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Godless Killing Machine

Godless Killing Machine

Bears have nothing on this guy. Apologies to Stephen Colbert, but this is the ultimate Godless Killing Machine.

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Worse still, he’s discovered that it’s kind of fun to bring his prey in through the dog door, often before it’s quite 100% deceased. He’s been very busy bringing in birds, but I’m sure that once bunny season is in full swing, we’ll be seeing a lot of those. I don’t know which I’d rather be cleaning up – gobs of feathers, or chunks of fur. Yuck.

In other cat news, Stephanie is still hanging on. Her tumor has gotten bigger and is giving her more trouble, but she’s still eating with gusto, climbing on laps, purring when she gets attention, and enjoying the comfort of an unmade bed with her friends. . .

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I Discovered Some Old Muscles.

I Discovered Some Old Muscles.

I forgot I had them. I kind of wish the motor on the hot tub wasn’t broken, or that the tub in the kids’ bathroom were bigger. I spent this morning gardening. I planted a hydrangea in the front, along with many, many daffodils and irises I got from Mom’s house, and a baker’s dozen dwarf daylilies. I moved four azaleas from the back of the house into the front garden. When I was done, I dug up a bunch of the wood chips and moved them to mulch the new plants. Then I went to the back and removed all of Judy’s doggie-bombs, then planted 8 ferns, a bunch of oriental lilies, some herbs, and toad lilies. I really enjoy doing this stuff, but between the fact that it’s been months since I’ve dug and hauled and wheeled garden stuff, and that I was limited in how much I could do in the first place back then, I’m awfully stiff and sore right now. It’s a good stiff and sore, though. And everything’s going to look so nice this summer!