Kitties Al Fresco Picnic

While remembering the Veterans this Memorial Day, 

I'm sure a lot of people are enjoying eating their barbecue outside. 

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I made this layout of the Winery Kitties
enjoying their dinner al fresco!

Our Tulips

Journaling says:

Every Spring when all

of the tulips and daffodils

bloomed everywhere,

we always said that we

should have planted bulbs

in the Fall.

Well, after saying what

we should have done for

the past 25 years, Rick

actually planted bulbs

in the front yard last Fall!

Easter Sunday we had all

of these lovely tulips!

This Fall he is planting

daffodil bulbs too! 

And the tag says:

Tulip
is the common name
for between
50 and 150 species
 of the genus Tulipa
in the lily family, Liliaceae.

Happy Easter

Willow takes a sip...

Happy St. Patrick's Day 2010

Mew-ra-loo-ra-loo-ra, Mew-ra-loo-ra-li
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May your days be touched by
a bit of Irish luck,
brightened by a song
in your heart,
and warmed by the smiles of
the people you love! I hope that everyone has a wonderfully
Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day

LB's Mom is hosting Weekend Cat Blogging over at The Sour Dough!
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And Nikita is hosting the Valentine's Edition
of Carnival of the Cats
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Be sure to go and visit all the participating cats
and a Happy Valentine's Day to all!

PhotoHunt Theme: Spotted

"Spotted" is the theme this week.
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One morning my cats were meowing at the sliding glass door which leads out to the screened-in porch. This isn't unusual - even when it's cold they generally go out and "patrol the perimeter" before coming back to the door to come in. December 30th was cold and it had snowed the night before. Both cats went out and didn't come right back to be let in the house. I called them and Willow came in but China Cat was behind the hot tub where I couldn't see her. Finally, I went out to get her to come in but that's when I saw what had fascinated her. A large hawk was about 15 feet out on the lawn eating something for breakfast! I ran to get my camera and went back out in the porch. I rarely can get pictures taken through a screen however I was able to get some pretty good pictures of Mr. Hawk! I took the pictures at 8:00 AM and I figured that Mr. Hawk wouldn't stay around for too long. I was really surprised to see him still sitting there at noon! I guessed that he ate so much for breakfast and he felt safe sitting in the fenced yard, that he fell asleep sitting there - kind of like when we eat to much turkey on Thanksgiving! We weren't sure what he ate but when my husband went out to look he found some feathers on the ground.
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Anyway, I picked Mr. Hawk for the SPOTTED Theme because you can see that he has white SPOTS all over his chest! I googled Hawk images but I can't figure out what kind of hawk he is - or if he really is a he or a she!

As always, you can find more of Tnchick's Photohunters here!
And here photohunt
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