powered by SignMyGuestbook.com
 |
 |
Indexed by the FreeFind Search Engine
Autumn Leaves: Recording the golden years
or
Growing Older Disgracefully
Click link for information
bastion
oldgreypoet
dragons_lair
becky-says
throcky
brainwaves
kathmccall
plankton
marn
ornerypest
Mostly teenagers
but whatever
keeps me rememberin'
keeps it green
2009-10-19 - 4:14 p.m.
Journal by Sil
March 26, 2000
We had a soft spring rain last night. It started just after sundown, which was a few minutes after 6 p.m. By dawn, the sky was clearing and another 6-inch layer of snow was washed away. We are down to bare ground wherever the sun hits for more than an hour a day. The coldest it got here was 37 F (3 C). It's around 61 F (13 C) right now, 3 p.m.
Maurine stopped by to visit this afternoon. She asked me to go with her to Inspirata Americana the end of April. And I gave her some tips on playing around with her computer. She's getting started and wanted to know what's safe to fiddle with. I'm going over to her house and help her, since she is frustrated by just knowing a little bit.
-----------------------------------------------
Journal by Sil
April 1, 2000
Anybody want a kitten? Thursday morning, I awoke to squeaks and squalls of an unmistakable kind. Kate was washing off a little black kitten, while Lucy Light was taking care of a yellow tiger baby. Yes, she had them on the bed, right behind my knees. They are as cute as buttons, both boys. I put them in a sweatshirt, and stripped the bedding off to wash. By the time I got back, Lucy had moved them into the linen closet in the bathroom, which is the preferred place for my mama cats. In there she produced another, a dark tiger with a light face, much larger than the first two. They are all double-pawed, as she is.
The mama cats like the second shelf, so this time of year, I keep old raggety towels and suchlike on that shelf. It's just the right height for Kate, also, so she can look in on the kittens easily. She thinks kittens are just too cute for words and is really good at taking care of them, too. The mama cats take advantage of her nanny skills regularly, leaving the kittens with her when they go out-of-doors to prowl around and do cattish things.
I hope the percentage of boys to girls is better this year. Of the 15 kittens born here last year, only 2 were boys.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
When I opened my e-mail this morning, my first reaction was that I was the object of an April Fool's joke. I found a message congratulating me on winning 2 airline tickets to Ireland! I guess it's for real, though. Today is an honest-to-goodness spring day. Pussywillows and poplars have sprouted their catkins. Kate and I went traipsing down back to the bottom of the field, observing all the signs of spring. That bird that goes "Peet, Peet" is back, making his demanding call. The silly thing will respond to my whistle, and we call back and forth until I get tired of the game. He always has to have the last word, though.
Ah, well, the clocks will be an hour later tomorrow at this time, which is just before sunset. T'was a beautiful day today, sunny and warm { high 57° F / 14° C} with a gentle breeze. Wonderful drying weather! I got 3 loads of wash out on the line.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
