Autumn's Flowers...

"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower."

Albert Camus

Or in this case...the autumn flower is offering a second spring....

Linking to I Heart Macros (on Sunday!)...

A Morning Surprise and Skywatch Friday too!!!

Look what I woke up to!!!

Kelly L-O-V-E-S the snow!!!

She went right out to the corner of the deck with the most snow and 

plopped down!!!  She then began licking the snow...

I had to give her a tug or two to get her to come back inside!!!

For Skywatch Friday...

another peak at Mammoth Lake's Camelot Castle...

unfortunately, my entry to Petrea's "Camelot where are you?" contest 

has already posted...but I thought this was another good one!!!

Petrea's contest is to celebrate her soon to be published first book

Camelot and Vine!!!

Check out her website for more information about her book...

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Come Sit for a Spell...

"To sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure 

is the most perfect refreshment."

Jane Austen

Remember that cool lamp???  

This charming bench is also in the garden of Double Eagle Spa in June Lake...

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words...

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Our Little Corner of the World...

"The days may not be so bright and balmy- yet the quiet and melancholy that

linger around them is fraught with glory.  Over everything connected with 

autumn there lingers some golden spell-

some unseen influence that penetrates the soul with its mysterious power."

Northern Advocate

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Whew!!!

Kelly can't decide whether to be relieved or depressed...

Diego was here from Thursday til Sunday night...

Kelly's been pounced on, chewed on, rolled on...

furniture overturned, chew bones devoured,

tug of war...

water dripped all over the floor...

Right now she's flaked out in the mudroom...

sound asleep...

snoring...

and dreaming of playing with Diego again!!!

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Just Ducky...

"If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, looks like a duck,

it must be a duck."

Proverb quotes

Linking to Shadow Shot Sunday 2...

Moon Shadows...

"We love the night and its quiet;

and there is no night that we love so well

as that on which the moon is coffined in clouds."

Fitz James O'Brien

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From the Ridiculous to the Sublime...

After two silly forays into LA oddities...

I thought maybe this might remind us all that LA

really does have some wonderful sights!!!

This is one of my pics from the Photo Workshop I did there

in July...

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You Know You're in LA When...



Need a maid???

Oooops!!! I missed a post!!!



I'm down in the LA area...a couple of appts today, and tomorrow,

 shopping with two of my favorite grand daughters!!! 

While spending time in between appts in Santa Monica...I went to theSanta Monica mall...

And as I was walking through the parking lot I came across the

General Lee (car) from the Dukes of Hazard!!!

Now, I never really watched the Dukes of Hazard...but who could 

mistake this one???

So when I got back to Tom and Doris'...

I looked up the car from the Dukes...

Check it out!!!

 

Progress!

We have a new addition in our household...

This is Joey...

and he's a verrrry nice cat.

He's just about 3 times bigger than our smallest kitty...Sadie...

He's in his "safe" room most of the time...and has had a few "chance" encounters

with both Sadie and Cleo.  

Sadie is a bully...she's as sweet as can be, a snuggler, a lap cat...

but every once in awhile...she pounces...and not nicely....

She's also figured out how to climb the "fence" that we put up so the cats

could all see each other but not be in the same room...

She wasn't very nice to Joey when she got in...

and Joey... the gentle-man that he is...

didn't instigate a thing.

Well...we've changed tactics now.  

With the door closed, Cleo went in the room with Joey...

she went under the bed, and he stayed by his bed and food dishes...

they both laid there and growled periodically at first...

but as the day wore on, they were pretty quiet.

I was even able to leave them alone in the room together for short times!!!

One cat at a time...

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