Weekend Cafe Part Duex

Wow, it is a BEAUTIFUL sunny and warm day here. We celebrated Mother’s Day last evening, and today will go to sis’s house to celebrate her birthday today and there may even be some adult bevvies involved!

Hope everyone is enjoying a wonderful, laid back day!

PG….I think it’s the black cat who is sitting in the chair staring. It’s like the chair has eyes….

Well, typical of the peacemaking pattern they follow, Eko and Leo who are the ones who actually had the altercation, are now snuggled up together napping. Emily, who was not involved, has to be kept separate from Eko. She’s fine with Leo (as usual). In her defense, I think she is terrified of Eko because of that smell of fear. Her eyes get huge when she sees him and there’s a real danger of her charging at him…which will get Leo involved and mad at Eko again. It’s so ironic because Eko and Emily would have no problem ever if Leo never attacked Eko. And Eko and Leo would have fewer problems without the Emily dynamic…crazy.

I decided not to try the vanilla trick in case it complicated things. And Emily is not “fiddled with” easily. Good luck catching her if she knows you want to do something to her..lol. Anyways, the smell of Eko set her off after their first encounter after the fight. Now it’s just the sight of Eko.

I’ve been reading up on reviews of various cat calming products…too hit and miss and too expensive to try right now. I do use an off brand of the calming spray. It’s very affordable and does help some, though it’s not a cure all.

Oh and supposedly…knock on wood…they are coming to do our kitchen this week. Oh well, may as well do it while the cats are in upheaval anyways. Maybe Emily will forget why she was mad. :).

PG, it’s a pair of Basement Cats in the chair, yes?

Dorry understands English.

Oh ECB, I do hope the kitchen project helps Emily forget why she is mad. Cat dynamics are weird and make no sense sometimes.
Had a nice dinner of pulled pork & Pierogies at mom’s today. Tyler had strawberry yogurt. 🙂

Good afternoon all from Monday.
The day began rather nippy but has slowly improved to now being full sun.
I discovered one of my buttercup pumpkins had developed a bad spot so it has now become Thai pumpkin soup with coconut milk. I made it in the slowcooker and there is the most delicious aroma wafting around the kitchen.
PG you had me chuckling at “The blankets have accepted me as one…” Sounds so cozy. On the ‘chair silently judging’ pic, if you look carefully there is two sets of eyes sitting on the chair, very excellently disguised against the black of the chair.
ECB, typical of cats, fighting one moment and then best of friends the next.
Lagatta, HRH Shadz has written with her claws on the edge of the outside wooden steps and clawed away quite a chunk. She thinks we put the steps there just for use.

PG, with the extremely wet Autumn we have had and flooding the price and availability of vegetables has sky rocketed.
$7 for a lettuce or cauliflower
$4-5 for a small head of broccoli and leafy greens just not available there was no way I was going to let a pumpkin rot. At least they are cheap enough at $2 each. It is even difficult to find vegetable seedlings because of the wet weather we had.
I am hoping the seedlings I have planted get a good amount of growth in before the really cold weather arrives.
I will be freezing the soup in flat packs so I can quickly heat it for Mr MS to take to work in a thermos now that her works out in the open on farms.