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| The First Rose of Spring |
There was rain, Saturday night into early Sunday morning, but, the rest of Sunday has been dry.
I woke up around 10:00 a.m. (after going to bed at 4:00 a.m.) and didn't go back to sleep, so, maybe I'll be able to go to sleep a little earlier tonight.
My daughter and I have had a fairly relaxed day, today. She helped me do a little more furniture rearranging:
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| The Croton Has a Home |
We pushed the dining table a little bit to make room for another plant stand that I had been using as a display stand in the living room. It is one of a pair that I bought, back in the early 1980s, when my mother, step-father, and I were living in an apartment. It is sturdy enough for the croton. We also removed the wheels from the new plant stand because daughter thought the stand was not as steady with the wheels. Of course, this arrangement requires the plant stands to be moved aside a bit when we need to use the dining table for a sit down meal, but, I don't eat at this table on a regular basis when I'm by myself and the next big gathering will probably be Thanksgiving, so, we are set for several months. Oh, and I added a couple of bowls and vases to the empty shelves on the new plant stand, after I took this photo, to deter Dancer from climbing up (although he has not shown any signs of wanting to do so, as yet).
While moving the furniture, I bent down to reposition the dracaena plant that we moved from this window to the other end of the dining table, and managed to knock my head on the sharp corner of the china cabinet! I applied an ice pack, but, I now have a lovely bump on my right temple, just above the dent left from when I fell in the bathroom (years ago) and knocked my head on the shower door rail!
I ran the dishwasher and wiped down the kitchen counters (and will clean the litter box and sweep the bathroom, later), but, that's all the housework I plan to do, today. I also watered all the houseplants, but, I don't consider that as housework.
In the evening, I called friend R and chatted with her for a bit. I'm planning to stop by her apartment, tomorrow, to drop off a few things for her.
Poor Patches had been eating the kibble when the raccoon appeared and tipped over the plate to help itself to the kibble! Patches pressed herself against the door, to the right of the picture, terrified of this big thief! But, the raccoon ignored her, completely.
We had leftover pastries for brunch and I cut up the pineapple I had bought during my last grocery shopping order (and I just remembered that I had not posted the details of that, yet!) and made more avocado pudding. We will have leftovers from last night's dinner for dinner, tonight.
By the way, we had a visitor, last night:
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| Rocky Raccoon, I Presume? |
Poor Patches had been eating the kibble when the raccoon appeared and tipped over the plate to help itself to the kibble! Patches pressed herself against the door, to the right of the picture, terrified of this big thief! But, the raccoon ignored her, completely.
Today, I am grateful for:
- Daughter being home to help me rearrange the furniture
- A relaxed, restful day
- A relaxed, restful day
- Working appliances
- Being able to order kitty litter online and have it delivered
- Leftovers!
- Leftovers!
Today's joyful activity was spending time with my daughter. She's feeling just a bit under the weather, but, still planning to leave, tomorrow.
Plans for tomorrow include making milkrice in the morning, taking my daughter to the airport in the afternoon, and taking a few things to my friend R in the evening.
Hope everyone had a lovely day, today. What are your plans for Monday? Are you ready to start a new month?
I love the new arrangement of plants and china. The plant stands make a pretty pair.
ReplyDeleteWe had a lovely Easter Sunday with warm, sunny weather.
I met a couple of March goals. I increased movement/activity and I decluttered 1-a-day (although I actually exceeded that goal. The rest of my achievements are less stellar, so I’m ready to start a new month with new goals.
I hope your daughter travels safely home. What a gift these weeks have been to enjoy together!
Thank you, Taconix; I am looking forward to getting some cat friendly plants to place on the plant stands!
DeleteI'm glad you had a lovely Easter Sunday.
Well done on meeting at least two of your March goals! And you exceeded the 1-a-day decluttering goal! Wonderful! Hope you have an amazing April when it comes to achieving your goals!
Thank you; daughter reached her apartment safely. It was such a blessing to have her home these past three weeks! I'm already looking forward to her next visit, although we don't quite know when that might be! Sometime in the summer, maybe.
The picture and caption of the rose reminded me fondly of a song I sang in choir years ago that starts, "As gently as the opening of a rose in the spring,..." Sorry about the bump on your head. I recently had a cup fall out of the cupboard onto my head and cause a cut and big bump. It took a few weeks to heal, but is fine now.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a lovely song, June. :)
DeleteOh, no! So sorry to hear about the cup falling on your head! Glad the cut has healed! Hope the bump is gone, too!
I laughed when you asked if we were ready for the new month. NO! I still feel like it has just been a few weeks since Christmas!
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to believe that we are now in the 2nd quarter of the year, isn't it?
DeleteOh I hope the bump on your head is not causing too much trouble. And I hope you don't end up with two dents! The two plant stands look really good with your things set out on them. A raccoon seems exotic to me, but I'm worried about Patches' rations being stolen!
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The bump is almost gone, now. My daughter was concerned about concussion, but, I told her that I'm a hard nut to crack! :D
DeleteThank you; I am planning to get a few more plants for the plant stands. Don't worry; Patches received more food after the raccoon left!
Hello Bless! And Happy Easter. Apologies for not commenting this last week, but you can probably guess what I've been getting up to in my spare time. Not long to go now, thankfully.
ReplyDeleteYour photographs are all delightful, and Yay! for pastries, sunshine and poppies. The croton plant is lovely too, and it looks fabulous on your stand.
The blue china is beautiful. It wouldn't last five minutes in this house, as you can imagine. Dancer must be very well behaved.
I hope your leg is continuing to improve and that your head isn't too badly dented. I also hope that your daughter feels better in time for her journey home.
Today, I've been resting up. There is chicken satay in the slow cooker for dinner, and I intend to have an early night. X
No apologies needed, Jules. Thank you for taking the time to read and comment as and when you can. :) Dancer is getting to be old and not that interested about things placed on shelves, but, I just want to make sure he doesn't try to eat any plants he shouldn't eat.
DeleteMy leg is healing slowly and my head is OK. My daughter is feeling better, too, and made it safely back today.
Your dinner sounds great and I hope you've had a lovely, restful day. Hope the rest of the week goes well. :)
The 2 plant stands look nice - I'm glad your new Croton has a home.
ReplyDeleteI hope the new robot vacuum gets around them without too much complaining. lol
Ouch! I bet that hurt a lot banging your head on the corner of the cabinet.
Who is Patches? Is that the name you gave that new cat that visited a couple weeks or so ago?
Thank you, Debra. I will have to block the path to the plant stands so that the robot vacuum can't topple them! I know that the old stand (with the croton on it) can withstand being butted by the vacuum, but, I'm not sure about the new stand!
DeleteYes, Patches is the name of the new calico cat! We are still getting to know each other! :D
I remember one of our cats having a scare from a raccoon years ago. She actually clambered up the wall onto a high windowsill to escape. I'm sure Patches was terrified indeed but at least the raccoon was after kibble, not a kitten!
ReplyDeleteMama Cat hisses at the raccoons, but, Patches was too scared to do so, I think. The raccoon totally ignored Patches.
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