Izaac's visit.

It's been a week since I updated the blog, but I had a good excuse. That cute great-nephew of mine came for a visit last Wednesday and I returned him to Des Moines yesterday afternoon.

Last night I started the 'return-the-house-to-normal' process by: 1)putting the toilet paper back on the roller (his mom warned me), 2) take the child-proof locks off the kitchen cupboard doors (adult-proof, too, since I couldn't get them open too far!), 3) put the cat food and water back on the floor, and 4) put away the toys and equipment (wipes, etc.), and let the cats have some of their toys.

It's a little sad the first few hours (days?) after he leaves. We had a good time and did a bunch of reading/cuddling and having fun chasing each other back and forth between rooms.

Well, it's a little warmer today

The picture on the left is in the field across the road (with 3 cows) Sunday morning and a Canada goose was in the puddle making a bunch of noise.

The picture on the right is from the middle of the west yard looking back towards the house (which you can't really see too well). The grass is finally getting green.

It's Spring in Iowa!

Bogie and Noel don't usually get this close to each other, but there was some fleece (which is used for their beds) fresh from the dryer on the table, and Bogie couldn't resist. He's on the left (but he's so dark it's hard to see him).

On the right is what we all woke up to this morning. Thursday afternoon we had winds over 50mph off and on all afternoon, and 8 tornadoes about 100 miles to the south/southwest in Iowa. Last night the wind was howling again, and then it snowed!