March is such an exciting month. Wild winds winnowing the fields of the traces of Winter, with the brown, good, wet earth showing. The sky takes on a beautiful washed blue color. There is a smell of Spring in the air. Little green sprouts are beginning to show their heads in gardens . . . with the promise of daffodils and tulips to come. Crocus . . . hyacinth. We have it all to look forward to.
We have had some beautiful days this past week, warm and sunny. I even spent most of one day with my windows open to let in the freshness. In my childhood, carpets would be hanging on the line waiting to have the winter's dust and dirt beaten out of them. Everything would have been given a turn on the line for a good Spring airing. Blankets, pillows, curtains, sofa covers . . . all being painted with the fresh air of spring. It was clear that most were done with Winter and wanted to invite Spring into the very cracks of their furniture.
I don't think that much of that goes on these days. People are now so laid back. Gone are the days when we brought every spoon back into a shine and the smell of furniture polish penetrated every wooden surface.
There is not much in my house that is made from real wood, worth the merit of a good polish. Its all that press wood laminate. Its pretty near impossible to buy real wood these days and when you do find it, you can scarce afford it.
We have several rainfall warnings in effect at the moment. It was raining quite hard when I got up this morning. I wonder what the river looks like now. I will see it a bit later on when I pop over to my sister's. Gus is coming for a visit today. (That's the new kitten they are getting.) She doesn't know the girl she is getting the kitten from. The lady goes to my church, so my sister kind of wants me to be there when she comes. I totally understand that! It is so exciting to be able to meet Gus as well. He is such a little cutie. I hope the other cats get along well with him, and he them.
Then there will be dad's cat moving in at the end of the month. I hope she transitions well also. It will be all hisses and fur flying at first I am sure, but it should all settle down and be well eventually. Change is never easy.
My son won't be coming over now until Easter. I am a bit disappointed, but totally understand. If I had not been ill earlier this week they probably would have been here and been getting ready to go home now, but me being sick kind of squashed that. These things happen and are so unpredictable. It was pure co-incidence that it coincided with my daughter's visit, and had absolutely nothing to do with her. She had not been ill, neither had her friends. I probably picked up the bug in the grocery store. It's hard to say for sure. Anyways, I am feeling much better now. I still have some indigestion, which gets worse as the day goes on. I am being very careful what I eat. When I go out to supper with my father and Hazel later today I will have to choose something very benign to have on my plate. Nothing deep fried for sure. I will probably have the grilled haddock and mashed potatoes with vegetables. There is not much about that that could cause upset.
I popped into the grocery store on my way back from the Doctors yesterday morning to get some fresh raspberries. They didn't have any. I got strawberries instead. Not ideal, but they were not too bad a cost. I also wanted a salad, but again, they had none of those. I picked up a slice of Red Velvet Cake as a treat. It was not very costly. I ate it at lunch. I had never had Red Velvet anything before. I have to say I don't get all of the hoopla about Red Velvet Cake? It was in no ways remarkable. The icing was too sweet and I had to scrape it off. I just didn't get what makes it such an exciting cake to so many people.
I will probably get told that he is overweight. I know he is. He is a little glutton. I feed them both at the same time. I have to feed Cinnamon on the countertop because if they are both on the floor, he stops eating his, takes over hers (and she lets him) and then proceeds to gobble them both down. If I feed her on the countertop, she at least gets most of it eaten. She is not an over-eater. They both do like their treats however.
I thought about getting one of those cat wheels for exercise, but they are awfully large for my small space and there is no guarantee that they would use it. He is such a chicken that I think he would be afraid of it to be honest. I think that I would just be throwing good money down the drain.
You know what I wish. I wish someone would make a scratching post that was quite like the trunk of a small tree. I think they would both enjoy that.
My vacuum cleaner is not working like it should. I have noticed the last few times that it runs out of charge about 10 minutes into the cleaning. Yesterday I barely got the kitchen floor vacuumed and you know that is not a very large space. Not ideal in the least. I think I will need to get a new one. With two cats and such a small space, a good vacuum cleaner is necessary. Of course the Warrantee is up on it, which is what always happens. I swear they build it into these things that they are going to give up the ghost just this side of the Warrantee date. I have had it not much less than three years. And the Warrantee ended at 2 years. It is a Dyson stick animal vacuum cleaner. They are usually very reliable.
And with that I will leave you with a thought for the day, as time is marching on and I will soon be having to meet Cindy for our morning cycling. I like to be washed and dressed for that!
A thought to carry with you . . .
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In The English Kitchen today . . . Homemade Grapenuts Cereal. This was really delicious. So tasty that I am putting it into regular rotation. An excellent breakfast choice. Nutty. Wholesome. Simple to make.
I hope you have a wonderful Wednesday. May the sun shine for you and may you feel blessed and happy the whole day through! Don't forget!