Smoke and Shadow

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Marmalade Sandwich

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This and That

1. Going to the chapel.
2. When your nails match your mug.
3. Seeing red.
4. Feeling blue.
5. When it's soup weather.
6. Soaking up the sun.

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Cats With Human Facial Expressions

Can you tell which one I'm talking about?

Charcoal has always had human expressions.

It's just one of the things I love about him!

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Today

It was the perfect fall day here in Ohio!

75 degrees, nice breeze, beautiful skies!

I picked up groceries and spent the rest of the day

outside working in the yard.  I planted bulbs, filled

feeders, hung a new bird house, 

and repotted a few plants, all with the help of

my furry friends that crawled out from their shady

bushes to keep me company!  That is, when they

weren't chasing leaves or squirrel watching!

It was so wonderful, I think I'll do it again tomorrow!

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Self Serve Fountain

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Friends and Enemies

Mama Squirrel is still around.  She loves her sunflower seeds from 

the bird feeder and I put some unsalted peanuts out for her, too.

Tiger gets in the tree to catch her and I can't tell if they are

really enemies.  They come toward each other instead of chasing

and almost touch noses!

Shadow, on the other hand (oh, such an appropriate name!),

is much more sneaky about it all.  I know his intentions

all too well and they are not good!

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Lazy Sunday

Well, I think I'm getting over this bug!

Thanks for all your notes and get well wishes!  That cold

turned into a sore throat, cough and fever!  Ugh.

I feel like this afternoon I may have turned a corner

and even walked around in the yard with my camera.

That little walk wore me out...haha...but I got a few

pictures of what is going on out there...

Looks like I'll be picking a zucchini or two in about a week!

Hope I catch them before they are the size of the Goodyear Blimp! 

The weather is beautiful today!

Have you had a good weekend?

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Garden Helpers

When I go out to water the garden in the morning the

back yard is quiet and peaceful.

 Sleepy, furry helpers come out of their shady sleeping spots.

They say hello, drink from the bird bath as I fill it up,

and get a belly scratch while I'm out there!

But their favorite thing is to attack the big long snake (hose)

while I'm watering everything!

Some of them are very serious about protecting the garden.

Very serious!

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Hunting

This was amusing to watch!

The squirrel is not intimidated at all.   He even seems to

tease Jack and Shadow, taunting them by charging at them

and swishing his big fluffy tail!

There's no sneaking....both parties are quite up front about it all.

The cats don't have a chance....that squirrel just goes high into

the tree when they get too close and the branches are too small

to support those cats.  He seems to snicker and scamper off, leaving

them looking quite foolish.  He lets them get pretty close, 

though, doesn't he?

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This And That

1. Mr. House Finch.
2. Crab apple tree.
3. Shadow.
4. That Stella and Dot order I told you about.
5. Samantha.
6. Spencer.
7. Snow.

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Coming Home

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Sleeping Like The Dead

Sometimes I look outside and I wonder if they are alive. :)

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Shadow

Handsome boy.

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Golden

Shadow, watching the sun set last night.

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Sunshine After The Rain

While it was pouring rain last week, the cats spent most of their

time on the back porch watching rain drops and napping.

When that got boring, they amused themselves inside, playing

 relay races, leap frog or a combination of both!

When the 'moat' started to subside, it was time to go exploring.

This morning I could see that the spiders had been busy rebuilding...

And the hostas were putting out some blooms!

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Shadow

"What do you mean I look like a vampire?"

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Ever Get The Feeling You're Being Watched?

I was working at my desk and glanced to my left and

this is what I saw!  Ha!  Oh, these cats of mine are

a constant entertainment.  And when I laugh, they

look at me like I'm crazy!   This is another one of those

poses that makes them look like Weebles.

I thought they especially looked like stand-up photos

mounted on cardboard....little cat busts.

They also look like they're saying, "When's dinner?"

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Don't Take Life Too Seriously...

...Nobody gets out alive."

In light of that Elbert Hubbard quote, I played with my food today.

A little raspberry forest.

And some other things that made me smile lately....

1. A little snake watching.
2. The sunrise this morning.
3. Last night looking outside and seeing Peaches sunning himself.  He came running as soon as he heard my voice!
4. Spring sky.
5. Spencer, so excited to receive a railway magazine from Keith.
6. Clean and organized jewelry.  Now I can find what I'm looking for!
7. This little surprise.  A lost dog at my back door.  She must have heard we'd help her get home, which we did.  But not before I endured 20 minutes of incessant barking, guarded the cat flap (she saw Nugget through the glass!), kept Slate from going out the flap, and wished The Mister would get home to help since I couldn't leave the flap, had Harry in the tub, Socks and Velvet up in the tree, dinner on the stove, and wasn't having any luck reading the middle tag on that collar while she kept jumping as high as I am tall. Whew!
8. Groceries, making a pretty still life.

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