StrangeRanger

On the Mend...

...but still feeling off-ish.  Have a vintage pic of the two cats.

A head cold...

...has laid me low.  As always, I turn to the cats for medical advice...

Ivy would have said something like this:

Here.  You just relax in the papasan like this.  Have a nap.  I'll show you how.

Maddie?

Eeewwww!  Gross!  Blow your nose elsewhere!  GERMS!!  Plague!  Contamination!

 But then she doesn't leave my side.  She's watching me from the couch whilst I type this.  We nap together.  She's a good nurse.

A Low Sun

The first day of Daylight Savings Time is always interesting.  We get the sun in the evening and, while it's the same sun displaced only by an act of congress, it seems different somehow.

Edward Hopper once said "...I just want to paint the light on the side of a building..." (probably poorly paraphrased).

Me?  I often feel the same thing, though I have to rely on the camera instead of the brush.  And it seems that we have to replace the word "building" with "cat".

I hear you looking at me!  

 

And now I see you listening to me!

Please don't think that I'm putting on artistic airs with my Hopper reference.  But he is one of the two or three artists that I would choose to emulate.  If not outright steal from.

Jekyll and Hyde Weather

Last week about this time it was lovely.  We were looking at 70 degrees or so.  Had the windows open and everything.  It was quite nice.  We even had Matilda come over for a visit and a lounge.

She seemed to enjoy herself quite a bit, even given that we have to clean up the yard a bit.... She's a forgiving cat.

Anyway, this was Wednesday.

Thursday got progressively cooler and wetter.  

Thursday night we got hit with one of our infamous Southern Ice Storms.  Ick.

It looks pretty, but it ain't.

Over 300,000 people in our state lost power.  We were pretty lucky and only suffered a blink.  Heard the blown tranformer, too, but no harm done to us.

We found more evidence of the hardy neighborhood wandering cat.

We think it's a handsome, very friendly black and white cat we've named Moo-Cow Frankie.  He comes up the steps from the street, crosses our porch and then...

...wanders around the house and thru the winter remains of the lilly patch back to his home.  A fearless and hardy cat.

Maddie's reaction to all this?

As long as the sunpuddle happens, she's pretty okay with it all.

It was 70 degrees yesterday, and will be in the 60-70 degree range most of the week.  We'll probably get more snow the week after.  

<sigh>

22nd

LadyRanger and I celebrated our 22nd anniversary in the tick between Friday night and Saturday morning.  It's been a 3 day anniversary-palooza!  Lots of nice, well-deserved rest.  A good dinner out.  And a cat.  A cat who has been with us for more than half our marriage.

That's nice.  I guess you two can stay.  More pats, please!

And don't worry.  Maddie was included in the festivities.  Deli Turkey!