Came and Got It

The motion detector that tells us when the little black pooshka arrives was displaying what seemed to be false positives.  The light would go on, we'd look outside, and no cats would be there.  After awhile, we realized that birds were flying down and helping themselves.  In this case, the cat food was being eaten by a catbird.  (And a rather defiant-looking one, too, wouldn't you say?)

My Monday

New role at work, in addition to the current tasks.  It's a slog, looking up the info and then plugging it in just so somewhere else.  But it beats unemployment!

Fourth night recently that my Widdle Baby Durl (TM pending) Good Queen Schwirley jumped in my lap while I was in the family room.  She kneaded the freshly-washed fleece blanket vigorously before settling down, and remained there for a good 15 minutes before I coughed and broke the spell.

Book of the Night:  Guadalcanal Diary

Easy Like Sunday

Nora waited until Pat got up, then appropriated her chair.  Good cat!

This afternoon's project

Loaves of babka, made with the recipe handed down from Pat's mother, plus some of our own ideas, like golden raisins and currants instead of plain raisins.

Saturday Evening Post

There are a few milkweed plants in our yard, which we're saving for monarch butterflies.  While we haven't yet seen any monarchs, they've attracted a number of bumblebees.

Missed Opportunity?

So there they are playing golf in the rain in Connecticut, in a tournament sponsored by Travelers Insurance, yet no one is carrying a red umbrella.

TIL: Fallen flags

(1) Saw a Facebook post with a comment that said Neil Young owns the Lionel Trains company.
(2) Googled "Neil Young and Lionel Trains", learned he was a minority owner in the late 90's and early 2000's.
(3) Another search result reported that in 2017 Young sold personal memorabilia, including some Lionel trains, for $300,000.
(4) One of those search results used the term fallen flags, the term for railroads that no longer exist.