These hot days are very difficult for cats, especially when we can't find a breeze outside. Alice started the day climbing up on the roof of the garage, and then couldn't get down. The keeper told her to figure it out on her own. So she ended up jumping down most of the way, and ended up panting and gasping. But she recovered later. The keeper was very busy around the house today, and did laundry. The dryer is dying, and so she decided to hang all of it out on the line. As she says, there is nothing like the smell of clean laundry which has been hanging in the sun all day. Heavenly, even though it takes longer. She also got very dirty planting more seeds and plants. She loses track of time when she is out there. We hear her talking to the plants and making sure that they have 'friends" nearby, especially when they all came from the same nursery. She pointed out that the peonies are all ready to pop out and that we have ladybugs helping us.
The keeper also decided to stop buying books. She has so many that she has run out of room at home and at the beach. So she headed to the library and found all of the books she was going to order. She told us about how every summer when she was younger she would start reading books on June 1 and try to read at least 100 by the time school started again. We don't think she can do that anymore. But we think it is going to be a wonderful summer. The smell of library books and laundry on the line, mixed in with a little fragrance from the grills at night. . .
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