Garden, Cats, Backup and Big Bird?

Yesterday’s blog provided the status of my post-surgery recovery.  Now I’ll try to get caught up on all the little mundane things going on this week.

First is my Fall garden.  It appears to be growing nicely.  I’ve got 5 new tomato plants and 2 volunteer plants that sprung from the remains of the summer plants.  So far all the plants are putting out blossoms and a total of 6 tomatoes have formed-the largest is about the size of a ping pong ball.  One plant has more blossoms on it than I’ve ever seen on a tomato plant.  It will be a big harvest if even half of them form tomatoes.

I’m still getting okra and eggplant and green peppers, all at a reduced quantity to the summer harvest.  I’ve also got lots and lots of basil.

The kitty situation has been strange.  Marmalade is gone-hasn’t been here for months.  Meredith disappeared for  about 6 weeks, I thought she was gone, too, but she showed up 2 days ago and has been here since.  Buzz disappeared for about 10 days also.  For a while no cats were here- I thought it was time to mothball the feeder.  I was only feeding raccoons (at least 3) and possum (at least 2) which I couldn’t catch because I can’t move them with my hand the way it is.

Slash has been showing up some days and I feed him and beginning yesterday another black and white cat has been hanging around.

Today things are back to normal with Buzz and Meredith here in the AM and PM and Meredith hanging around all night.  I know this because I’m sleeping in the sunroom.

I’m slowly getting into doing some smaller tasks.  The biggest thing I’ve done (besides laundry) is to install backup cameras in the CRVs.  It’s pretty neat being able to see directly behind the car. 

Here is the view down our driveway.

And now Big Bird.  We’ve got a new priest  at Hurlburt.  He is tall and thin and has a high voice that sounds very much like Big Birds voice.  I’m not being negative about the guy, I don’t know him well.  He sings all the songs and hymns at top voice and he has had musical training, it’s obvious in the way he sings.

We had a baptism at church yesterday and I was impressed at the way he conducted it. The couple had 2 young children besides the baby and the priest invited them up to the baptismal font and gave them both jobs to do to participate.  He gave the boy the missal to hold for the priest to read.  He handed the oils for anointing to the little girl and when he used them he explained what they were and what they symbolized.  He also specifically instructed the 2 family members with cameras to get up there and get in the right position to take the shots-thus there was no awkwardness or lost opportunities.

The priest is overall good natured and seems to enjoy doing his job.

I’m sill not getting a lot accomplished-except healing-which is what is most important.