Pawprints From Space

It seems to have taken forever but at long last sunshine and warmth. We're running slightly ahead on rainfall for the month which explains the joy with which I greet the sun. It also explains the "lush" (i.e. gone crazy) plant life, most especially the weeds. Flowers not normally "popping" yet have done so, the roses for example look more like June than May. The peonies are fabulous. However the catmint is looking yellowed from too much water. I guess you can't have everything. The frogs in the park can be heard every night, louder than I've heard them in the 13 years on this street. Perhaps it is wet enough for some of them to have moved a little closer. No crickets yet but the frogs sure sound happy every night. Must be plenty of mosquitoes to snap up. A small possum and his mama live under my deck, she may have moved on as I haven't seen her in a few days but he's beyond cute and so little! Yet large enough to be out of the pouch and amb...

Despite not having gotten very far at all with the list of chores dinner time still managed to show up and demand to be dealt with immediately. Naturally with the kitchen full of food I had no idea what the heck to do. So I thawed out a salmon fillet, boiled an ear of corn, some whole wheat (omega 3 added) pasta, made an olive oil and rice vinegar (with Mrs Dash garlic and herb) dressing and some edamame. Have no idea how it is going to turn out since parts are still boiling but hey... if it IS good then I have lunch for a few days this week. Of course with enough white wine I won't much care how it turns out (ha ha). Opps! First buzzer has gone off... stay by Okay pasta DONE, fish DONE, corn DONE, edamame almost... fish needs to cool a bit so I can flake it. Oh yeah, there will be feta sprinkled over all of this. Rumba can't WAIT to get her paws on the salmon (as usual) although she did turn up her whiskers at a bit of the raw fish. And she calls herself a kitty! Second ...