More stuff from September…

More stuff from September…

...now that November is already here. Here's a beautiful moon photo from Sept. 8th. September 9th, the night before my surgery. It was a lovely night and the sun lit up the trees in a most spectacular fashion. Gee, the sky is so very big and gorgeous from the water. Next year... Here's Kevin at 2:00 p.m. the day of my surgery. He was still wearing his visitor badge. I'm pretty sure I mostly just slept that day after returning home. He got me this giant and wonderful bouquet of flowers, and here the little Princess is enjoying it. She didn't try to eat it which was a nice surprise. Such a...

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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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kitties!

kitties!

This was June 6th, Sweetie's first adventure in the fenced yard! i think her only experience outside had been so go out on her previous owner's deck. she never got to run around in a yard. kitty...

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darling demons…

darling demons…

rain rain rain, that's mostly what we've had around here. besides the fact that the weeds are sprouting up too fast for me to keep up with them, the rain also washes away the deer spray. yesterday a...

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ta da!

ta da!

i worked on the banner saturday night but it wasn't the way i wanted so i got up yesterday morning and started working before even drinking any lapsang souchong at all. i asked for kevin's advice,...

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I know…

..i know i know i know...it's been so long since i've written here; i've been terrifically busy working in the yard, and then it rains so much and all the weeds i've pulled come right back, and then...

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may is almost over!

may is almost over!

hard to believe. it rains and rains and rains some more, all the time... meanwhile...on friday, may 17th, i went to bloomington with glenn and julie to see the musician paul thorn. her sister's...

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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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