Sunday with Sheebie!

Friends and Kitties!

I've a whole grab bad of items this week, so let's get started...

Have any of you switched over to the new Blogger template?  What do you think?  The jury is still out for me, I think it's more cumbersome to navigate but I like the cleaner look.

The Kats went Orange for April, in support of the ASPCA.  The talented Ann from Zoolatry made the badge on the sidebar.  In a related note, our outdoor boy Henry hasn't been around for a couple of weeks.  We still leave dry food out but the level hasn't gone down for a while.  I hope that some kind soul took him in, but seeing how he was so wary of people I have a feeling that that isn't the case...

Henry

I read the BESTDAMNBOOKEVAR last week:  "Wool".  Actually, it's the "Wool Omnibus", five books set in a dystopian future.  The indie author, Hugh C. Howey, has more books in the pipeline, and I can NOT wait to read them.  If you do nothing else this week (and you won't once you pick the book up) READ this book.

After you finish this post.

A few folks commented on Saturday's post about the lemon tree's buds yesterday being pink.
(pink lemonade--you guys are clever!)  Yup, the buds are pink, the flowers are white, and the fruit is yellow.   Our orange tree has green buds, white flowers, and of course orange oranges.

Lemon Blossom

Work news--the new Control Room at the other plant where I work is coming along:

It will have the same kind of fancy-shmancy work station I showed you before...which, by the way, is wonderful.  If you ever have the option of using a standing desk, take it!

Shaggy, Scooby, and Scout were wondering how Rupert got his name--long story.  Do y'all remember my friend Steve, the one that was so sick last summer?  (He's all better now--even baked me a Mocha-Kahlua cheesecake last Wednesday, YUM!)  Steve is a big fan of the TV show "Survivor", and he conned Scott and I into watching it.  In 2005 we started a Wednesday night ritual, Steve would bring dinner over and we'd watch the latest episode together.  In addition, he brought a DVD of a previous season--"Survivor, Pearl Islands"--with him and we'd watch one episode of that, too.  He's a sneak, we were hooked.  So much so, that as soon as Steve left we watched the entire season in one sitting and had to lie to Steve every week that we hadn't watched ahead, heh. 

Now, for a few weeks prior to our Survivor addiction we'd been feeding a stray Gray Boy who showed up in  the back yard every night.  At the time the Catio wasn't enclosed, so homeless kitties came right up to the door and peered pitifully in.  Which Gray Boy did, unfailingly.  Naturally we fed him!  He ate with gusto, and especially enjoyed shaved deli turkey meat.  Still does, as a matter of fact.

Mommy's Handsome Grey Man, Rupert

 Anyway, the Peal Island season had a Pirate theme and a great guy on the show we really were rooting for named Rupert.  Gray Boy was so skinny and wily we decided he was a Pirate himself; et voila, Rupert!  The Survivor Rupert didn't win, but ours certainly hit the jackpot.  (If you want to read Rupert's entire gotcha story, just click on his picture on the sidebar, it's a link.  In fact, all the Kat photos are.)

Park News:  I got a scan of the park plans!

Sorry about the quality, but you'll get an idea.  There's going to be a greenspace, restrooms, benches, BBQ stations, sculpture, walking paths, and a bocce ball court!  Guess where I'm going to stroll every day.  It's scheduled to be complete mid-summer and the way the contractors have been going at it I'd say they're on schedule.  Still just earth moving, but the contours are starting to take shape.

Finally, thank you so much for all your positive comments on last week's post over at WaterGrrl, John and Scott were very touched.  I think you all are the best.  John met with Congressman Heck and it looks pretty solid that he'll get a new wheelchair.  Fingers crossed!

John and Diesel

Have a great week, and Happy Sunday!

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