Kitten #4 --- BUTLER

My aunt has some kittens available for adoption around Thanksgiving. If you are interested, leave a comment here and i will hook you up with adorableness :)



Butler - this little female is also a calico, but has the distinctive white bib and a white tip on her tail. Butler loves to run and play with her litter mates. She is definitely a long hair kitty, and has very wise eyes.

Kitten #3 --- ZORRO

My aunt has some kittens available for adoption around Thanksgiving. If you are interested, leave a comment here and i will hook you up with adorableness :)



Zorro - this little girl has a mask across her eyes, and loves to stand in the food bowl as she eats kitty chow. Zorro can be shy, but warms up to people quickly. Her eyes will be green, and her soft fur is piebald.

Kiten #2 --- MING THE MAGNIFICENT

My aunt has some kittens available for adoption around Thanksgiving. If you are interested, leave a comment here and i will hook you up with adorableness :)



Ming the Magnificent - this orange tabby male kitten is the boldest of the bunch. His interest is in climbing and exploring. Ming will be long-haired, and a lover. He likes to be petted and told he is king.

Kitten #1 --- SQUEAKER

My aunt has some kittens available for adoption around Thanksgiving. If you are interested, leave a comment here and i will hook you up with adorableness :)



Squeaker - this all black female kitten loves to play. Her opinions are expressed in vocalizations that can mean anything from "hi" to "got food?". She is not shy, and is the first or second one who comes running over to see what is going on.

Kittenz! I know you want some.

Apples & flat lap grinders.... all else is temporarily on hold.

I bought a flat lap grinder last week and only just today got around to assembling it. It took a while (there are screws that are threaded so that they loosen to the right.... doh!) and I'm going to be honest with you ---- after turning it on and off a couple of times and watching the motor spin so fast that the whole machine kind of sidled & practically jumped sideways on my countertop, I'm a little scared of using the thing. But I will. I just need to step out and pick up some distilled water for it before trying anything.

In other news, I don't think I should be allowed to go to any produce farms with 11 frogs. I thought I learned my lesson with the tomato insanity business earlier this summer, but no.

You see, I now have 49 pounds of apples to process...
:o

Yellow Orange Passion Blend

Here you see two projects in one.... first, the small garden path I'm going to finish before the ground freezes. Last night I was raking leaves in different patterns to lay out the shape of the path once and for all (much easier than moving all the rocks, which is what I was doing before). Turns out I need more rocks.

Second, you can see the oodles of bulbs I bought last week. Allium, fritillaria, tiny dwarf iris, anemone, camassia, crocus, narcissus, and tulips. About 265 bulbs total at the moment, and I may possibly get a few more tulips. Maybe. An alternate subject or title for this post could be "Glutton for punishment". I do this every year to the tune of 100-300 new bulbs. And every year I complain about what a pain it is. But then every spring I am hap-hap-happy to see all the new flowers in my yard. Except for last year. Last year I didn't plant any and this spring my yard seemed just a little less festive, a little less full than it could have been. So this year I maybe might be trying to make up for it ... just a little (^_^) "Yellow Orange Passion Blend" is my most exciting bag of bulbs thus far --- they are crazy designer narcissus in all sorts of double & triple formations. Can't wait to see them --- check back in ~6 months for an update!

I <3 fall

Beets as art?

CSA brought some nifty stuff last week.....



This is a beet that doesn't stain your hands (or your insides) bright red. And it's super cool & swirly on the inside, too!!!

Art from Ventura

no hotel art. sorry. i was too wiped out. no airport art because I was too entertained walking around and doing other stuff. HOWEVER. I do have someone else's art to share! Check this out --- I bid on a small print in a silent auction while at Dziesmu Svetki in Ventura.... and I won! It just came in the mail while I was out last week:



(artist = M. Taube)