New Look!

We thought it time to make a change to our site look and feel. After reviewing various books, other sites, and considering the goal of our little side endeavor, it seemed we needed something more branded. While we like much of what we see in the blogosphere we thought we needed a facade better representing what we do. Hope you like it, please let us know, and Happy Spring!
Andy

Katie's Birthday

Katie didn't seem to realize it was her birthday .... when I came downstairs this morning she was just casually sitting on her lounge. (Unlike last year, when she woke us up at 5:00 am! )

I got out her party hat and that's when she realized today was going to be a "real fun" day!! (Doesn't she look like she's having a great time?!)

When asked if she wanted to put her hat back on, the answer was a definite NO!

So she had her birthday lunch with no hat. I was wearing mine!

After lunch she headed to the sunny window and had a catnip cigar.

Then opened her cards (she says thanks for the card grandma and grandpa) and presents ....

took a quick bath ....

.... then decided the party was over and it was nap time.

I think Katie enjoyed her day! She spent the entire afternoon curled up sleeping. Can anyone tell we don't have human children? Ha ha!! Happy Birthday to our little April Fool Kitty!

~Michele

Snowy Notes and Yummy Dinner

We had a very pleasant surprise last Sunday afternoon. We looked out our front window and found some dear friends had braved our icy steps and left us a treat .... dinner ... actually, plenty for several dinners!

Next to this fun note was a tray of homemade vegetarian lasagna (that would be without bacon Mark!) and yummy fresh bread too! This has to be the best lasagna I have ever had! I'm not bouncing back very quickly since my surgery. The surgery seems to have sent my "CFIDS" into a tail spin. When our friend heard this, she and her 7 year old granddaughter, brought these wonderful treats over for us. Andy is under the weather with a really bad cold, so the timing was perfect, being that he is the cook around here.

I thought Isabelle's idea of a note in the snow was so creative and well done. So I made this note for her. Thank you so much Isabelle and Cory!

~Michele and Andy

Still Winter...

The snow we had last week is starting to melt and the sun has been shining. It's still rather cold though, so I guess we'll hang on to winter a bit longer.

I took these pictures as the sun was setting this evening. There was lots of melting during the day but as the sun reached the horizon everything began freezing up again.

~Michele

Spring things

After this weeks blast of winter I felt if spring wasn't happening outside, at least I could make it happen inside. I got out some of our spring decorations and did some rearranging. Most of the things in the above pictures I have purchased, over the years, at my friends shop "The Red Ladder."

I just love small pottery. Many of the pieces here are from my Mom. She is very generous in sharing her collections with me. If I simply comment about liking a piece or that I remember seeing it as a child, she has it wrapped for me to take home before I've even finished my sentence. It brings me a lot of joy to have things from my childhood all around our home.

Today we are going to move some pictures in the living room. I'll post some pix when we're done.

~Michele

Cat-Nap Wednesdays

As predicted, we got about a foot of snow last night. I lost the spot for my lawn chair! Our friend Sue, who owns the "Red Ladder" posted some great pictures of the storm on her blog.

Katie thought it was good napping weather ... of course, she thinks that about any and all types of weather. She is sleeping on a pile of old tee shirts ... they belong to her ... at nap time, I warm them in the dryer for her. (no, she's not spoiled!!)

Hope everyone is warm and safe,

Michele

Shorebirds

One more photo set from Florida. Living in the North, this makes me anxious for spring and summer!

Andy