Caturday Cafe Dec. 1

Hi everyone! A rare little chunk of down time for me, so I just wanted to check in. Nothing too exciting is going on here outside of the usual sleep (sometimes), eat, grad school. I miss everyone!

Did we ever hear back about Cheri? I read the thread when it was posted that she was in the hospital but didn’t have time to post and lost track of it.

Hope everyone and their kitties are doing well!!

(PS- Kilroy I am jealous you got to see Les Mis so early. I can’t wait to see that movie)

Hi! 🙂 The boys are doing well. Taco was sick about a week ago and randomly threw up 6 times, but after that he was completely fine. Maybe he had a tummy bug or found something funny to eat. Feeny is the same old Feeny! Mike is doing well too. It’s a busy time of year, but we are both good and happy I forget if I mentioned or not that we got engaged in July 🙂 We’re thinking sometime this summer possibly for a wedding but haven’t gone in to specific details yet. There just hasn’t been time!

I finish school up for this semester in 1 1/2 weeks so I get a beautiful 4 week break, and after that I go back until May when I graduate for good! I can’t wait. These 15 hour days are killer. Working is going to seem so easy compared to it!

How are you and Mr. K and Georgie?

(((Buttons))) Feel better soon, sweetie.

Hi Gini! *waiving*

Afternoon all, another hot sunny day here but with winds increasing in strength and possible rain later.

Kilroy, thanks for your reply on the crane, Mr MS was wondering what was happening.

Buttons, I hope you feel better soon.

So great to see Gini even if it was a fleeting visit. I’m glad Taco and Feeny are fine.

Joan, keep that fire stoked or Leela will get grumpy.

Yay for Leela being less sneezy. Who wouldn’t be when sitting by the warm fire and being fussed over.

Yes, our weather here is very changeable at the moment, Spring type weather still hanging around. We have a quick & nasty little front roaring up the country with KK having thunder storms last night and it’s heading our way now. I’m wanting to plant my beans I’ve been growing inside as they are getting leggy but afraid the winds will batter them. Mr MS and I built a wind shield for them but I don;t want to waste 10 days of growing. Also hoping the bird nest I discovered in my camellia tree hangs in there as it is full of chirping wee blackbirds.

Our Spring was a typical Spring, a bit of all four seasons. We didn’t get a Summer lastyear though. We are getting a Summer this year from all the signs thankfully.

I’ll see what the winds do as the sun goes down as to whether or not I will plant out the beans. Much more time inside and they will be well over a foot tall.

They are runner beans Joan, i have dwarf beans planted too but for the last 3 years their germination rate has been dismal to say the least so I decided to grow runners. I have the bean frame all set up just waiting for the beans.

AV, (waving) Hi ! !

You could probably grow all year round there.

I’m growing hearting lettuce like ice berg as well as Lebanese cucumbers.

Wow, the wind is getting stronger and more blustery as the rain gets closer. It’s still a warm 21C day and all the doors facing away from the wind are open but it’s brutal out there.

Enjoy your evening with MIL.

Yes it is odd how our weather is so often very similar, not just the temperatures but the conditions too.

I would love to try the upside down tomatoes but don’t have a sheltered enough spot to hang them.

That should be fine AV although some direct sunlight would be better.

I used to sit on just such a veranda when I was young and staying with my grandparents. My cousin & I would ‘picnic’ on the veranda with tiny sandwiches and pink milk(milk and red food colouring). Of course it was milk straight from the cow on the farm and tasted so delicious. We would be sat next to a pile of pumpkins and boxes of walnuts all stored up for the winter ahead.