Category: Yard

The lilac seems to have mostly recovered from the snow/cold last weekend:

The blooms are opening quite nicely and though there are a bunch of leaves that shriveled up most of them have stopped looking all wilted. Now that I look at it that picture makes it look worse than it is: That one is from Friday because my pictures today didn’t turn out well (too bright with the sun directly overhead and me trying to take pictures from the side because it’s taller than I am).

While I was outside on Friday Dash snuck out to wait for birds to come to the feeder. Here he is hiding:

He practically crawled there, staying low and carefully hiding himself behind the tufts of grass to the sides. I don’t think he has any idea how to actually catch a bird…

I spent a decent portion of the afternoon today sitting outside reading. Talore spend most of the time outside with me, while Dash came out for a bit then went back inside to sleep by the door.

Talore didn’t quite leave puncture wounds all down my leg when the dove landed on the fence while she was lying in my lap, but I think I only escaped that because I had jeans on. I think the dove had taken off before she even hit the ground so I didn’t get to see her try to actually catch it. She didn’t even get that close to the sparrow that had landed earlier: she wasn’t looking at the right moment so she didn’t notice it till it flew away.

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

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:

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.