February Cats, mostly of the orange variety

February Cats, mostly of the orange variety

Mom and I ventured down to sunny Florida last week and of course I took a million and one photos, mostly of the sunset on the beach and birds on the beach and the waves and all. Plus photos on MOM'S HAPPY BIRTHDAY, and it was awesome to celebrate in a warm locale with all the flowers and palm trees and green grass. But first, here's a few pictures, mostly cats again. I just penned a lengthy post about our making the decision to give Pumpkin to Mom but then looked back at older posts and realized I'd already written all about it. Memory, shrinking alarmingly every single day. Here's a good...

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I’m Grace Hughes, from Springfield, IL. Welcome to my world of fun, mostly involving cats and sometimes travel.

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peonies!

in that last post i wrote poppies but of course they aren't poppies, they're peonies. mom pointed it out, yaaaay, mom for reading my site! ok then, grace, after a very busy day of powerwashing the...

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sweetie’s first taste of fresh catnip

sweetie’s first taste of fresh catnip

last tuesday, the 14th, i picked a bunch of catnip and brought some of it upstairs to Sweetie. And boy, she loved it. I tried to get a photo but she was a constant blur. meanwhile...one day i was...

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friday!  and suddenly it feels like august…

friday! and suddenly it feels like august…

i think it got up to 92 yesterday, or something completely bonkers like that. it's already mighty warm today. go figure. also, suddenly we have lots and lots of buffalo gnats. on wednesday kevin and...

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groundhog staredown!

groundhog staredown!

Last wednesday, may 8th, i was hanging out at mom's house and suddenly her cat Hobbs was on high alert. for Hobbs that means she was staring intently at something outside. a groundhog! i couldn't...

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Happy Mother’s Day…

Happy Mother’s Day…

i've been sitting on my couch for over three hours now; i've been very very negligent about even looking at anything on my laptop, and i decided to finally do some stuff. i thought i'd write a...

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march, briefly

march, briefly

nothing much to report about march, except we had a late birthday celebration for mom. HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY, MOM! but first...we got home on March 4th. here's kevin, plowing mom's driveway on...

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Final Day in Florida – March 2, 2019

Final Day in Florida – March 2, 2019

We took our final walk on the beach over to Seaside. Here's us, looking almost the same as we did the first day. except for our nice new A30 baseball caps. it's funny that there was no name on this...

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Friday, March 1st in Florida

Friday, March 1st in Florida

Friday started out really rainy, and i watched little birds eating popcorn on our balcony. But the skies cleared and it was yet another beautiful day. We drove west a bit, past Seaside to the town...

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Thurs. Feb. 28th in Florida

Thurs. Feb. 28th in Florida

We drove way east on Thursday, all the way to Panama City Beach. We drove past many ugly high-rise hotels and arrived at Pier Park, this great big tacky shopping area. we went into a couple of...

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