It is my reaction to stepping into the cat's room. Which also happens to be the computer room ( Read more... )

( Heere there bee spoilers... )

And yet I kept forgetting to tell you all about it, until now. (Brace yourselves ( Read more... )

It's getting seriously Biblical down here in Atlanta. The rain, that is. Several deaths have been attributed to the storms and flooding, including one tragic incident of a 2-year-old boy being swept out of his father's arms as the family clung to trees while waiting to be rescued. I've heard reports of between 12 and 18 inches having fallen ( Read more... )

Because I know you haven't seen enough of them! *g*

Here is Multnomah Falls, the "big one" along the historic Columbia River Highway. The top falls are 542 feet, the bottom 69 feet:

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( Cut to protect the non-cat owners of the world from the ick )

The first is from Simpson Reef along the Pacific Coast Highway, near Coos Bay, Oregon:


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This evening I spent about 45 minutes listening to friend Sue cry about her sick dog, her "filthy, excessively cluttered" house (her description) that's all but falling down around her ears because she hasn't the money to fix things properly, and her life not being at all what she pictured it would be at this stage (she is 45 ( Read more... )

Had a great vacation with Dad, although my physical conditioning (or lack of same) was a bit of a hassle at times, but not enough to prevent me doing anything I wanted to do ( Read more... )

On Saturday I'm leaving for a week-long vacation to the Pacific Northwest. Last week I asked my next-door neighbor to come in next Monday, Wednesday and Friday to feed my cat, assuring him it would be very easy and wouldn't take but a few minutes each time. He said he would, and agreed to come over last (Wednesday) night after work so I could ( Read more... )