Guess Who's Coming to Dinner!

Going out to water my lovely seedlings and this is who I find munching on my kale! He seems to be a pet; I've never seen a black bunny in the critter community and he wasn't bothered at all by my presence. He seemed to be very trusting. As I got closer to him with the hose, he grabbed his kale and moved to the driveway and then smacked his lips and moved across the street to hide under a vintage BMW. I sent his photo to everyone in the 'hood, so hopefully his human will see it and come to rescue him! I'm so worried about him!! Please be safe, bunny! xxoo Patty

puter schmooter

We has been havin' 'puter problems this weekend, so mom hasn't been able to post. Also, she sez "I am so busy, Bhu, and so tired every night from work, I need to relax." Sure, me can unnerstanz this. Me workz hard every day doin' house security an' it makes me sleepy!

Okay, well, thanks for being so understanding Bhu. I will try to take some photos of you on the job this week so everyone can see you in action! I really like to watch movies to relax. It would be so helpful if efurryone could leave a comment and let me know what their fafurite movies are. xxoo Patty

SCHPRINGin!

Bhu, what're you doin' in the stroller?
"Go fur walk, K? Me see outsidez!"
Okay, let's see what's happenin' out there.
Look at the pink puddle!!
"Why itz pink?"
Crabapple blossoms. Pretty, huh?



"Ooooo, look! BOID!" Yes, she's a very funny bird. Looks like a robin on the bottom and a woodpecker on the top. She looks nice and snug!

WOW! Look, Bhu! Pea Sprouts!! YAY!! "Taste like fancee feest?" No, tastes BETTER!

"Me likes spring. Thanks fur ride, mom!" My pleasure, Bhu. xxoo Patty

Spring at Skypants B&B

Our glorious crabapple tree. Everyday I look for seedlings to pop up out of the ground and am disappointed. Maybe today!

Our carport bird nest is occupied again! Hope you are all having a happy spring! xxoo Patty

HOPPY EOSTER!

Mai gawjus gurlfurrends Maggy an' Zoey looks purrity KEWT all dressed up as eester eggs, doncha think?? xxoo Bhu

Grow! Grow! Grow Dammit!!

Ain't Bhu cute today? He is all twisty! It's another gloomy day, but yesterday was pretty nice so we planted potatoes, broccoli raab, lettuce, and bok choy. No sign of the seeds we planted last week. GROW DAMMIT, GROW!! It's been so cold, I'm not surprised. I have too much to plant and not enough prepared garden beds. Sabryin and I are on vacation this week and, YES WE ARE BOTH SICK so already we are behind on our list of fun things to do. Tomorrow Mr. Leeper is expected to install two new windows, shutters and window boxes, but it's supposed to rain, so we shall see. How's YOUR garden? xxoo Patty

Life is Grand Award!

We getz this award from Ginger Jasper, one of my best furrends! Mai mom just LUVS GJ and coos and carries on whenever she sees him. Anyway, the rules for this award are that U has to tell five things that make life grand and give the award to some of ur other furrends. So me gets to go furst an' tell u whut makes mai life grand:

(1) mai mom's pets, belleh rubs and ear scritches; (2) playing with mai Poppy; (3) Fancy Feest; (4) sunny windowsills; (5) boxes!!

So then me gives the awardz to (1) Wanda and all her kittehs at Afrayed of Fibers; (2) Annabelle & Zuzu; (3) Maggy & Zoey; (4) The Whiz; an (5) Green Gracious.

You'd think it was spring, but . . .

we're expecting snow tonight and a hard freeze. We did some work in the garden yesterday and had some fun. Planted peas, snow peas, daikon radishes, pink lipstick chard and we had many other seeds to plant but it was just so windy the finer seeds would have blown right out of our hands.
Mark deconstructed the old compost bin and we used the cinderblocks to make a border for the flower garden out back. Most people take photos when they have finished a project, but you get to see it at the very start! LOL! That very, very dark soil you see in the garden is compost we emptied from one of our garbage can composters. Looks pretty good for such a low-cost, low maintenance operation! I've got two more out back that seem to be doing pretty well also. We are using the garbage can for potato planting.


Bhu watches from the window thinking "What's these beans doin' now? Why they not here to pet me and give me foodz? They better come back soon. Me iz gettin' hungry."

3 Floofies in a Box!

Maggie: Bhu, you smells good!!
Bhu: Hmmmm, my box is nice an' warm! Romeo, Romeo wherefore art thous?
Romeo: My box always feels better after Maggy's visited!

Purry, purr, purrs, three floofies in a box!

xxoo Patty

APRIL FOOLS

Who's sleeping in my box? Who's Who? What's wrong with this picture? Click here and here! Stop by tomorrow to see if the mystery is solved! xxoo Patty

Happy 2nd Purrthday, Goma!

We LUV Goma and Sachie and we hope you will go to My Cat Goma and wish him a happy day! Sachie has a really neat give-away to celebrate Goma's special day: a t-shirt of her own design. It's pretty cool!

"Goma iz laik my little bruther," sez Bhu. Well, actually, Bhu, your little brother Winston and sister Thatcher live in Nashville now. We haven't heard from them in a long time. But I think they would like Goma and want him to be their little brother, too.

HAPPY PURRTHDAY GOMA!!
xxoo Patty

Springaling

These are the days when we sometimes have a 40 to 50 degree change in temperatures within twenty-four hours. We're expecting our second of the week tonight. But the Farmer's Market is open and I will take you there this weekend. It's Spring Break and rather desolate on campus, but I like it.

Bhu looks good in pink, doncha think? That's right -- Ann of Zoolatry art! "Me LUVS Ann an' Maggy an' Zoey! They iz furry, furry nice to me!" So true, Bhu!

Wings 'n Whiskas!

Another great piece of art from Ann of Zoolatry. Bhu sits in the window dreaming of having wings like the birds, flitting about from branch to branch under the quivering oak leaves, the air scented faintly by bursting blooms of daffodils. Spring is returning! xxoo Patty

Lovely Saturday for . . .

Gardening! We cleaned out the front bed and turned over the earth. We have daffodils in the back--three beds of these--and tulips in pots all over the place. We left the large kale stalks in the ground this fall and noticed today we have little kale leaves growing out all along the stalks!! Cool! Later we plant peas and snow peas!
Then off to the library. We have a most FANTASTIC library! First, the building isn't square or rectangular, it's full of art, and it has a wonderful collection of books, cds, dvds . . . everything you can imagine FREE! They also have book sales once a month and today was history book month. Mark bought "Rivers of Gold," a book about the rise of the Spanish Empire. I checked out "The Quick & Easy Ayurvedic Cookbook," "The PITA Principle (how to work with and avoid becoming a Pain in the Ass)," "New Recipes from Moosewood Restaurant," "French Women Don't Get Fat," "Crochet Designs for Kids," "Handcrafted Soap," "300 Handcrafted Soaps," "The Wild Vegetarian Cookbook," and "Amy Butler's Midwest Modern." Why the emphasis on vegetarian cookbooks? I'm not a vegetarian, but I actually have a lot of vegetarian cookbooks (none of which are in the library, ironically). Earlier this week, I was searching for a turkey recipe and noticed that most of my cookbooks were published B.M. (before microwave)!!
Mark's choices are more cerebral: "Body: The Complete Human," "Gunpowder," "The Digital Enterprise," "Inc. Yourself," and a slew of dvds "Savage Planet: Deadly Skies," "The Viking Age," "Jewel of the Earth," Savage Planet: Storms of the Century," "Sputnik Declassified," "The Suffragettes," "Billie Holiday," "Hard Times," "Krakatoa," and episodes one through three of Ken Burns' "Jazz."
We'll go through all this before the end of the week and go back for more next Saturday! All of this is well worth the $100 or so dollars we pay in property taxes earmarked for the library.
Much love and bigs hugs and supah happy spring to all!! xxoo Patty & Bhu

ChChChChanges . . .

Obviously, the title refers to the time change today, not Bhu's lifestyle! The kitteh is exhaustingly involved in a variety of relaxation techniques I wish I could adopt in my own life!! Of course, one of these is jumping on top of me at 2 am for a few head scritches. Yes, and he first yowls and, if no response, he licks my hand and, if no response, he climbs on my torso and works his way up to my ears and tickles me with his whiskers. He will NOT BE IGNORED! So, I am one person who can actually answer the question: Why was I born? A: To pet Bhu in the middle of the night! LOL

Lots of other things are going on, like my feetz is failing me. So much pain from so many ailments . . . makes life rough, but I'll get used to it. We are having such warm, warm weather this week -- in the 70's. In early March? Hmmmm. I am really busy at work when no one else has much to do.

Last night I had nightmares about fleas. UGH. xxoo Patty