A Mindful Life

I have found the past few days challenging. Claire, I think, is teething (I know, it’s ongoing). She has a third tooth breaking through on top, and I think a feel a fourth just under the gum. She’s quickly tired and more fussy, and exceptionally clingy with me. Part of the challenge is the emotional [...]

Price of plain unleaded gas when I filled up the tank yesterday:
$4.19 per gallon
Diesel is over $5.00 a gallon. Thank goodness we don’t use that!

Hey Karen…
Update 4:55 p.m.: I meant to add that the bib says Feed me and no one gets hurt. It’s a jibe at me; I get very very crabby when I’m hungry.
The Pincer Grasp

First Taste of Cheerios

What IS This Stuff?

Someone asked about how poisonous Oleander is. From Wikipedia:
Oleander is one of the most poisonous plants and contains numerous toxic compounds, many of which can be deadly to people, especially young children. The toxicity of Oleander is considered extremely high and it has been reported that in some cases only a small amount had lethal [...]

more cat pictures
They need to read this and also meet this cat.

When we moved into this town home, we didn’t realize how dark it was until after we arrived. There are two citrus trees in back, and there were three huge, overgrown Oleanders. The next door neighbor spoke to us about getting the Oleander trimmed, since they shed constantly and their leaves were hurting her Camellias. [...]

Claire has begun to make the kissing/fish mouth. She especially likes when I make a fish face; she laughs.
She crawls all over the room chasing the cat, who is determined to hang out with the rest of us. Stella moves about four feet away, and Claire just turns and heads forth. As soon as she’s [...]

53.5 °F / 11.9 °C
Smoke
This may be why my throat it sore, why I’m sneezing and coughing. The source of the smoke (and aggravated by yesterday’s high winds): a huge wildfire in the Santa Cruz Mountains. More than 3,000 acres burned yesterday, and as of this moment the first is only 15% contained.

Hi there!

2 balls of Aurora yarn, 62% Nylon, 31% Wool, 7% Acrylic; 49 yards per ball, colorway 203, on size 13 needles. I may donate this.