Hey It's Good to be Back Home Again

Lovely, sunshiny day here; the flowers look brilliant and the birds are singing. It's a nice day to have some laundry hanging out on the line. We spent the morning rearranging the rearranging that we did to accommodate Bella's after surgery care. We moved the mattress into the office (or as some would consider it, the master bedroom) and we went "Hawaiian Style" with the bedspread that we bought at Jungle Love in Pahoa. It was fun to choose precisely which items to move into the room after Scrunch had nearly emptied and cleaned the room -- it made me wish we could paint before it became a bedroom again. It looks great and Scrunch and Bella are having a well deserved nap.

Bella got a trim this morning. We borrowed some clippers and took a first pass at the very longest of her fur, not a super short shave, just "tidying up" some areas and hoping it will make it easier to keep her well brushed. Since the serious matting behind her ears, she has developed a few more dreads in her hind quarters, so hopefully this little haircut will help with that issue. She was fairly cooperative, but we still have a ways to go. You can't even really tell how much hair we took off from this picture, but she looks much better than I expected her to considering this is our first attempt.

Sophie had a good brushing and there's a little ouchie on her left shoulder that we need to keep an eye on. Sophie loves the brushing and when I was done, she gave me huggles and rubbed her face all over me. I guess I am hers.

Scrunch made us a lovely sort of Chilaquiles this morning and for lunch I made BLT's with some heirloom tomatoes from the co-op. I dream of growing such gorgeous tomatoes someday.

My recent attempts at Vietnamese coffee left me thinking that it's easiest just to make strong coffee, add the sweetened condensed milk, and ice -- it worked just fine. Tasty treat on a warm afternoon and much less cleanup.

All in all, we are keeping a low profile and puttering around the house. The rearranging sort of left the rest of the place in a bit of a wreck, but it will all fall into place over the weekend and it for me to feels good to pull everything out of the corners, clean out the cob webs and figure out where it will serve us best in this phase of our lives. The plan is to store several things at the office for now. I realized today that when we were planning to move to PT, that I was in "purge" mode, sifting and sorting and organizing and really trying to pare down the possessions. And then after we got here and got unpacked, I think I went a bit into horde mode, a bit uncertain about what we need in this life and if we would be able to afford to buy things in the future. And now, today anyway, I feel ready to let go of more stuff. "Need" can be somewhat subjective. Scrunch, Sophie, Bella, a comfortable place to sleep, a spot to eat, somewhere to set up for work, a place to play and a few toys, I'd love a soaking tub and to grow a few more edibles -- I think I am feeling pretty satisfied.

I need to run a few errands here in a little while and I simply must get that basil out of it's starter pot and into a "real" pot. Do deer like Basil? Hmmm. The nice thing about a pot is I can relocate it as long as it is not too heavy.

Here's a shot of Bella's incisions. The t-shirt seems to be the key to keeping her from licking at it constantly, it looks pretty good today, but she is still limping a bit (started yesterday) and with all of the activity this morning, she's probably been a little too mobile. We've done better this afternoon and it should be a low key evening.

I know it's terrible, but the day after Scrunch's birthday I begin thinking about mine. I'm thinking crab sounds like a good birthday food ;)