Clouds

 It's getting darker earlier than ever now as winter approaches.  These were the skies as mum turned into our street tonight, a sky if peach shades with a scattering of little grey clouds.  Home just in time to switch the lights and heater on.  

Gift

 

Mum came home and when she came home she noticed that the covers on the bed were rather rumpled and not tidy as she had left them in the morning.   On closer inspection she saw that I had left a gift for her on the bed cover   A rather dead baby mouse - thankfully in one piece.  Mum did give me a pat and called me a good girl before the body was disposed off.  

Also the zip zag cover is a towel.  I love when mum takes it off her hair after the shower and rush to sit on it and have a snooze.  In fact mum played a game tonight - Bag or Towel and I could not choose so slept with my top paws on one and bottom paws on the other.

Wordless Wednesday

 

Shy

 I don't really like posing for photos.  As I've got older I have less tolerance for mum pushing the camera in front of me.  She loves me and tries to have some quality time without having the pressure of having to model.  

Outsiding

 It has been a 3 day long weekend this weekend which has been just lovely.  The weather was better than forecast, with three warm and sunny days.  The evenings are cooling and mum has the heaters turned on which I am enjoying.  

I got to go out in the garden with mum and show her my favorite sunshine spots.

Recuperation

 Mum is feeling better today.  She went to bed last night with a fever and sore arm but as the day went on today her temperature has almost returned to normal.   It is ANZAC day here and mum would have liked to go to dawn parade she would have felt a bit too wobbly to stand outside for an hour.  

So she slept in and just pottered about.  She cleaned the windows and did the dishes and more washing.   She might venture out and about tomorrow.   Me well I enjoyed my sleep in and was begging for my dinner at 4pm and back to bed by 4.15pm.  

Wiped Out

 Well its the day after her 2nd Pfizer vaccination and mum is wiped out.  The day was sunny and hot for autumn, so mum filled the washing line with towels and her uniforms.  She took herself out for a walk and after 1.5 hours she had to admit defeat and call a taxi to bring her home.  She just feels like she has a bad flu but no sneezing or coughs, just achy with a bit of a headache.   I'm going to be a good nurse and snuggle up next to her.

Friyay

 Yippee Friday is finally here.  Mum survived the bus strike and managed a solid 15,000 steps today, so this evening she is planning to sit on the couch and barely move.  She also went and got her 2nd Covid vaccination today.  It was busy at the clinic as someone fainted after their injection.   Mum felt fine but most of her colleagues have felt a bit rough the day after this 2nd injection.   Mum plans to have some orange juice and an early  night.  

Do you like the soft focus photo?  Mum has no idea of how to put the special effects on her photos, it all happens when she accidentally presses pushes some button.   She should look at the instructions sometime.

We hope you are all excited for the weekend and have something fun planned.

Days

 

Our days are getting shorter here and it is getting dark as mum comes home.  She is enjoying walking to work in the morning while the weather is nice, which is good as the bus drivers are on strike tomorrow so it will be a brisk walk too and from walk.  Mum will be getting her 10,000 + steps in tomorrow. 

 

Wordless Wednesday

 

Sunshine

 Today was cloudy with spots of rain, so mum was glad that we got to enjoy the windows open and get all of the washing done yesterday.  Today mum  ventured out only to go to the library, to return some online shopping to the post office and to get some groceries.  Mum and I  do feel relaxed though.  

Red

 Mum picked the harvest red tomatoes that were poking through the fence tonight. She popped a couple in with tonights pasta dish and will have some for salad with tomorrow nights dinner.  And she found some of their parsley growing through the gaps too.  

Beanz

 Just sunbathing again before mum goes to work.

Caturday Snoozer

 I found a cozy spot to take my 10 hour nap until mum gets home.  How exciting to get my dinner at 11.30pm and to howl at her for an hour.

Busy

 Mums working and very busy.  She'll describe my adventures over the weekend. 

Evening

 Mum worked late this evening, so she came home and gave me my dinner.  I then urgently curled up on the mama bed in heat mum calls the snuggly buggly position.   Mum has some shifts coming up and is going to try  and focus on the positive things about working late and enjoy the days at home and try and sleep in and spend some time in the sun with me.  Once I get my beauty sleep.

Wordless Wednesday

 

Double Feature

Today's forecast was for rain and as it was a precious week day off mum thought she would treat herself to a sleep in and a day at the cinema.   Her 08.30am sleep in was somewhat ruined by a middle aged lady 5am toilet visit, and a 6am cat biscuit barf on the carpet.  

Mum still managed to get herself up and ready and had time to visit a couple of shops and the market on the way to the cinema to pick up a roll and an apple.  She saw The Father first.  A somewhat grim movie about a fathers struggle with memory loss.  Olivia Coleman is always a delight,  and Anthony Hopkins is just perfect in the title role being so talented at playing the charming and bewildered father whose life is swirling around him.  I did manage to nod off several times so its a 3.5/5 from me.

The Courier is a post war based on a true story spy thriller with Benedict Cumberbatch playing an English businessman duped into working with a Soviet spy.  Ladies at the cinema were telling us their stories about spending lockdown with Mr Cumberbatch and his family.  The movie was interesting, a 4/5 Sunday Night Masterpiece Theater Movie.

So mums tired and hopefully she'll get to sleep through the night tonight.

Enjoy

 Today was a sunshiney day and we tried to soak up the sunbeams as rainy Autumnal weather has been forecast for the days ahead.  Mums day off is tomorrow so she has made herself some plans and booked some tickets.  She'll fill you in on Tuesday.  

Green

 

Mum loved that there are some flashes of green out in the gardens on her walk home.  She worked today, and was glad to get home to see me.  I had my nose right up at the door, calling out to her as she arrived home.  Happiness.

Rain

 

As mum walked home she could see that the rain clouds were settling over the city.  A great afternoon to come home and sit with me on the bed.  As usual she says she was reading her book but we ended up napping together.  Perfect!!

Home Grown

 The neighbors tomatoes are getting nice and big.  We guess since they are growing on our side of the fence they're ours now.  Just waiting for them to turn red.

Morning Friend

 Om mums walk to work she often passes this friendly kitty who always has a morning hello and appreciates a little pat.  

Wordless Wednesday

 

Stars

 It was crisp and the stars were out tonight.  Mum surprised herself with this shot, they're normally so blurry.  It was hard for mum to listen to the 6.30am alarm this morning.  So she ignored it until 7.15 am, and then she had to get up and hustle to get to work.  Luckily she got there 10 minutes early.  

Hot Pink

 

The skies were blazing hot pink tonight!!

Happy Easter

 

Sun

 The evenings are beginning to chill, so I search out the sun during the day .

Relaxed

 Mum feels better today - thank you for the well wishes.  She stayed home and relaxed with me all day.  Us girls are good at that.  Mum appreciates a sleep in that allows her to wake up after 8am.  

Late

 Mum was home late last night after another shift.  It poured with rain nonstop until this afternoon when it suddenly cleared up with blue skies.  

So after work this afternoon mum stopped by the library and then braced herself for supermarket shopping.   People were tense, its a four day Easter break here with shops closed on Friday and Sunday, so everyone was Armageddon shopping.  Mum got herself lots of tasty fruit and vegetables, eggs and bagels already for the weekend ahead. 

 Alas as the afternoon has progressed, she has a cough developing so any plans for fun stuff may need to be canceled.   She can play with me instead.  She is not sure if this is related to the pfizer vaccination she had on Monday, and will wait until tomorrow to see if she is getting worse and needs to ring her doctor and get a Covid test.