Zelda Mae is chillin'

Hot and sticky

It was waaaay to hot and oppressive to get any major work done today. I can forget about painting...when it gets above 25 Celsius the acrylics dry too fast and I get all sweaty and stick to every surface anyway. Bleh!

So I uploaded some new bd cards to GCU, did a white laundry (dry almost instantly) and drank plenty of water.

Then finally some thunder came our way to break the heat







Zelda Mae, also very hot, came out of hiding and plonked herself down as close to the rain as possible (without getting wet).

They say it cools off a bit after the weekend...here's hoping :-)

This seat is taken

yes...I am laying on your chair


and because I like it sooo much, I show you my fur bikini.....


so blob....where are you going to sit, hmm?

The ladies do battle

This is Indie, the 4 month old neighbor kitty. Indie is a Persian/tabby mix and a real talker. She likes to climb the fence whenever her blob isn't paying attention and show off her skills. She is very cute, this grey ball of furr with a little wet point on her tail (she sucks it).


Zelda Mae and Indie like to do some kung fu through the slats of the fence. Like most female cats, they don't really like each other. So there's lots of growling and hissing and paws going back and forth. Zelda Mae does her best to impress Indie with her warrior kitty moves, but....


...it is in fact the 4 month younger female who comes over the fence to dole out some whoop-ass!
Run Zelda Mae, RUN!! :-)

How does our garden grow

We have a small garden in the front and in the back of our house (and really....it's small - don't forget I live in Holland - there isn't much ground to go around here :-)

Although you won't see me doing much gardening (rosacea and sun don't go together) I do love nature and growing things ourselves. Like strawberries.


Look at this one! He will be yummy (if the slugs don't get to it first)

4 years ago we planted a blue grape and last year we had our first small crop, but alas there weren't enough warm summer days to make them tasty.

Let's hope this year we'll do better!


You know what these are? Kiwis!! Well....they're going to be kiwis one day. First they will be nice white flowers. Like the grape this plant is 4 years old and this is the first year it bears fruit. We are very excited about it.


And here is Zelda Mae, our kitty. She loves hanging out in the garden. Catching flies, dozing in the strawberry plants, stalking the birds. This is her first summer and so far she loves the outdoors!