Feline Friday Why I love Cats! July 10, 2015

 

Because they can sleep anywhere....at anytime!

Supposedly cats sleep 22 hours a day.

The rest of the time they will need to be fed,

cuddled and doted on.

That isn't asking too much is it?

 

Lucy likes to sleep in my closet

July 10, 2015

 

Thanks to Steve of BFDude we have

Feline Friday! He started it to prove

to us that he really loves cats!

Have a great day!

What we've been up to this week.....July 9, 2015

A few weeks ago Russell decided that he

really needed to extend our deck that he had built a few years back to make it more practical.  It's amazing what

he can accomplish in just a few days.

Here are a few photos.... 

 

June 27, 2015

 

 

July 9, 2015

Now we can really use this space

as it's wide enough to accommodate

our table and chairs without

worrying about someone pushing

back their chair too far and falling

off the deck! Plus adding the

planter box was his brilliant idea.

As you can see from this photo we have been getting lots of rain the past few days.

 Much needed and appreciated!  

 

Last night we went to a fabulous concert

The 11th Annual Summer String Summit.

( You can check out all the performers on this site)

Wonderful music that went on past midnight.

We so enjoyed ourselves.

 

 

Ben Krakauer on banjo, John Engle on fiddle,

Dominick Leslie on mandolin

and Meredith McIintosh on bass. 

 

Rushad Eggleston -

 fabulous musician and performance artist.

Phenomenonal banjo player is Ben Krakauer.

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I hope all of you are enjoying your summer!

It's Awww Monday! July 6, 2015

Here are a few photos from

Mt Shasta's July 4th celebration...

First we have the Fun Walk...
 

 

Some kids are doing the 2 mile Fun Walk... 

 

Some are waiting to be in the parade...

 

 

Halfway through the 2 mile Fun Walk...

 

 

 

Lots of musicians along the

2 miles- but I did wonder if

there is a story linked 

to this "for rent" sign??

 

 

And some kids just enjoyed

their morning ice cream!

Have a great week and don't forget

to thank Sandee of Comedy Plus for

starting Awww Mondays!



Magpie Tales #277 Women's Lament

Bathers, 1950, by George Tooker

 

It's not fair

Men have handy plumbing while we have

just one toilet.....

 

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To see what others made of this image

drop by Tess Kincaid's Magpie Tales !

Six words and Sunday Shadows July 5th, 2015

 

Sultry shadows on a summer afternoon.... 

 

July 2, 2015

 

It's been exceedingly hot and dry and

we are all waiting for a cool breeze.

Have a great day and do check out

Six Word Saturday and Shadow Shot Sunday!

 

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Tah Dah! It's Feline Friday! July 3, 2015

 

Happy 4th of July!!!

 

Thanks to Steve of  Burnt Food Dude

we can enjoy Feline Friday every week!

Cheers! And for heavens sake keep

your cats and dogs safely in the house

this weekend!

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Wild Flowers, Old Friends and New Friends! July 2, 2015

 

Tracy and David aka "Snickers"

 

We have learned since living here to

spot Pacific Crest hikers and sometimes

we will host them like we did last year.

We met these two hikers in downtown

while they were shopping for new

boots and provisions for the next leg

of their long journey!

You can follow them on their blog

Six Million Steps  

They came home with us and the next

morning after breakfast we drove them

to where they had left off!

 

 

 Wild flowers are beginning to show up!

We think they are from the seeds that Russell

planted a few years back!

 

 

We haven't identified them....yet.

 

 

Russell on the left and our crazy bicycling

friends who come and stay with us in between

cycling 100 to 200 miles in a day!

 

 

Last but certainly not least our

daughter's good friend Kami came

to visit us. We had a great visit

after a lot of years.

And that's it for now! Have a great day.