i guess we have a kitty

this little kitty showed up on our doorstep about a month ago. he was sporting a flee collar and completely starving, hard to tell if he was lost or abandoned. "no cats allowed" is rather clear on our lease but compassion said we should go on and feed him. adda started calling him my kitty right away and of course he never left after that first bowl of milk. we haven't found a home for him and he seems quite happy with his box in the garage. hudson likes to lie down on the porch beside him and meow right into his face - kitty graciously meows back. adda keeps picking him up and putting him in her wagon, hoping he'll stay for a ride. i guess if he's willing to put up with all of that and happily -he's earned his right to stay.

dandy lion soup

adda & hudson were busy making dandelion soup all morning. when i agreed to try some they said i had to buy it. i guess you should taste it first if you're selling it for $30!

a friend who was over asked if we made dandelion wine. sounds not very appealing but this is our yard, so i think we'll try a batch and then we'll know for sure.

when we were inside later making lunch, adda started crying at the window and yelling "those mans is erasing my lions". the landscaping crew was here mowing the lawn - so no more lions till next week - i guess we missed our first harvest.

naptime

bored toes

adda & hudson are sick. fevers and coughs out of nowhere have stolen nights of sleep and have made for not-so-fun days. hudson is pitiful - bleary eyed and wearing a blister on his thumb from so much sucking. adda, always dramatic, escalates to a level of neediness when sick that could wear out a full time staff. she spent her waking hour requesting ice packs for her knee (that she scraped 7 days ago) and claiming that her granola was burning her eyes. SIGH. gave them a long bubble bath and foot massages with essential oils. sometime while dual pedicures were drying, the mood started to lift. as we were blowing on 20 little toenails - hudson: "thank koo. toes pretty" adda: "mama i can't sit still anymore, my pink toes bored."

art

- elly mackay

- emily martin

adda is really starting to take joy in art, frequently requesting to "make somepin" or look at pictures. j is working in ny so we've been having special "dates" every night - tonight was a gallery opening. she was so excited (particularly because she was wearing tights) and was having a fine time people watching, art watching and hitting up the cheese tray. hudsons enthusiasm was obliterated by the onset of a cold. we could tell he was wishing for his bed, so we split early and came home to "put hudsy away". i made her a slide show of work i found online that i thought she'd like. we watched it by candle light, curled up in bed with npr, red tea and ginger snaps. these were her stand out favorites. last words of the night: "thank you my art date mama, i like it dis much."

spring evening bouquet

bubbles

today

golf lessons in the back yard

and grammy bought some new baby chicks