Welcome to Caturday! Susan H. shares the anything-but-industrious Julius setting the tone for the weekend:
Someone’s worked hard today. It wasn’t Julius… but I’m sure someone has.
Weekend Open Thread
Welcome to Caturday! Susan H. shares the anything-but-industrious Julius setting the tone for the weekend:
Someone’s worked hard today. It wasn’t Julius… but I’m sure someone has.
Wow, everyone must be having a lie-in this morning. Kitty is just reflecting everyone’s energy level. That will be me later after my day of errands, and dealing with the heat. First breakfast, then haircut, then some thrift store shopping. Tomorrow grocery shopping and meal prepping. And if it gets too dang hot, we’ll go to the indoor mall and just wander or jump in the pool. Stay cool everyone! Also, how is today already August!!!??? Seems like yesterday I was semi-complaining about cool temps and that summer hadn’t shown up yet.
Good Morning – Julius you look very comfortable. Is that belleh a trap? or could one snorgle it?
I’m just finishing the morning routine. Didn’t get up quite as early as normal. I read a very interesting article about small solar panels one can install one’s self. I’m very interested. They aren’t cleared yet for use in Pennsylvania, so I need to look into which lawmaker to encourage to make them legal for use. My electric bill has gotten steadily higher and as the house also has a rental, I am required to keep lights on all the time in the “public spaces.” I’m fine with outside – that has it’s security benefits, but inside in the stairwell, all night? That’s not necessary. Since I was a little kid my grandparents in Germany had technology that the lights would automatically shut off after a certain time. We must be able to do that here. Good Grief. I think I’ll call my electrician and see if he has any thoughts on this. I think I asked before and he didn’t have anything helpful. But it can’t hurt to try again.
Otherwise, today I’m going to crochet some more on my raffia bag, pet and scritch the kitties, clean, and maybe make a batch of Uncle Ralph’s Marinara sauce.
Have a great weekend all!
Oh, Julius. I know EXACTLY how you feel.
It’s been another quiet week at the Shortcakery. My hollyhocks have reached monstrous proportions – they’re towering over my single storey kitchen – and are the most dramatic flowers I’ve ever grown, especially so because they’re a variety with multiple petals (Latin: “hollyhockus fluffius”). A few days ago I noticed that one of the many bees that buzz around them all day long had fallen asleep inside a flower. You could almost hear the tiny honk-shues from ground level!
On Wednesday I enjoyed a free day out on the bus to Whitby and tomorrow I’m off to Richmond, an epic (free!) bus journey I’m hoping will be as just as picturesque.
On a Caturday note, Larry the 10 Downing Street cat has yet another new manservant. I’ve only just learned that his old adversary, Palmerston from the Foreign Office, died in Bermuda in February this year – RIP, celebrity moggy.