A Cloudy Day

It's cloudy outside which makes for a relaxing day. I tend to get as sleepy as the cats on days like these.

Sammy is recovering nicely from his neuter surgery. He's been wanting to go out but he's now a house cat. He just doesn't know it yet.

Molly's five kittens are weaned now. Two have ventured outside from under the closed porch.

The other three can't seem to climb their way out yet. Can't believe that Molly, the smallest cat had the largest litter ever. We've been keeping them in food and water these past couple of weeks while Molly weaned them. They have quite the playground under the large front porch. It's safe there too.

The tomatoes have layers of blooms on them and the zuchinni is beginning to form from their blooms. We should have ripe zuchinni in a couple of weeks. I love it breaded and fried.

The daylillies are blooming now

and the blackberries are beginning to ripen too.


The Gloriosa daisies are also in full bloom along with the black-eyed susans.


I just love this time of year.

Relaxing Days

The rain has cooled things down quite a bit.
The humidity is nothing like it was thankfully.

I'm pleased with the progress of the perennials.
This is the second year for the black-eyed susans. They're in full bloom right now and have gotten tall too!



The zucchini is blooming and the tomatoes are blooming too. Looking forward to tasting some of those. We're going to have a get together of family and friends sometime this summer. Fresh tomatoes, corn on the cob, fried zucchini, green beans with red potatoes and fried chicken sounds like a perfect picnic menu for that event.

We thought we'd lost Sammy this week.

He had stepped out for almost a week doing what tom cats do. Ray and I both kept looking for him at the door but he never came. Finally, Thursday morning I saw him waiting by the front door both half starved and very affectionate. He now has a full tummy, lots of love and a date with Dr. Gibson this coming Monday. That roaming urge will be coming to an end because he's not leaving the house after that little trip. lol

Sometimes I like to sit on the front porch with the camera and take photos of life as it unfolds.
One afternoon this past week I was fortunate enough to get a pic of a mockingbird building a nest in the Smoke Tree.


Also caught this bluebird on the lawn looking for treats.


There's always something happening around here worthy of a pic.
Yesterday, Peety knocked Furby off his shelf and was amazed when he started talking to him. It was so cute I had to take a little video of it. I thought you'd enjoy it too.

All is Well

Since our Boo passed away so young, we decided not to take any chances with the other cats, so for the past two days we've taken them two by two to see Dr. Gibson, our local vet. He and his staff have been so kind to us. Today, we received a sympathy card signed by Dr. Gibson and all the staff for our loss of Boo.
Thankfully all the rest have been tested for feline leukemia and all came back negative for it. Everyone has their shots up to date and we're breathing a huge sigh of relief.

We've had a couple of nice days with lower temps and humidity. The tomatoes and zucchini are growing like weeds with blooms already appearing on the bottom of each tomato plant. I can almost taste them!

Dad's birthday is Sunday. We're going to have a party for him with his favorite food and cake of his choice. He's chosen the family favorite "hot fudge sundae cake".