Yes, the weather has been spectacular lately. Memorial Day was a washout at home and south Florida had record rains. I guess I moved to the right place. I get to work downtown tomorrow, cutting the Seattle Times' grass. Oh joy.

At the bottom of this page are the referrals I get from other sites. What I am embarassed to say is that most of those clicks are from someone misspelling a search word but then finding that same misspelled word on my site. It is sort of a v-e-r-y s-l-o-w spell checker.

Red Dirt Girl answered a Buffy question of mine and linked to my site. Thanks. I read today that Spike will be on Angel next season and that Cordelia will not. What she doesn't know is that I do know how to make awful tasting tea that is very, very good for you and that I give backrubs that are to die for. I mean it.

The slugs are big here.
You can see the new paint job on the space needle.
I check in on Lee's cats, 'Vester (Sylvester) and Captain, while she is out of town on business. What a face. Captain in repose.

This last Monday I took a walk on Cougar Mountain. Here is a big tree and a scenic part of a path. The whole place is beautiful really. I met a nature minded guy and his charming family. No picture though. He was going on about the history of cougar mountain, how all of the old growth is buried under the mountain holding up the coal mining shafts and how there cannot be a sustained forest there as there had before, because the now gone old growth douglas firs had kept in the mist necessary for the trees. The town of Newcastle is what is nearest the park. The nature guy said that all of the surrounding towns would love to have the land there but it cannot be built on because of the mines and the gas contained therein. The next day I would have to return to the truck and work. I rode my bike to work today.

I rode the bike to the arboretum today. It is also known as the Washington Park Arboretum.Here are some pictures I took . The dogwood, magnolia, mountain ash and rhododendron trees and plants are in bloom now, among others.

Sad news from Florida. Scott had to put Teka to sleep. She had a blood clot that moved to her hind quarters thus paralizing her. She was 13 years old with some heart and kidney trouble. Let him tell you all when he can. I'd say that you can send him and Chrissie a card though. Here is a picture of Teka and Kasha at another apartment a few years ago. Here and here are some cat prayers. It is hard for those left here.

A day late here but happy May Day. Read this entry by Sonya. It made me laugh.