Cats, Flowers and rain

Lovely day all round. Nice and early start. A bit too early as it turns out, I ended up waiting twenty minutes for the shop to open! I went toiletry shopping, since I had gotten all groceries yesterday already. It’s getting a bit frustrating, products are changing faster than I can keep up. Nivea products are disappearing one by one – and who wants to have to change brands? Can’t find any decent bath oil – except the extravagantly expensive ‘brands’. Shampoos now come in tubes – I’m trying a few new ones. Not exactly by choice. Well, let’s see what they’re like. And I couldn’t find any rose bath salts – only vanilla, etc. Stuff I’d put in my food, not my bath. He he. Yeah, I’m old fashioned!

When I came out, it was raining. Sigh. Not a gardening day, after all! So I got busy indoors for a change. I’ve been craving soft boiled eggs, so I’ve made myself a half dozen and had them on rolls. When the rain let up for a bit, I stepped outside just in time to see my neighbour come back from her shopping, too! We went around with my camera, taking photos of a lot of the beautiful flowers she has in her garden! Hers is really doing nicely, she has such a lot of ‘break-off-a-piece-and-stick-it-in-the-ground’ plants and they’re all doing really well! He He no wonder she’s looking for room – hence the rockery! She’s also put quite a few geraniums in ‘my’ garden!

I also got a dangly toy for Silver. She’s not impressed! A mouse on an elastic. Well, I’m having fun with it, teasing Silver! And I saw a food dispenser, one you can fill up and it comes out the bottom into a bowl. I had a water dispenser like that for Mynx. Gave it away when he died. And I got a brush. She likes that, at least! Ten minutes and it’s already full! She’s staying under my feet all day today – always hopeful when I enter the kitchen. Shame, she’s so big now, she can’t even curl up on the chair anymore, but lies there like a fat sausage.

Well, I wanna try some of the new pamper-toys I got for myself, so off to bath early!

Bump making her waddle

What's that you're pointing at me?
It needs closer inspection

See what I mean about Dark Silver? Just waltzes right in to the food bowl

Her favourite activity: eating!

Aren't these amazing? Weird but wonderful!

These bloom only in the morning,
at least I've never seen them open except in the mornings!

The Nasturtium leaves collect water beautifully

First Sweet Pea in bloom

Zucchini or cucumber? This one in full bloom

Like the one's in our rockery -
I didn't know they have flowers, too!

The Begonia in its pot

They turn to those wonderful autumn colours later on!

First Arum Lily in my neighbour's garden

Isn't this just adorable?

These are the newest addition to her garden
- now in full glorious bloom!

Her Lavender
never stops blooming

These Cosmos wandered from my garden into my neighbours
- our plants agree with us: A garden shared is a pleasure doubled

Beans! I didn't even notice them till today! Ready to harvest!

This is growing next to the Gazania - collecting rain water

Too big to curl up now!