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Meet Gracie…

We adopted her yesterday.
All we planned to do on Saturday was pick up some more fish for the tank and we ended up applying to adopt a cat.
Crazy how things work sometimes.
She’s almost 2 yrs old. She had the name Grace but we thought Gracie sounded a bit cuter.

Both myself and J have cat allergies but only to certain cats.
We had J pet the cat then rub his hands on his face. In the past, if he’s allergic, he’d start sneezing and getting itchy eyes almost immediately. 
No reaction.
I also didn’t have any reaction.
It was meant to be.
She has very pretty markings.

This is what she’s been doing most of today…
basking in the sun, watching the birds and bugs fly around.
Pretty simple life…
The really strange thing was, in the adjoining cages there were cats named Halle and Tika….not very common names!! I have a cousin named Tika. It would have been just to strange to take that pair home…plus if they were anything like Tika and I, they’d have gotten into a lot of mischief. :) 

 

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Garden and treasured tea
It’s that busy time of year. 
Getting the garden prepped and planted. 
I started with my herbs that hang along the deck. I was able to over winter both a thyme and a flat leaf parsley this year. Additionally I started seeds early this Spring and picked up a couple small plants at the greenhouse yesterday. 
We love having fresh herbs in our food.

I have 12 tomato plants this year of 4 varieties that I started from seed back in mid-March. 
Six live here… along with some green onions and basil I’m hoping will sprout.

The other six are in the “big garden”. They are sharing space with green beans, snow peas, kohlrabi and jalapenos.
I got the fence up immediately this year so  the wildlife wouldn’t get any snacks from me.

This morning I saw that one of my book purses was this Etsy treasury.
Just had to share…makes me happy when something I’ve created is appeciated.
Lots of fun stuff was featured….
Are you gardening this year?
Thanks for stopping by for Tea Tuesday with Kimmie and the gang.

 

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Journal pages
Over the weekend I was inspired to do a bit of art journaling. 
Not sure that it will actually become a “project” but it was nice to play.

 

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Ruffle scarf and knitting success
I completed another ruffle scarf yesterday while at knitting group.
Thank goodness I was there because I was knitting away and came to the end of the skein without realizing it. My “teacher” Pat had to do some “tinking”…which is knitting backward…to fix my mistake. 
Isn’t it pretty?!?! 
It’s going to be a gift but I know she never visits me here. :)

 
I also learned…or re-learned from Pat…how to cast on stitches with regular yarn. 
When I got home a watched a YouTube video on how to purl so now I can do this!!! Hooray!
I still need to learn to keep my stitches looser but I just so excited that it has finally clicked for me. 

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Tea with gifts

I was a very fortunate girl this year. 
I received so many unexpected but certainly appreciated birthday gifts. 
The first which was an early gift from my in-laws. Its a floating tea infuser and birdie lemon squeezer.
The floating tea infuser works really slick! 

Cutting the lemon to fit in the birdie was a bit of fussy work but I can’t complain about how nicely it squeezed all the juice right into the cup. 

The day before my birthday I opened a sweet little ATC book from my dear friend Elizabeth. 
Here’s a link to the post she wrote that has wonderful scans of each page.  
Thanks Elizabeth!!!

  

 
 

My daughter made me this card…
The front said Guess what day it is?
Inside was a nibble of chocolate from her Easter candy stash and a coupon “good for one chore done by Little J” 
How sweet is that.

 

When we got home from shopping and picking up sushi…YUM!….I found this plant on the front step with with a note that said:
” Happy 40 day ”  and was not signed.

Lucky for me my neighbor doesn’t have a very good poker face, so when I asked if she had any idea who dropped it off, she gave her hubby away.
I also got a double-decker plate of Special K bars from a friend of the family who’s know me from birth. I don’t have a picture because I knew I had to share the wealth of those very quickly or I’d be spending extra time at Curves working them off my butt. The neighbors teenage boys helped devour them in short order.
Oh yeah and some spending money from my mom. WOO-HOO…who doesn’t love cash!
Like I said, I was a very fortunate girl.

What are you doing today? 
I know I’m going to pop over to Kimmie’s blog to have some virtual tea with my friends. 
Care to join us??

 

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It’s my birthday….
another big one!
Time certainly does speed up the more years that go by.
I haven’t had some weird mid-life crisis such as wanting to take up sky-diving or get a motorcycle.
No tattoos, although I did dye my hair pink for breast cancer awareness last October.
Later we are going to have
my favorite meal…
SUSHI !!

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Postcard Challenge weeks 16 & 17
There seems to be a pattern with me lately…I can’t seem to get these done at the proper time.  At least Darcy is very kind about it and doesn’t rap us on the hand with a ruler or anything. :)
Week 16…otherwise known as last week…Thadeus sends a postcard from Romania. 
The postcard is a photo I took then played around in Photoshop a bit to give it a vintage feel.

Thadeus writes:

Maggie-
Iceland was amazing. I can’t stop thinking of you even when I know that I should be actually reading the books and documents in  front of me. I have scarcely seen the outside of the library here in Romania. I think I have discovered the source of the shipment. Time will tell.
       Yours-Thadeus 



The accompanying page is a little boring. I thought the paper is somewhat old wallpaper like…something one might see in an old library. 
Week 17 Maggie writes to Thadeus from Norway. 
She doesn’t mention why she is there. It seems Miss Maggie is somewhat a woman of leisure. Taking photos, painting etc.


 Maggie writes:

Thadeus-
I’m so excited that we, I mean, you are getting more answers. I feel as though I’m part of your journey as well now. I hope that doesn’t offend you since you are doing all the work.
When you visit next I’m going to make you some Norwegian specialties. 
      Yours truly- Maggie

She certainly tends to stumble a bit when corresponding with Thadeus. Maggie seems quite impulsive…doesn’t think before she speaks…or writes.
The page includes the recipes written in Norwegian…sure hope she can translate them…and a pocket that showcases rosemaling.
Thanks for bearing with me and the extra long post.
Stop by Darcy’s blog to see some more Norway postcards this week.

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