the PC. These projects are taking up the majority of my time, so I don't have any new music to share with you this week. But I decided to include a picture of my father from my Mac project. This picture was probably taken in the early 1950's. He caught this Sailfish on one of his many fishing trips to Florida. He was so proud of it he had a taxidermist mount it and he had it hanging in his office. It was a beautiful fish.

Catch of the day

PUZZLE UPDATE


Linda and I went to the Harmon Center, our local senior center, a couple of weeks ago and picked up a few puzzles and books. I was very excited to get this one, because the name of it is The Alpine Northwest and it's by Charley Harper. As soon as I saw this puzzle, I knew it was by the same guy that painted a poster we picked up at the Toppenish Wildlife Refuge soon after we moved here. The poster was done to celebrate the 2002 International Migratory Bird Day. Even though it was 2007 or so when we got the poster, we both loved it and have it hanging in our garage to this day.

Puzzle

Poster

PARTING SHOT


I don't think there has ever been a lazier cat than Summer Girl. She knows that I need to take her picture every Wednesday for the blog, it's her only job. But week after week I find her piled up on the bed, snoozing away. Then when I wake her up to take her picture, she gives me one of "those" looks. I am sure if cats could roll their eyeballs, she'd be doing that.

You woke me up


That's all for this week, folks. Check back again next week to see what's up!