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Stupid Winter

We were enoying a perfectly nice early spring... see the lovely green shoots of the irises and daffs?


And then this:


Bleh.

Saturday cat blogging

Here's a couple of pics of our friend Wes' cats. This lovely full figured lady is Miss Lola, aka Chubina. She is one of the most personable cats I have ever known.


And this is Nancy. She is Tuck's sister and my goodness she looks just like him - she's just calico where he was black. Girl is half wild too, tho Tuck was about as domesticated as it gets.


A crocus started blooming out front today and a single daffodil has opened (very early for it), looks like spring is starting.

Lazy Sunday

It's a grey day in the PNW, starting with this grey lady who showed up yesterday. She came wandering down the driveway and was very hungry. She's currently living in the back bedroom until we can find her a home or her owner (tho I suspect she was dumped). She's a tiny little thing, and sweet as can be.


Iris reticulata 'Katerine Hodgkin' is opening. Unfortunately slugs got to the blooms before they could even finish opening. Argh.


Beach pebbles and the grey day itself.

Fresh pics

I feel sorry for you folks on the other side of the Rockies getting hammered with winter, but sure glad I'm not there. We had a lovely day here. Started off cold but warmed by lunchtime to the upper 40's with lots of sunshine. Daniel and I took off early and went for a much needed walk after we got home. The bearded irises are showing signs of new growth:


Noticed a little reticulata iris getting ready to bloom. This is my favorite - 'Katherine Hodgkin'


Found a hellebore blooming along the drive:


Here's our destination - a nearby road with a mountain view. We both felt so much better after this nice ramble brought us this panorama: [click to embiggen!]


I've been trying forever to get a shot of Junebug's amazing tail - today I got three. It is like a huge feather boa that follows him around. It's fabulous. Check it:






Kittenpants!

This last shot was taken on the porch. I've been trying to get him to go out for short periods and get used to what the outside is like so he is comfortable come spring when we are all outside as much as possible.

A spate of nice weather has allowed us to be outside this weekend. Always welcome this time of year. Nothing new in the garden to share, so here's some pics of cats. This is 3 quarters of the Russian Mob, the nickname for our friends Kevin & Adam's cats. This is Nickolai, Nimon and Boris. Ivan was on the other couch.


We had a great time hanging out, playing games and eating dinner. Here's the wall of art out in the shop where the dart board is.


The sun is finally up enough to create some sunsets for us again. The trees sure are getting tall around us.

Cat blogging...

I've been working outside but nothing worth photographing for the blog, so here's a few cat pics.

Miss Gracie in all her woolley splendor.


Mr. Junebug, whose own coat is filling out beautifully.




Here's a closer shot of that xmas cactus in the background. It is a light red over a pale yellow giving an apricot effect. Love it.