Waiting for Godspell

This delightful performance of Godspell was set in the Pike Place Market.

It was oh, so Seattle! The keeper hadn't seen it in decades but remembered all the songs. 

La Vie en Rose

         She left me to go to the theater with her friends.  But there was time for a light dinner first. 

Crepes, greens, French wine, buskers,   LaVie en Rose, and Montmartre rains!

   

And the Skies Opened!

This morning a friend's text told us to enjoy the cooler day. We are, but we think that the flora and the birds are having the best time of all.

It was a dark and stormy day. I meowed at the keeper around 2 PM to alert her that the lights on the dusk setting timer had turned on. The rain was done more for our plants than a wholeweeke of watering.

And there is a bit of a river creating a moat from our driveway to the road. 

All very exciting,  We were indoor sports today. The keeper had tea, a quilt and yet another pile of books. I did the usual.

Blessing Patrick's Place

Today she left the reading hermitage and went to work for this day only.

she was the water and book bearer for the Archbishop at the very well attended blessing of a new building, Patrick's Place, which houses 70 + formerly homeless men and women, including homeless veterans. She got to see friends  from former parishes and from long ago.

The 5th floor roof is a marvel to behold, a 360  degree view of the city and more! These folks have the best view of fireworks ever! 

Now, we are back to the reading room here. 

I have discovered that I like to sit with her in the swing under the trees. 

Garden Surprises

At Christmas we received one of those big bulbs you grow indoors.  It grew, looked beautiful, and then died. The keeper couldn't let herself put it in the compost, so put the tired little bulb and its pot in the front garden. when she went out for the paper this morning. Look what she found re-blooming!

And then the roses have started back up!

Another Day in Paradise

I am hoping the keeper is not dying or that she lost her position. But she has been home with me now going on week two.  She says it is a vacation. It doesn't seem like a normal vacation for her. She does seem very content, though, like a happy hermit, or a 9 year old in all of her forts. But each day there seems to be some person who either has lunch dinner, or a visit.  Last night she and W went out for dinner.  This morning she and C got wound up for tennis. She seems pretty excited about tennis. But we spent the whole afternoon together in the swing reading novels and some very powerful nonfiction. Tonight we shared dinner on the deck and she read some more.  I even got to eat some lamb and chicken. This is the best vacation she has ever taken, from my standpoint. I didn't need to get in a crate and travel someplace, nor did I need a sitter to stay with me. 

Uninterrupted Sustained Silent Summer Sabbath Reading!

I shouldn't say it was uninterrupted, since the texting with her friends was quite extensive. But the keeper and I spent the entire afternoon on the deck---I napped, she read and read.  And when evening came, we celebrated dinner there, and read until 10 PM  under the stars and our own lights.

Is this heaven?