Friday Felines

Hello All,


A little overcast this morning (storms expected late this afternoon and/or evening), but still a very pretty sunrise and I heard geese flying overhead when I stepped out on our patio this morning.  Everything is popping open - apple blossoms, weeping cherry, Redbud, wild roses.  And my allergies have also kicked into high gear.  Yuck.  I woke up completed stuffed and head-achy this a.m.


Poor Tyg had a tiny scratch beneath his left eye (I thought at first it was a deer tick).  When I got home from work on Monday his whole left cheek was swollen and then I noticed that his fur was all matted beneath the swelling.  Yuck again!  We ended up using a warm compress on him and then put some Neosporin on (which he did not like), but it did the trick.  The swelling started to go down.  I had to do one more compress the following day, but now he is all back to normal.  (And a vet bill avoided.)


Meanwhile, here is Marcel in his glory:





LOL.  Mailing ran a Spartan Beast race last Saturday and Marcel is wearing her medal.  Yay for Mailing (I certainly wouldn't and couldn't do that race) - she actually ran it in (I think) just around 5 hours.  I couldn't get the link to work, but if you are not familiar with these races, the beast is 15 miles and there are a lot of obstacles to go through (jumping over fire, going through mud, carrying heavy buckets up hills, etc.).  You have to complete not only the run but all obstacles as well.  She is signed up for two more Spartan races this year - the easy one and the middle one.  I'm glad the beast is over for her.


Wishing you all a wonderful weekend.  I have plans to meet up with Dee for knitting and coffee tomorrow - looking forward to that!

Mid-Week

Good Morning All,


So far I have managed to survive my re-entry to work.  The days have been long and I have been pretty tired in the evening, but overall it was better than it could have been!  And I had lovely presents waiting for me when I got back, and a vase of gorgeous tulips was delivered on Monday:

Today a group of us are going out to lunch at Davio's which is supposed to be  great place...I'm excited!!


I've done a little bit of knitting on the sock since I last posted, but not much and nothing picture-worthy.  Still hoping to finish it by the weekend and start the second one.


Meanwhile, Spring...or perhaps Summer...has arrived.  Temps today are to be in the upper 80's and then hit 90 tomorrow!  I don't like it really hot, but I'm enjoying being able to sit on our patio after work with a beverage and just relax before dinner.  Our Redbud tree is doing so well this year.  It is young and in the past has only had sparse blooms on a few branches.  Many more this year:

The buds are still closed - once they open it will be gorgeous!  (That's our shed to the right...sits at the edge of our woods.)  And last night we noticed the first buds beginning to open on our apple tree.


With the expected heat today, I cooked some food last night (after dinner) for our dinner tonight - we'll have cold shrimp and a pasta salad loaded with peppers, onions, broccoli, sugar snap peas, marinated artichokes and Kalamata olives.  I love coming home and having dinner already prepared!


That's my mid-week.  There will be a few busy, busy weeks at work as our budget season starts today.  Better busy than bored though!  Hope your week is going well.