The French are coming! The French are coming!

 "Lynn, what is a french poodle?  Is it

some kind of toy for me? Or is it a relative of the german

noodle or a danish pastry?"

My husband has volunteered to drive 1,000 miles round trip to

pick up a young woman and her new 10 week old pure breed

standard Poodle and bring them here to spend at least one

night.  She and her husband are friends of my hubby, but I

have never met them in the 12 years of their friendship. That is

my choice as I enjoy staying  home when they have their 2 or 3 times a 

year get together with other like minded friends.

I have Monday and Tuesday to completely clean house and

get ready for overnight company.  Emily is a professional

house cleaner, so I really have to get things done right. 

 The worst will be for Precious. We have never had overnight

company in her 8 1/2 years here.

She has had her own private bathroom for 8 1/2 years.  I now

have to transition her into my bathroom.  Sanatize hers from top to

bottom and then close the door so she can not shed one fur in there.

This woman is a germaphobe, like me.  Then the spare bed room

has to be cleaned the same and closed.

I'll drive her and the dog to a local veterinarian for

a health check.  Now this dog cost $2,000 and will have papers

from the breeder.  Yes, you saw right, 2 thousand.  I don't know

if  Emily thinks she will have to return the dog from here if it

is not up to snuff.

But if all goes well, once the dr. visit is over, I cook them lunch

then hubby and her will drive 300 more miles to get to the

group gathering where her husband will be waiting.  Oh, by the way

Emily is flying from Jacksonville, North Carolina to Davenport,

Illinois to pick up the dog.

"It's going to take a lot of making up to me, Lynn"

PS  Blackberry winter always occurs in mid to late May

when the blackberries are budding or blooming and we 

get the killing freeze or bad frost.  

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Armoire hopping

 "I haven't been up here in awhile, Lynn.  Anything new to sniff?"

I have a few fun things I keep on top and Precious

occasionally checks them out.

I have a couple craft projects there I have fashioned

out of plastic canvas if any one has done that too.

They are houses.  Then there is a stuffed cat that

represents several of my pets.  A gray one you can

see on the left for Precious, and the calico sort of

looks like my Seney Baby,  there is also a black and

white for Suzy Q and a larger gray tabby that is

representative of wonderful Peepers. Precious is 

quite largely covering up 2 of the 4.

"Lynn, you're a bit old for toys, but I love to see

them. Don't forget, you have me to cuddle, not

plushies."

Precious has a small stool that she gets onto first, then

she jumps to my vanity dresser to the left.  From the vanity

she has to leap over where the stool is to get on top.

She can be a bit of an acrobat when in the mood.

And has anyone up north way, noticed that we had

blackberry winter last week and now only 5 days

after the last frost, it is 85!  Drives me crazy that

we can't just have 70's for a while.

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Drawer Napping

 "You think I'm napping on your clothes. I'm trying to iron

them for you. I know you hate ironing."

As you can see the door to the armoire is open.  That's because

Precious likes to get into the lower shelf and hide her face behind

the closed door.  She'll do this for an hour or so at a time.

But mind you, this is not a regular play feature. She's not that

predictable.

"Lynn, that is a cat's prerogative to play what they want when

they want.  No human can figure us felines out."

True, Precious, I don't believe all those cat psychics have any

real idea what goes on in the kitties head.  That's OK. It gives

me a surprise every time you do something different.

I have finished one project with my finds. This is just

big enough for my cell phone and necessary plastic cards.

I never carry a full size purse anymore. I used my

$1 skein of 2 ply yarn with a silver thread through it.

The yarn would have gone for $5 at the 

big box hobby store.  Nice for me it was a donation

I could make good use with.

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Here I Go Again

 "Lynn, I thought you had enough to do. Especially with

warm weather coming."

So I went overboard buying crafty things from 

the Sew Special Network again.  When will I 

learn.  I go in for one thing and spend a small

amount, $5, and come home with too much to do.

"Lynn, I'll help you stash all this embriodery

floss in your huge box."

"Just let me know when you want me to help with

the sewing and crocheting.  I know I can just

get tangled up in it all."

And, Precious, I'll let you know when I get the other projects

finished first. 

These are snow trilliums. Thank goodness that is

because them come after snow is over, usually.

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Sights to be seen

 "What's with the houses Lynn?  Where have you been

when I'm home sleeping?"

I thought folks might like a look at the big little city, Precious.

The house below has a doll house in the upper window. I felt

that was just a fun thing to see. And the dog on point is concrete.

The house is green, lilac and purple. How colorful it that.

The city was established in 1812 and so many many

homes are Victorian or Georgian or whatever all

those fancy kind were back then. I'm not an architect

just an observer of beauty.

This brick house is complete with postman walking up the steps

to deliver mail.

I thought some might enjoy the walking tour I took one

day this Spring while it was cold enough for a coat, but

warm enough for the redbud and crap apple trees to be 

in bloom. And below is a birds foot violet in the woods

close by home.

"Well, ok, as long as you are now home and I can get

some much needed attention. You humans with your thumbs,

at least you can open my chickie jar."

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other cats

"Where'd ya see these kitties, Lynn?"

Precious, I missed getting a picture of the cat on the 

doggie fountain in the big little city last summer.

You can see it has that giant dog well under control.

And no water in April yet.  Too likely to freeze still.

 

This water color painting

                       of three beautiful kitties is in a store window.  This store is a co-op

                        for local juried artist.  They have all manner of art work for sale and

                        I understand there are 39 people involved with the co-op.

                                               

One of the local store fronts.

"How about this painting of me, Lynn. Is it your

favorite? It can be bought for a song and a

crunchie from the local artist."

I'll buy this one any day.

Did I mention that our local library branches are

open again for walk in browsing.  Oh, my, I have

gone in and just stood looking at the shelves of books

like I have never seen one before!  Here's hoping that

the doors can stay open this time and people do practice

caution.

And one more incredible item from me, one of my

2 Black Swallowtail butterfly chrysalis hatched on

Monday! Just before the killing freeze and the 4 inches

of snow on 4/21.

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8 years of Sundays

" I needed a new place to drink. And I want it to be

fresh and cold."

                                                        

My regular Sunday evening past time is to eat

a bowl of popcorn and watch a movie. I've done

this for years before Precious and now the 8 plus

years she has been with me.

I always have a glass of water sitting at the ready

for that time. And Precious is already on my legs

comfy for a few hours of sleep. 

She has never in over 8 years of Sundays wanted a drink

of water during those hours of 5:30 til 8 pm. Until just

very recently. Now a glass of water has to be on the

lamp table every day when she is up and eating and 

on my legs in the evenings.

"I need it to be cold water, Lynn. So you have to refill it

every few hours in case I have a thirst to quench. And

I have no idea how many Sundays there have been in

8 years and 4 months."

I figure about 428 Sundays that she has not 

noticed the water glass during popcorn time!

Here's a picture of a few more wild flowers just

showing up around my area where I walk.

This is Dutchman's Britches.

Wild phlox

And Toad Shade, a species of trillium. 

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