Monday, April 16, 2018

June came by

this morning

June came by on Saturday; the temperatures were in the seventies, and how welcome that was! But she didn't stay, and April hasn't behaved like she's supposed to. Actually, April's behavior  is usually all over the place, but this year....  Let me just say that we had snow again last night and I had really thought that was behind us and I can see that this blog can all too easily descend into one long complaint about the weather.

Easter was lovely, although my brother had a cold. One week later, I came down with it, and then of course it always turns into bronchitis; it was particularly bad this time and I was home from work all last week. Thank God I'm much better but the coughing will take a while to go. Meanwhile, my brother kept getting days of tiredness and/or feeling like an elevated temp, and we realized that maybe our thing was a flu - and then on the radio this morning they said flu cases rose again in our state. And I was just saying that with all the talk of flu this winter, I didn't know a soul who'd had it.

I've spent much time on the couch near the vaporizer with a blanket and some books and magazines in between napping. But today I thought I should do more to get ready to go back to work, so I made bread (really the KitchenAid does the work) and found a nice simple recipe for potato leek soup; that was our supper with BLTs. The soup actually was kind of irritating to my bronchials while it cooked so I had to run the exhaust fan, but my hope is the leeks will drive out any baddies still lurking in our systems.

Sweetie had a birthday last week and we thought she was thirteen, but my brother saw Diane today and she said Sweetie is nine. Well, that explains her liveliness - I was always amazed at so much activity for her age. So she is our youngest one. And speaking of cats, last week I stumbled upon this lovely video on youtube . A young man in Istanbul has been taking in injured cats and paying for their treatments. He's a pianist and these cats have filled a void in his life but one cat in particular loves to sit on the piano, right in the middle, and this fellow just smiles and plays around him. The clip is five minutes - you have to watch the whole thing because it's a compilation somebody did from his videos. If you like cats, it will really touch your heart. God bless him.

Here is a picture from last April -


I wouldn't believe it if there weren't a date on the photo. That tree won't be blooming in April this year!

9 comments:

  1. April, May and June - what fun the three of them could have..! It's official: the UK is expecting its summer tomorrow. Back to normal, I gather, the following day. Sorry to hear you've not been well - it's an odd time of year - a bit of pampering sounds in order!

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    1. Thank you, Mike. I hope tomorrow will be worth all the dreariness before (and after)!

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  2. You have certainly had an interesting couple of weeks. Spring will get here, but she won't stay for long. Loved the cat video!

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    1. Yes, summer will rush in after a brief spring. Well, any warmth will be most welcome!

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  3. Sorry you've been down with the flu, but glad you are on the mend. We had a light frost this morning, so winter is on the way... xx

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    1. Thanks, Lynda. But - how can we both be having winter at the same time??? :D

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  4. I am so sorry you haven't been well, Lisa! I hope you get better very soon. The weather this spring has been very strange and so cold and wet here. We had a nice day yesterday for my mother's birthday and an even better day today. The flowers and blossom have arrived all in a rush.

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  5. 'Hope the cough passes soon. It's always the last misery of an illness to go, it seems.

    It was so hot and stuffy in here Saturday night, we had to put the air on for awhile, and the next morning it was snowing again. It's a memorable spring, anyway. :)

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  6. Ah, spring, right?! Yesterday I cycled to the library in the snow. Today I walked in the sunshine. Amazing. The snow actually bumped us up over our historical record for amount of snow in one winter.

    If you enjoy documentaries I have one to suggest about cats and Istanbul. It is called Kedi. So. Many. Cats. Many of the people there seem to have a unique relationship with them.

    I hope by now that you and your brother are both feeling better. Matt and I kept each other up last night with our alternating coughing. ;) So it goes!

    And yes, quite the difference in your April photos! Have a lovely day!

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