Tracy and I went to several nurseries today. I was looking for butterfly plants. I bought five lantana and one verbena and a purslane. And Tracy got plumbago and a huge ball of miniature mums ( Read more... )

Oh, boy! I have to tell what happened here this morning. Regrettably, I didn’t get a picture of it, but that’s probably a good thing because it wasn’t a real pleasant sight ( Read more... )

Pete has not found a job yet. I think he will start looking earnestly next week. So far we are co-existing here in this house everyday without bloodshed. Lots and lots of things are getting cleaned and organized ( Read more... )

A few days ago Maria got a new kitten. She named her Gracie. She was found abandoned in the country, and is 7 weeks old. She has six toes on each of her front paws. It looks like she’s wearing mittens. Her back paws are huge, too. She is cuddly and just adorable, purring constantly when you hold her ( Read more... )

Thought you might like to see our beautiful neighborhood cat again. It belongs to the people across the street, but is over here a lot of the time. Pete just saw her lazing by the birdbath in the back yard and called me.


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Here are some better pictures of the "night time, bird bath-drinking" cat. Now you can see how beautiful he really is. I have named him "White Stuff" instead of just calling him (or her) the cat. What a difference between the night and day pictures, eh?


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