Yes, it’s definitely spring…

I got out the furminator. Talore seems to be winning by weight, though Dash is winning on volume because his hair is so fluffy:
Furmination

Dash has been throwing up hairballs, so he’s clearly shedding; he just doesn’t want to be brushed. Most of his pile is from a single session when I caught him sleeping and he didn’t wake up enough to object very quickly (so his left side has been brushed).

Also, the lilac is definitely leafing out. It’s advanced noticeably since last week:
more lilac buds

Both cats joined me outside (it was a nice day). They didn’t particularly appreciate it, but I put their harnesses on to discourage jumping on the fence since Dash seemed to want to explore last time he braved my yard. This was not the picture that I was trying to take, but I’m quite pleased I caught the moment Talore attacked the blade of grass that was blowing in her face.
Talore eating grass

Spring

My yard seems to have decided that it’s spring:
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If the top of the lilac is growing then the bottom probably is too. Soon the battle with the lilac for yard dominance will resume.
Lilac Buds

This is not where hollyhocks belong. I haven’t decided if I’m just going to pull it up or try to move it.
Hollyhock Escapee

Close Enough

My bathroom isn’t actually done, but it’s in a state I’m happy with for now: missing molding around the doors and baseboard, otherwise complete. Here are the main before/after pairs.
Before 1
After 1

Before 2
After 2

It was not my intent to be reflected in the mirrors in the second pair of pictures, but considering how the mirrors are arranged there’s not much I can do about it for that view.

The excitement this weekend was that I was replacing the switch/outlet with white so they wouldn’t clash as badly with the chrome. Unfortunately the breaker box isn’t comprehensively or accurately labeled, so after trying 3 times to turn off the outlet I gave up and turned off power to everything but the garage (because I was in the garage so when the lights there went out I turned them back on). After I’d rewired everything and turned power back on my router failed to come back up – tests with my multimeter indicate that the power supply went out. Were it not for that I’d have posted this yesterday, possibly with more write-up.

I probably should have been posting pictures as I went so they’d have more text to go along with them. This should give an idea of the progression:
Tile/Vanity removed

I really thought I took some pictures of the tile freshly installed, but apparently not. I actually do have pictures of just the freshly-painted walls, but they were taken at night so it’s not obvious that the color is from paint instead of from the lighting.
Tile installed, Vanity in place

Here the cabinet is installed and I was finally installing the light fixture. I came back with the stool and was reminded that Dash just can’t be trusted with power cords that stretch across at his eye level.
Dash helping/Vanity cabinet installed

Light fixture installed

Talore spent a surprising amount of time checking out that hole in the wall.
Vanity top/faucet installed

They almost never look at themselves in the mirror, this was a surprise (especially since the old mirror had been leaning against the wall in my bedroom for over a month and they’d walk past without even noticing most of the time).
Mirror installed

In no case were the cats placed by me. Generally I’d leave the room to get something and when I got back they were all over the new addition.