Blue Jay Morning

This morning the keeper was still on her break and so we all got up late. The keeper stayed up finishing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. But no sooner had we headed outside than we were harassed by the noisiest blue jay. We don't know if he was mad or hungry or lost, but he dive bombed us, dug up the dirt in the hanging pots, and eventually flew

away screeching all the way. It was a pretty bird, though, as birds go. The keeper spent yesterday constructing the potting bench which she gave herself for her birthday. Today, she wheeled it out to its place in the backyard. Our opinion: very impressive. We know she will become an even better gardener now. Meow. But it will be one more place for us to perch.

Labor Day Picnic Inside

We had company tonight. J and W came for a Labor Day picnic inside because they didn't get together for July 4th outside this year. And I was on my most obnoxious charming behavior. I scored a chunk of chicken breast for Alice and me. I just kept whining at the keeper and she gave it to us in the hopes we would go away. We did. For 15 minutes. Here I am most daring. It got us a little more chicken in the other room. They were having green pesto pasta with chicken. Then I sat in the extra chair and posed and watched J and W dine and chat with the keeper all night. J brought a homemade peach pie that they all oohed and aahed over. It seems like they had a wonderful time. No one wanted to go home.

Rain, Sigh II

Well, it is coming down like nails, and we are stuck inside. The keeper went to church, and we sit and wait for relief. It will take a lot of energy to wander around and remark all of our spots. Not a happy day. But the garden angel doesn't look any too happy either outside.

The keeper did finally come home and when it stopped raining we surveyed the hints of fall. In fact the pine needles are now covering the new garden and turning it golden.

Full Moon, Slimy Visitors

Our Garden angel seems a little preoccupied at the moment.

But when the moon rose full--all gold and shadowswept we were all eyes. Alice and I wanted to stay out with the moon, but the keeper told us there was a cougar out there. Then later we heard it was 15 miles away from us. Hmph.

Rain? Sigh.

We hear that the rain is coming this weekend. The keeper is moving lots of stuff inside. It is beginning to feel like Fall and the Black-eyed Susans are poking their faces out, and the spiders are webbing everything up. They must be catching insects for the winter. The keeper isn't paying too much attention because she is frantically trying to put together a sermon in Spanish for the weekend. We don't understand what could be so difficult about that. She loves to talk, and we know that if all those people in church are like us, we don't listen too carefully unless she mentions "treat" or "salmon".

Lettuce Living Large

Today the keeper went off to her office, and we had to come inside. She reminded us that she goes to the office and that's why we eat premium food. OK. But tonight when she came home she pulled out monster mutant lettuce from the refrigerator, and told us she had bought this from the organic farmers at the Lake Forest Park Farmers' Market on Sunday. She said that no hormones or steroids or anything other than good compost was used. It took up our whole sink!
We don't eat lettuce, so we didn't try it, but she said it was really tasty. Personally, we prefer the green pasta with chicken. We think she will not have to buy lettuce till December.

September, already!

August slipped through our claws, and it rained on the first day of September! The keeper was a little put out because last night she was having a group of friends--can you believe they call themselves LEMMINGS?-- over for dinner and she planned on having it all out on the new bright red deck. Ha! They all came inside and stayed and stayed. We didn't mind getting to stay out beyond our curfew, but it was a little wet out there. We finally got to come in and had some green pesto chicken pasta. One of the LEMMINGS was allergic to us, and we didn't want her to feel too bad, because she was snorting and coughing up a storm. Although we like company, we are always happy when things get back to normal around here. The keeper hates to see them all go, though. They all seemed pretty happy with whatever it was they were talking about, though.