Home Sweet Home with Furballs

Tomer Butte & Paradise Ridge Rainbow
July 5th

Paradise Ridge & Moscow

I love the view from our new home!

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When we told the kitties they would be moving up the hill, this is the reaction I got from Alvin:


What was that? What did you say?


Does this mean I'll have to give up my mattress throne from where I can observe all my servants at once?


NEVER! You'll have to drag me out of here!
....wait....it's not that difficult to drag me...


Cupid was so baffled by the news he lost interest in his toy. He's never lived anywhere besides the shelter and Cherry street so the move was a WHOLE new experience for him.



Here he is checking out the new place from a safe spot--the bed. For the first several days I would consistently find him on the bed because it was something he recognized from home.


Bina and Mimi were sniffing hard trying to figure out what was going on. The ratties got downgraded to the smaller cage because there are only two of them now and this cage has better ventilation which I'm hoping will help Bina's wheezing problem. So far they seem pretty satisfied with their new home.


After a week or two everyone started to settle in to our new home. The cats have their own new schedule--which includes waking up at 4am with the birds outside the new sky-level windows and thundering up and down the hallway to wake up Andy & Jaina below us.
:)

Alvin is quite fond of the balcony....but we have to keep an eye on this crazy kitty when he is outside. At any moment he can snap and off he'd be to chase a butterfly or something. I'm not sure that he would actually jump from the balcony but I wouldn't put it past him if we aren't observing him!

I think they've adjusted for the most part. They love to sit on the balcony with me in the morning and play balance beam to scare me half to death. I had to post this picture because if you look very closely, you can see Alvin's tongue sticking out!

We have a lot more work to do on the place but we are already loving our new home.

Until next time....
xoxo

MIA Manda

The blog is on hiatus until the Internet and some sense of normalcy return to my life.

Moving is a good thing but oh so tiring!!!

Flowers & Photoshop

We went on a nice walk today up to the park on Residence street and back down the trail that goes past our (almost) new house. I found LOTS of flowers along the way and utilized the super macro mode on the new tiny camera, taking pictures of every bloom.

Enjoy!

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This last photo I captured a week ago at my Grandma Doris' house. One of her cherry trees is in full bloom with the honey bees helping pollinate the fruit!

First Canoe

"Everyone must believe in something.
I believe I'll go canoeing."
~ Henry David Thoreau
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Introducing our new 17-foot canoe!

Thank you Joann & Paul, this canoe will be traveling many more miles in northwest lakes and rivers. Our first test run in Moose Creek Reservoir went really well and we're excited for the opportunities the new boat holds for outdoor adventures.

Right after we brought it home from Joann's backyard we set it on sawhorses in the backyard at Cherry street and got the garden hose ready.



Ryan did all the scrubbing. I had a humane society board meeting that night and supervised in my high heels while documenting the canoe bath with a camera (tehehe).



Half cleaned canoe! Just starting to see it's potential. We have grand plans for this boat...repair some of the fiberglass damage on the bottom and give it an awesome paint job. The exact design is yet to be completely determined as we seem to have artistic differences but when we decide it will look like a mean green water machine! :)



Washing out the spider nests. YUCK!

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After it's bath......TA DA!
The canoe looks awesome in Moose Creek!




Ryan picked up Corey and Jeffery from across the reservoir. They parked on the opposite side and radio-ed us while we were paddling on the far side of the water. We paddled back, dropped George, Brittany, and I off at our dock and Ryan paddled across to grab the visitors.




Corey gets to paddle! She had a big smile on her face.


Ahhhh my new favorite seat.



George on the orange kayak.


The campers paddling and fishing in the new canoe.
(Ryan, Brittany, Paris the boat doggie, George, & Mandie)



Time to go. It was sad leaving the beautiful spot but we'll be back soon to launch the canoe over and over again.

Jeffery and Corey like the canoe...I like how it looks on Ryan's big tough green truck! ;)



More pictures of our Memorial Day adventures to come soon!

Yellow May Flowers

Yellow flowers make me smile.
It's contagious!
I love spring.

More to come soon...