Author: lis

Went for a nice long walk today and admired the flowers in many of my neighbors’ yards.  I guess this bee was also a fan of this one.

I had a good time at the farmers’ market today.

This is (I think) a Bluebeard.  We planted it shortly after we moved, then had to move it when we put the porch on, then had to move it again when the porch was done.  In spite of all that being dug up and replanted multiple times, this plant has thrived.  Hence…lazarus bush.

OK, I know there’s been Halloween stuff out for a few weeks (which is totally ridiculous).  But do they really need to have this many Halloween greeting cards???  Who buys those (beside grandparents)?

I was helping a blind woman out with some things around her apartment, and one of the things she needed was for me to see if I could figure out why she was having trouble with some email and websites.

This is her tablet.  The white dots in the front “read” the content of the message, webpage or whatever, and translate it into Braille, which she can then read. The top buttons are what she uses to type in Braille, and then that is translated into written English.  The top part flips up to a screen that a sighted person can use.

I thought this was super cool.  She found  me amusing.

We went for a walk at the inaccurately named Lone Tree Hill Reservations (there is a lot more than just a lone tree).  This part of the path was more accurately named; this is Pine Alley.

Volunteered at the Acro-Cats show today  https://rockcatsrescue.org/about.  In between ushering and helping Miki the cat play the trumpet (click through to see more pictures) , I got to watch the show.  Of course, I was all the way in the back, so none of the pics came out very well, but I like this one because it just goes to show, no matter how well you train a cat, sometimes they’re just going to say “to hell with this” and leave the stage.

 

Yes, that is a chicken.  Her name is Cluck Norris.  She plays cymbals and tambourine.

Standing by while Miki performs his trumpet solo.

Hanging out with the Rock Cats. (The other cats in the show made up the Jazz Cats.)

 

Praising Miki for being such a good boy.

Tuna cues the audience.

Jax’s favorite thing in the world, the trainer told us, is to sit on this skull.

We went over to East Chop to watch the sunrise this evening, but we were just late enough that we didn’t really see the best of it.  Still pretty clouds, though.

Our host was kind enough to leave us some gift cards to local restaurants.  We used all of them, including one for Back  Door Donuts because, let’s be serious…how could we not?

I was out working in the yard when I noticed this single bloom on the rose of sharon.  There will be more soon, but I liked the sight of just the one flower