My kitty, chair made new, Mayan Jaguar lettuce and petunias

 The sun was creating a glow around the fur on my cat, Fluffy. I can't figure out how to crop this photo and make the remaining closeup of the cat larger.

Above is the chair I spray painted this week, with special Krylon Fusion for Plastic paint for plastic. Below is the same chair before I painted it. The paint color I used is Blue Hyacinth.

I really do not want to throw out plastic chairs and mine have lasted for a decade with an occasional repainting. 

Do you think veggies can be pretty? I had to buy this lettuce to plant when I saw the dramatic name "Mayan Jaguar Lettuce", plus the six plants look like a bouquet to me.

On the same visit to the garden center I bought these two petunias plus two alyssum to plant in a pot. Plus I added two more petunias to two hanging pots.

Dog in my cat clubhouse, Teapot with Blue Lights, Peacock , Social Isolation

 

Above is Bounce tasting the catnip in the clearly signed Cat Clubhouse. He is a rebel and rule breaker, like me. Below is Princess Fluffy enjoying her clubhouse.

Just for fun, here is my new electric teapot. It is glass which I like, glass is so inert, which is healthy to boil water in. The entertaining part of the teapot is its blue lights and how they dance when the water boils.

This photo below shows the teapot when I have just turned it on.

Just some light hearted things from around my home, with the aim of bringing smiles during this difficult time of pandemic.

Here is my blue metal peacock, which my younger son assembled and installed in my garden. Some readers asked to see the peacock when in my garden.

 

Occasionally I invite a friend to come over and sit on my patio, six feet apart, while we enjoy a coffee. Now that colder weather is on its way, I will miss those outdoor chats. Perhaps we will meet indoors, I have a sitting area in my living room where chairs are 10 feet apart. That is a big decision. How are you handling social isolation? I read today that Florida schools opened a month ago and there is NO SPIKE in virus cases. In particular, no increase in Florida in school age children getting ill, that is good news. New York City has opened its schools to its 500,000 students. This social isolation is hard on children. A family friend is eager to have his children, here in California, return to school; he says they are being damaged by this isolation. These are hard choices for all of us, and especially for parents.

Oh and I am praying for quick and full healing for our President and our First Lady. These are difficult times indeed. Best of health to them both.

Princess Fluffy and Wild Fires Near My House

 

My relaxed kitty, the first photo is after I took the second photo where she is closer to being asleep. In the first photo she is half awake and looking at me.

Wild Fires Near My House. Smoke and white ashes in the air. 

Added note on Sept. 4. As of September 4, there are 925 homes destroyed in the county I live in, most of them were country homes nestled in lovely spots among trees. 

I posted the two photos of Fluffy automatically yesterday, that post was set ahead of time. I did not get Internet restored to my house until late yesterday. 120 people already read this post before I was able to add this note about the wild fires. In my area of California almost 400 homes are destroyed, and several of my best friends are evacuated from their homes, and I am safe at home and not evacuated. My sons are in their homes too. The air quality sometimes is rated as hazardous so I stay inside with windows closed. Lots of white ash from the fires has fallen all over outside. I have two apps on my cell phone AirNow and AirVisual which tell the air quality for where I live. No walks these past few days for me and Bounce. 

When I drove my car I had to wash off all the ash first so I could see through the windshield. From zero percent containment of the fires they are now 29 percent contained (50 percent contained as of Sept. 4), a great direction to be going in. The fires were caused by lightning strikes all over California, in a storm with no rain, just lightning and dry tinder. It is very nerve wracking to be stuck at home, and on alert for potential evacuation. I have a suitcase packed with essentials. I am optimistic that the fires are being contained and am praying for rain, for our city to stay safe and for my friends' homes to be safe so they can return to them. Anyway, just wanted to say hi to you all, friends both near and far, and let you know what is going on here.

Catnip High and Fluffy

See the little bits of green catnip? My sister grows the catnip and so it is fresh and organic. Fluffy looks a bit insane in the top photo.

Fluffy is sure enjoying herself. Some cats don't care for it, and my dog sure doesn't.
Have a great day friends.

Cat, dog, yellow roses and more

Here are some recent photos I took of things I like.

Fluffy resting in sun near patio doors. She shows up nicely on her red blanket.

Bounce in living room on sofa with pillow that says "The day that God created Chihuahuas He sat down and smiled." We think Bounce is half Chihuahua, and part Rat Terrier and part Corgi.

I always admire this lichen on a rock in a neighbor's front yard.

I didn't go any closer because I didn't want to step on their property.

This bouquet is fabulous and my younger son gave it to me for Mothers' Day.

I picked these roses from my yellow rose bush, so pretty.

Often for joy I find it is good to look at smaller things and nearby things since the big picture and the world situation can be so daunting.

Cute cat and flowers

Romanticat
Originally uploaded by aikan

A cat and flowers, two of my favorite things, and I know lots of you blogger friends agree. We loves us our cats and our flowers.

Sleeping Cat & Christmas Tree

Sleeping Cat
Originally uploaded by mchaconcr
Wordless Wednesday here :)

Christmas Santa cat

a.k.a. Mrs. Claws.
Originally uploaded by Malingering
This is from flickr.com and I think it is delightful.
What a cute Mrs. Santa Cat!
Can you tell I am getting in the mood for Christmas?

Two of the Cutest Cats in the World

Yes, these darlings are Big Boy in the top photo, and Miles in the bottom photo. Miles is nicely nestled into a pot of daffodils that are valiantly green and aiming to bloom. We think he reminds us of a porcupine in this photo.

These two boys have the world's best personalities. Miles is in heaven now, and my husband sometimes says "Miles, the cat who never lifted a paw in anger." Big Boy hangs out with the beautiful Jolie, "la principessa", princess and huntress.

Bigboy Kitty Paws Up

I 've been feeling remiss about adding photos of my kitty cats. We saw Bigboy napping on our patio yesterday, in a fun new position, and my husband captured the cuteness in this photo. Yes, Bigboy is actually sound asleep in that pose. Hope you enjoy meeting Bigboy.