I FINALLY got the new antibiotics for the cat.
Walking
Dear Husband invited me out for a walk today. This is the first one of the season. I was delighted to see that the honeysuckle has begun to leaf out, and it won’t be long before the forsythia bursts into bloom.
We live in the Chicago suburbs, and it takes a while for the spring warmth to build up. Our average last frost date is May 15th, so we wait until then to plant tomatoes and basil, and the more tender plants.
The Continuing Saga of Ed and the Antibiotics
When we last left you, Ed, the cat, had been diagnosed with toxoplasmosis. Our incredible vet prescribed a four week course of antibiotics for the cat, one mililiter in the morning on his food, and again at dinner time. She sent us to a local pharmacy who compounded the antibiotic with a “three-fish” flavor.
I thought we were good to go!
Cameras
I think that I have just about come to the point in my blogging where I need to seriously consider getting a digital camera. With the quilts I want to share, and the gardens, you’d have a clearer idea of what I was talking about if I included a picture in the entry.
To that end, do you have any suggestions for cameras that the technology impaired can use successfully? If you were just starting out with a digital camera, which one would you buy?
I have a nephew, and a step-son who will probably have answers for me, but neither of them blog, and they are both very adept electronically. I’d appreciate any suggestions you care to share.
At last….Garden time!
I’ve had the chance to be out in my garden once this year, but tomorrow…..ah, tomorrow…..I’m going to have the entire morning out there.
I still have some clean up to do from last fall. I cleaned out about half of the garden at the sidewalk last week. I want to finish that work, so that the daffodils and tulips will be able to look their best this spring.
I was checking out the herb garden this afternoon. I need to cut back chives, feverfew, oregano and yarrow. There are two chrysanthemums in that garden that need to be pruned, along with the winter savory, the sage, and a clematis that climbs an arbor at the end of the garden.
ED
For those of you who have been following the saga of Ed, my cat, I have news. The vet feels it’s good news, because she has determined what’s wrong, and feels that it is treatable.
Ed has toxoplasmosis. It’s a parasite that he’s picked up from the animals he hunts outside. We are going to give him a course of antibiotics for the next four weeks. At least, we HOPE we are going to give him a course of antibiotics. He is to get one milliliter twice a day, on his food. It’s a liquid antibiotic that has been doctored with three-fish flavor! Wish us luck because this is a tough cat to con when it comes to medicine.
All’s well…
We had an absolutely lovely Easter weekend. I hope that you all did too!
I blogged about the fact that we were expecting some unusual changes to our celebration of Easter. Rather than have my extended family come to dinner, Elegant Mother, Dear Husband and I celebrated alone. It was a little odd, but lovely. It was still sunny outside when I set the table for dinner at five. I put out the china and crystal and candles just for the three of us.
When dinner was over, Dear Husband helped me to clean up, and then we all found relaxing things to do for the evening. Normally, clean up would occupy me through Monday morning. I’m sad that my family couldn’t clear the decks to join us, but I really enjoyed the laid back weekend. We had a great time driving up to the new quilt shop, and a wonderful lunch on the way home. If you should come across a new fast food chain called “Asiago” in your travels, I highly recommend that you stop for lunch.
We’ve all recharged our batteries, and are ready for Spring. It’s supposed to be 67 tomorrow. I’ll be the one out in the gardens!
And Then There Were None
I blogged earlier this month about the fact that we were going to have an unusual Easter this year. Normally we have between 25 and 35 family members here for dinner during the afternoon. This year, for a number of reasons, my family has scattered to the four corners and as of today there will be just three of us here: Dear Husband, Elegant Mother and myself.
Signs of Spring
We all have signs we watch for to herald the return of Spring. My mother watches for the first robins, and she comments on the weeping willows turning gold.I watch for the magnolia buds to swell, and for the forsythia to burst into bloom. Everyone watches for the crocus, and then daffodils and tulips to burst through the ground.
Unfortunately, we have another sign of spring, now. I just saw the first of the road workers for the proposed widening of our road. It’s going to be a tough summer.
Mange!
We have squirrels who visit the ground below our bird feeders. Over the years we have been able to count on six or eight gray squirrels and four to six fox squirrels as our companions. We know the players have changed over the years; their life spans are usually short, but they must be prolific enough to maintain the colony.
The gray squirrels are sleek and slightly smaller than the fox squirrels, and definitely meaner. The fox squirrels are larger overall, have beautiful fur that goes from a cream to a copper color, with touches of black on the tips of the tail fur, and they seem just a bit pudgy in comparison to the grays. They also play nicer with others. Unfortunately, they are also prone to mange.