Week Eleven

This week's bounty plus Zoe

Devin's checkup

Took Devin to the Cat Hospital today for his shots. He was NOT happy and meowed fiercely all the way there. Since it was only a 5 minute drive, that wasn't so bad. The quiet atmosphere (no dogs!) and the relaxed vet & assistant made the overall experience relatively easy. Devin behaved beautifully - but was happy to return to the cat carrier after all the poking, proding, and shots. The vet said he's fine but recommended that he lose weight. He now weights 14.25 pounds!! He is hefty - I can tell that every time I pick him up - but he is also a big cat. Apparently, he's having too many cat crunchies but he doesn't seem to eat all that much at home. So where is he getting extra food?

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So we'll have to try to get him to eat more wet food rather than crunchies. That may be a challenge.

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The picture at left is from a few months ago but he still looks much the same, only larger - and without the collar which he removed in the bushes somewhere.

More vegetables

Vegetables, vegetables, vegetables!! We can't keep up! This week we got two lettuces, two zucchini, carrots, two onions, three cucumbers, green beans, basil, cauliflower, a tomato and blueberries. We've made some pesto and I made a chocolate zucchini bundt cake to bring down to the homeless shelter on Tuesday. But that still leaves us a LOT.

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We gave the cauliflower, onions, one lettuce, half the basil, and the carrots to our next door neighbor - the one with the parrots. They eat a lot of veggies (the neighbors - not the parrots, though maybe they do, too). So it is salads this week - along with green beans and a carrot dish. We've had some great stuff. Last week we had spicy cauliflower which we both liked. And we liked the pesto - had that for supper tonight over pasta. Still, we can eat only so many vegetables. I'm glad that I joined the Community Farm as it has forced me to try new recipes and vegetables that I was unfamiliar with such as fennel - but probably next year we won't join as we just can't eat all this. :)

Mixed Media

Last night's art class concentrated in Mixed Media. We tore out scraps from newspapers or magazines and pasted them onto paper and then painted over them. Here's my result.