A missive to update you

Hi all. I'm sorry it's been a while since my last post. I've been busy these past weeks. The weather here is gorgeous. The wind has picked up but it's so nice to have fresh air coming into the house. In a month or so it won't be like this at all so I'm taking full advantage of it. The cats are the same. Yesterday I made the mistake of giving them leftover meat from the church's potluck on Sunday and that didn't go over too well. They like the meat but not as the first meal of the day. They have become accustomed to their soft food breakfast. Needless to say they didn't eat it and I had to go in search of them to feed them their proper breakfast. The meat is okay and they enjoy eating it but only as a snack and not as the first meal of the day. I should've known better. I won't make that mistake again.

On a sad note my neighbor across the street passed away last Friday. He was such a wonderful, sweet man. His wife is devastated so we have made it known that we will be there for her if she needs anything. It's a difficult time for her and that family. They need everyone's prayers.

My mom celebrated her birthday on Saturday the 26th so we went up to Buda with the express purpose of visiting some old antique shops there. They were having the wiener dog races and some type of fair and this made it impossible to do anything in that town so we didn't stick around long. We did have lunch at the Chili's and they came out and sang Happy Birthday to her, that was nice.

The garden is coming along nicely. Cali loves the back yard and the garden so that is her little sanctuary. Jules loves it too but the back garden is Cali's world. I'm in the market for a stone angel that is in the shape of a cat so hopefully I'll find one. The red bark mulch looks lovely and it smells wonderful. I love the smell of bark mulch and it makes the yard look nice.

The hummingbirds is drinking the nectar so fast I can hardly keep up with the feeders I have. The other birds come around but thankfully the brown-headed cowbirds have gone. Maybe they're gone for good.

That's about all that's been going on. I keep promising pictures but sine I don't have a camera it's a little difficult to take snapshots. Hopefully soon I can borrow one because there are lots of photos I'd like to post.

Hope this missive finds everyone in great health. Until next time...

ants! ants! ANTS!

I've been doing some gardening and the fire ant population is as thick as ever. I got into a nest of them while I was upturning some earth in the mini-garden in the back yard. Good gawd!! They are terrible and spring has barely begun.

The birds are in abundance and Julius likes to watch them. Both he and Cali likes to keep tabs on them but don't worry- they never catch any. Julius falls asleep while watching them and Cali is getting too old. The wonderful thing about the back yard is that both cats and birds co-habitate with one another peaceably; the way God intended.

The peach trees are getting blooms on them so Bobby I hope you're ready because soon we're going to have a bumper crop and you'll get the pick of the bunch!

Anyway, have a nice evening one. Until next time...

Cali and Julius

Look over there ------->

Isn't she beautiful? I promise to post a picture of Julius too. He's never in one place too long. I'm putting up more and more bird feeders in the back yard. It's funny because the cats do not bother them for which I am glad. I feed them very well so there is no need for them to go sniffing back there. Soon I'll be putting up my hummingbird feeders too. I bought a hanging basket today and I'm going to plant pansies in it. That'll be beautiful. Pansies are low maintenence which is good for me sine I'm notorious for killing plants and flowers faster than I can put them in.

Enjoy the day. Get out there and smell the flowers!