May 7, 2010

I Think It's Here...

...By Golly and 'Gosh... I think it's finally here !!! Spring !
63 big degrees today and toasty in the sun. (Although there have been frost warnings the past few nights.) Kuchi went out and was all -Hmm, I vaguely remember this. She could have used a little pair if Kittheh Shades tho. Oh, the squinting ! Flowers are just blooming lovely. My pot of Primroses is rather ragged looking. I do wonder if they were just unwell from the get-go.
Now the bluebells are just being so colorful- all blowing in the breeze and appearing in sweeps across the yard.(Since I still don't have a digital camera, pic.s are from the web. Sigh.)

All the wild sword ferns have unfurled and look so fresh and tender green. Although I have spotted a few blackberry volunteers trying to swarm in.

The Mock Cherry and Fruit Bearing Cherry have bloomed and are almost gone. Last year there were very few cherries to gather. Usually a Spare year is followed by an Abundant one. Nothing is as good as eating sun-warmed just picked Cherries. Well maybe seeing how far you can Spit the Pits !
Other News- There has been a ... ah... ahem... a removal of sorts... Fiddler had an Hoo-Hah-ectomy. Although I"m sure he would couch it in rather more Strident Tones. Still being such a Wild Boy, getting into fights, always getting over some bite or abrasion, when a Friend offered to take him to be Noo-tered, ZIP into a crate he went !
I couldn't find a a picture of Him( I got really Organized last week. Went thru all my pictures.Put them into separate/named folders. Now I can't find anything ...) So the forlorn Little Girl and Her Kittheh will have to do.
So that's about it From Here Today. Think I will go make some Potato Salad to go with leftover Fried Chicken. As usual- I'll get the the Salad, and the Girls and Osgood will have the Chicken !

xoxo

Apr 1, 2010

--- etu Spring ?

::: Looks like Spring is finally creeping in. Slowly but surely. Can be Lovely and sunny then drop down to just above freezing at night.

Today we had the oddest greenish light right after sunset. If I had still been living in the Southwest, I would have sworn there was going to come up a Tornado ! And prior to that there was a 20 minuite peppering of hail bouncing off the windows...

Have gotten two pots full of Primroses out on the porch. Almost afraid to do too much more until it gets a bit more on the warm side.

But I am noticing a bit of natural promise popping its head out.

And all around my little fake Wishing Well these are blooming.

These purple beauties have popped out of containers along my gravel path.

So, I know more flowers are coming. The Creeping Myrtle is just begining and the Russian Bluebells are all stalks and beginning to bud. Now if it would Warm just enough that I could put away my fur lined house slippers !
Happy Spring Fever !!!
xoxo

Jan 13, 2010

>While I Was Gone<

...Been awhile... Hope I've not forgot how to do this !
Our Internet Vehicle developed a nasty case of the Dreaded "Blue Screen" of Death... So now I'm in proud possessor of a new-to-me computer. It has so many fancy bells, whistles, and modern programs... Well suffice to say I may need to go back to colouring my hair Blonde, just to avoid figuring out what everything is and what I'm supposed to do with it...


Had a Lovely Thanksgiving during this Tribulation... Had Almost 2 weeks of off and on snow.. THEN it got too cold for snow...(my electric bill shows that I now own a little bit of the Local Electric Co.)... Had a high of 14-17 degrees for days... Lows down in the single digits...

BBbrrrrr... Nice to have a lovely bunch of kitthehs to snuggle with... They all stayed glued to their Momma... Regular squishy toasty cat bed I am...

Christmas came and went... All cookies and cozy plush throws... Baskets of kittheh treats and stockings... Lovely ham and parsnip dinners... Lovely Winter Solstice, and am glad the days are a bit brighter and longer...

So- I've been watching PBS and Oh Lordy...

What can I say about Cranford ?

Is it too late to shift possessions and self and furry children ?

The village, the countryside, the fussy know-it-all neighbors.... (of which I am one...he he)...

Am I being sly in saying I want a Widows Peak Bonnet and mayhap a jaunty pheasant feather to wobble in the breeze ?

And now to wait for "Return to Cranford"... m.u.s.t. h.o.l.d. f.a.s.t.

xoxo