Sandals
Greetings from summery Montana where we enjoyed temps in the 90s over the weekend. I planted a bed of wildflower sod while Ken and Jeremy put down a stone border for our garden this weekend. It was nice to get to work outside and start planting. Can’t get too carried away because winter could still return for a quick visit, but more and more plants are popping up. And summer may soon revert back to spring, as today is supposed to be a little cooler (low 80s) with Wednesday back in the 50s and rainy. For new readers of the blog, go back to about this time last year to see the beginnings of the flower gardens here at LostWoods. This year we’re adding a semi-formal garden for some herbs and other edibles. That is, if the deer don’t decide that everything we plant is a buffet for them. Much as I enjoy watching the deer, they are darn annoying when they chew on the trees, the roses, and assorted other plants in the yard. Sooner or later we’re going to have to give in and fence the whole place to keep them out.
Today is my first sandal and cropped pants day of the year. I’m lucky to work at a place with a very relaxed dress code. Actually, on my first day of work my supervisor’s comment about the dress code was “we prefer you to be dressed.” LOL! And so, we dress pretty casual around here. I never wear shorts to work and I rarely (maybe twice in the two years I’ve been here) wear anything with sayings or logos on it. But jeans, cropped pants, tank tops, and tee shirts are a staple of my wardrobe.
Keona went to Colorado to live with Brenda on Saturday and Brenda reports she’s settling in well. She and McCoy (her future boyfriend) are becoming friends and playing wildly. She’s met her Beau-dad and he is acting more like a father figure to her than a playmate. Brenda says it’s funny to see them adopting the father-daughter roles considering they just met and, of course, had no idea that is their blood relationship.
Isadora headed off to Virginia Saturday where her plane was met by her new mom and dad. They called after she arrived and are delighted with her. Upon arriving in her new home, she set out to explore the brand new cat tree and the rest of the house. I’m sure she’s going to be very spoiled and loved there.
In other LostWoods kitten news… I heard from Magic’s (the kitten formerly known as Kheldar) mom on Saturday evening — a quick email to say I should call her Sunday morning so she could tell me about what happened at the show on Saturday. So I did. Connie was thrilled with our little guy’s day — especially considering he hadn’t been in a show ring for six months. We talked again last night and Magic ended up the weekend with finals in 11 of the 12 rings at the show, including two Bests! Whoo-hoo! I guess this would be a good time to also announce a season brag for Magic — he was the 17th Best Kitten in TICA’s Mid-Pacific region for 2007-2008. Way to go, Connie and Magic! I’ll be seeing them in Chehalis in mid-June and can hardly wait. Yes, I’ll try to take pictures to share with all of you.
Speaking of pictures… Beth sent me some of Brasen and Keiran (aka the Master of Disaster) a week or so ago that I’ve been meaning to share. Here are the boys sitting in the window. Aren’t they handsome?
And here’s a picture of Bannack (now known as Tikki) that his owner sent me recently.
Kyrith’s Kaye-mom sent me a picture of him recently, too, but I don’t have it on this computer, so I’ll post it another day. It’s so fun to see how my fur babies are growing up!
Sondra reports that all the Warrior Cats are thriving and Danica is a wonderful mom. Danica does insist that the kittens be in the little (about 12″ x 12″) box instead of the bigger (about 12″ x 24″) box where Sondra thought they should be. She kept moving them. Sondra compromised with her and put some blankets in the small box. Now Danica leaves the kittens there — although she does takes breaks from them and lounges in the bigger box! We’ve decided the dark boy is a brown tabby and white, not a black and white.
Thanks, Michelle, for catching my mistakes on the Warrior Cats page on the site. I think I have everything fixed. That’s what happens when I work on two sites (mine and Sondra’s) at the same time. I forget what I’ve done where. That and I just can’t type… 
Off to lunch now before I make too many more typos in here.