My Sunday

Mowed lawn
Took yard waste to township (2 trips)
Made pizza for supper
Napped while listening to Sparks
Stripped bed, washed sheets
Hung sheets on line to dry
Enjoyed a Dove bar
Took 2 walks with Pat
Read New Yorker profile of Shirley Jackson
Watched 1st set of 2017 NCAA Women's Volleyball championship game

Saturday Recipe

If a guy reads step 5 without reading step 4...

Keep thinking, fella...

A modest proposal to increase hitting:  allow 3 outs per half-inning, unless the first two outs are strikeouts.  Can't argue that it would provide added incentive to make contact.  Also true, though, is that it rewards teams that use lots of hard throwers to avoid contact.

Hey, it's either this or listen to the staff meeting that's going on now.  (Thankfully they don't mandate web-cams to ensure people are paying attention.)

Devoted mates

The little black pooshka showed up a half-hour ago, but ignored the food set out for her and instead sat on one of the deck chairs.  A few minutes ago, she got down onto the deck and began to walk toward the steps.  Following her gaze, I saw the big ol' creampuff approaching.  They greeted each other, hers more enthusiastic than his (he lifted his left paw to fend her off), and then they both walked to the dishes of dry and wet food Pat placed outside the door, and they began to eat together.

Check-out at LVH

Another follow-up visit.  Good news.  The thyroid masses haven't grown larger.

Now it's the roses' turn to bloom

This one is in front of our house.

I didn't forget...

...just didn't have time to write it before bed.  Our little girl Miss Swirly has taken to jumping onto me in the rocker, and when I began to get up, she races down the hall to the living room.  Of course, I am expected to follow.

I sit on the sofa, and she dashes over and jumps on my lap.  I start brushing her, mainly on her cheeks and chin, while murmuring to her what a good cat she is.  In a couple of minutes, she begins to get overstimulated and jumps down and scratches the carpet before going off to do other things.


 - watched Portrait of a Lady on Fire Sunday night.  Usually it's difficult for me to sit through a two-hour movie without a break, but not this one.