What is so rare as a day with peace. At least peace in my little corner of the world. I love it.
Thursday afternoon I took Roxanne W. Furrperson to the vet for a check-up. In spite of having heart disease, she's doing great. She'll be 12 in August. Here's the good news! After several years of giving her heart medicine compounded in a triple-fish flavor base served on top of wet food twice a day (which gets to be miserably tedious), those nice Greenies people have invented pill pockets for cats. Pop a pill in a pocket (a cat treat in disguise). The cat greedily snarfs up the pill pocket. And the pill is now in the cat. Roxanne, bless her, loves pill pockets. Our lives have just become simplified. I like simple.
Yesterday afternoon Megan and I presented Puff as the pet-of-the-week on Dave Congalton's radio show. Puff was a star. I've never seen a cat so relaxed and confident in Dave's studio. Puff just explored and said hi to everyone. He (yes, Puff's a boy) even rolled over on the floor and asked Dave to rub his tummy. While we on the air. Puff is 10 years old and is a perfect cat for our Seniors for Seniors program, and Puff previously lived with a senior mom. I hope Puff gets a good home and an appropriate home.
This morning Randy and I went to farmers' market and then went shopping for the rest of the pots we need to pot up our cacti and succulents. And potting medium. Compost, perlite, bone meal.
And tonight I actually cooked again! My favorite old stand-by tuna spaghetti. And Alice's Algerian-inspired carrot puree with caraway and cumin. Lacking any fresh lemon juice (poor planning on my part), I added a bit of fruity red vinegar at the end. Muy tasty. I'm getting into this vinegar thing. A whole world of previously undiscovered flavors. There's more to vinegar than salad dressing. Who knew.
In the meantime, I'm working furiously to finish one of my many, many UFOs. This one, a quilt from 1996 for heaven's sake. Very corny. But, the top is very nearly done. Persistence occasionally pays off.
61 down; 244 to go
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