Thursday March 15 2007

Wagon Wheel Reflection

When I finally looked there were two messages on my answering machine. One at 7:10 a.m. telling us not to come to Rock Springs that Dr. Jensen was sick (about 7 minutes after we left) and another to call and reschedule the surgery next Tuesday. Joe wants to get it over with, so that's the day we will go. Same plan all over again including staying overnight for checkup the next day.

We're still have warmer temperatures although the highest I saw today was about 35. The Old Muddy Hills are just about brown and creeping down across the fields. And its been in the 90s in Vegas so no wonder our snow drifts are melting. Their wind is blowing across Utah to warm us clear up here too. Beverly said that'sthe first time ever its been over 90 in March, and very dry there too.

Joe went to town today to get his hair cut and had his lunch in there. He just got back a while ago and still used our trail across the creek . Apparently its fine so far.

Yesterday morning is the first time I've seen all five of my barn cats outside since the really bad winter weather set in. They have sure holed up this year, usually not even any tracks to be seen outside. I wasn't sure I still had Tigger at all, but thankfully they were all there. Also was worried about the mother cat Rascal, and she seems fine. That black father cat Traveler is quite the cat. He is still leading and teaching them all, very gentle and caring. They were all trying for birds, but as long as I watched they didn't get any. I've never found any blackbird remains or feathers. They must be too smart to get caught by a cat.

Smokey is the least afraid. So she is the one that eats a whole can of cat food by herself every night instead of sharing with the others. All the rest of them are too scared to come out of hiding until I'm gone, then its TOO LATE. And, Boy is she fat!! I started taking out the canned food every other day since she's obviously the only one getting any. I don't think she ever bothers mousing.

Betty sent me a heated water dish for the cats by mail order and its just worked great. All these years their water has frozen solid in a few hours. What a pain. I worried about them not having fresh water. Now it never even gets frosty. Kitties thank you, Betty, and I thank you.

Today I learned more about resizing photos for publication - the ones I showed you that were chose for WAOW publicity. It worked just fine.....I think. I'll know for sure later. I've received three new art books in the last mail and enjoying those. And three more will be coming soon after ordering more today. This online shopping may not be such a good thing! I could easily get carried away.

I've gotten housework and laundry caught up and ready to work more on my "Moving Pastures" painting.

Probably within a week Dan and Vivian will be bringing the white buckskin "canvas" with pine limb frame and the reference for the next Search and Rescue Commander portrait. It will have to be done within the next month or so.

My grandson Clayton is getting all As and Bs. I am so pround of him, because he has had to work very hard. I knew he could do it all the time. And glad he's deciding that too. Everything in life isn't easy, just sometimes easier for some people than others. I hope he doesn't think there always has to be a Disney World carrot to do the work though. His Dad might have to come up with that electric guitar he promised if Clayton got good grades.