cat art

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Goodies

Yesterday a package came from California. But the contents were from Australia. Thanks, G. The Tim Tams are open because I sent two of them with B for his lunch. He had a tough day yesterday and will likely have another today. I feel so helpless, unable to take any of the burden from him.

Oh, and that foot in the upper right. It's Bubba. She kept wanted to get in the shot. Just as I would focus, there would be a fuzzy calico in the lens. I'd remove her and realign the shot and then - well, you guessed it. I figured this was as good as it would get.
You can't see it well, but there is a nifty kangaroo pin in the foreground.

May

Yesterday I cleaned the kitchen and the table and put a vintage linen on it. I thought I'd better take a photo, while it was uncluttered, because soon there will be papers, etc. stacking up on it again.

But for now, here it is - a tribute to May. I know, I know, May Day is in the past a bit. But, well, it isn't June yet.

Porch

Another rainy morning, so I thought I'd sit on the porch swing with my tea and camera. Want to join me?

Elder

It is too rainy this morning to work in the garden outdoors. So I have contented myself with sorting bean seeds and deciding to hand wash the old linens Jane gave me. The beans are sorted and I pulled out the linens, but with my usual multi-tasking, I have since had bkfst, made coffee, up potted the succulents that were given me at Biltmore, put them on the front porch, rearranged the plants B put out there before they left, decided the porch needed sweeping, taken a call from M, and gone upstairs to take this pic of the elder blooms from studio/daughter's room window. Never a dull moment. Oh, yeah, fed the cats, chased Kamath back in from the front yard as he slid through the door when my hands were full of plants. (He plots his chances.) And it is not yet 9:30. Of course, I will be sleepy in the afternoon. But in this south, the mornings in summer are the best part of the day. Sleeping in the afternoons is not a bad idea, I think.

I still need to change the litter box and retreive my neighbor's Sunday paper as they are off this holiday weekend to see their daughter.

Just because it is too wet to work in the garden, doesn't mean that there is not work to be done.

It is a very quiet neighborhood this weekend, but a few cars do pass. It is so quiet, that when I am outside I can hear conversations (not words) inside neighboring houses. That is rare here. Usually there is the hum of either heat or air conditioning to block the sound.

elderberry

The elderberry has tons of blooms this year. Only thing, they are up high. So high that I can't get a good photo.

Because of all the rain here it is very green and lush. I feel like I am inside a green womb. A cozy and strange feeling, but comforting nevertheless.

Berries

Soon the berries will be ripe. And I will fight the birds for every one. Oh, you say, put a net over them. But then they, esp robins and thrushes, sneak in from underneath. I level the playing field by picking the berries a bit under ripe and letting them ripen indoors. But it is a draw at best.

Yesterday evening, just after B got home, I looked out the kitchen window and saw our wild brown bunny IN the garden. Um, isn't that is why we put up the fence to keep him out? Didn't she read the memo?! So buddy and I went out and harassed him a bit. Buddy ran around trying to herd Bun from outside the fence. I was hoping I could find the "hole" by seeing where Bun exited. No such luck. She ran and flung herself at the fence on all sides before finally hitting one section hard enough it buckled. This after I opened the gate. Sigh. Buddy and I shall have to be more diligent.

It is a competitive world out there.