Musings by KA

I was enjoying my first cup of coffee this morning on the back porch, the pups were playing tug on a chew, the kitties exploring, birds chirping when suddenly it sounded like a small car was in my backyard. I was thinking what the heck, even Bodhi was thinking, what the heck. After figuring out where the noise was coming from, the sky, Bodhi and I looked upward, and it was a low flying moped with a canopy...okay maybe it was an ultra-light plane, but it sounded like a moped in the sky. Ultralight image courtesy Pixabay I really shattered the morning quietness. My friend, Janet, formally of the Empty Nest in Old Town Warrenton and now J anet Metzger, Artist  often talked about them flying around her property and pretty much said the same thing, they are loud and obnoxious.  I can still hear him in the distance, but I can now also hear the crows cawing, the bluejays squawking, the chirp of the cardinals and the swish/buzzing of the hummingbirds...and yes the crickets and cicad

Someone is very sleepy today...and here is the reason why. Symon Sez We welcomed Symon into our home yesterday, and sleep is a little challenged for a few of us. We are kennel training, so that is one adjustment, he doesn't have his pack around him, another adjustment, and now he is the little guy in a house with a big boy, aka Bodhi Good Boy, and two kitties. His early morning adventures included meeting Jack the Cat with a hiss and run, finding the spring door stop, learning where the a/c vents in the house are. This little boy does not like the heat, his Aunt Leslee and Uncle Scott brought him a fan for his welcome home gift, this will come in handy on the porch.  I see a nap in my future and remember what I wrote early this week...Naps are healthy and good for you. Until Next Time Be Kind

Let me get this out of the way and say that I LOVE sleep...there is nothing better than waking up without an alarm clock so you can imagine how excited I was when I closed the shop and knew that I didn't have to get up and get going early in the morning. Well...after welcoming Jack the Cat and Harper Lee into the house my sleeping in was not to be had. Jack really is the culprit here, he starts pawing me between 4 and 5 am...and by pawing I mean with this claws out. I've tried gently taking him off the bed, telling him, NO, moving him away from my face, nothing works till I get frustrated and give him a shove off the bed...this works for about 45 minutes till he comes back. I'm still working on training the kitties with the word NO, everyone says squirting them with water but when one of you kitties likes to lay in a sink and doesn't mind if you turn on the water, not sure that will work. So if you have any ideas, bring them on. Anyway, back to me and my love of s

The leaves are tinged with a little orange, and the sun is streaming through the trees... there is a nip in the early morning air the deer nibble as they walk through the yard the birds are chirping a breeze rustles the leaves on the trees fall is coming Until Next Time Be Kind

It's Friday Night on the Back Porch... It's how we do Friday's around here... Washington Nationals baseball and puppy dog snuggles...fingers crossed next Friday we'll be adding another puppy dog to the snuggle time. Until Next Time Be Kind

Day 2 of my travel adventure with Kathy started in Charlottesville, Virginia, before breakfast, we made a side trip to see the big butt... Charlottesville Big Butt This Big Butt is in a parking lot that is by a crazy art park and brewery, Andrew and I are gonna go back to see more funky art and have a brew or two. We grabbed a quick bite at Hardee's, can't beat a steak biscuit and hash rounds.  Heading south on Rt 15 we traveled along some beautiful country roads and found some more love. And then we found some trolls. We found our way to Raleigh and right in the middle of college football traffic, NC State was playing ECU and traffic was crazy nuts, but Kathy managed to get us to our hotel, we did some decompressing, had a glass of wine and figured out where to go to linner.  OMGeeee...Kathy found, The Oak - Kitchen and Bourbon Bar . Kathy got us a Uber, and we headed out for a bite before the restaurant got too crowded. I won't write a

This past weekend I took off for a girls weekend with my friend Kathy to see one of our favorite groups perform. Mipso is a quartet from North Carolina, their music is hard to describe, it's kind of like bluegrass meets blues meets southern church revival meets rock. They are the kind of group that seeps into your heart and soul. We took off Friday morning heading up to Skyline Drive and the Blue Ridge Parkway. First Selfie of the trip We took Kathy's husband, Mikes, convertible, and it just made the experience that much more fun. With Mipso playing and us singing along the time breezed by as we drove west before heading towards Charlottesville VA for our first concert. Kathy pointing to her Mipso t-shirt Selfie at Crabtree Falls We stopped for linner (aka lunch/dinner) at Devil's Backbone Brewery before heading into town. Devil's Backbone We checked into our hotel, opened a bottle of wine, had a few snacks, and got ready to leave for the J

It was one of those early morning wake-ups that I knew within minutes of opening my eyes that I was going to fall back to sleep quickly...it was 3:33am.  4:05am I moved out of our bed into the guest room with my pillows and iPad. 4:15am Bodhi, Jack, and Harper joined me 4:30am all three critters were asleep, I was still reading 5:00am all quiet except the early morning traffic, all those people heading out to work so early. 5:30am switching from reading to playing a game on iPad and the rest of the house is still asleep 5:45am Bodhi jumps off the bed and heads downstairs 6:00am deciding if I should just get up or close my eyes for a few more winks 8:45am Well a few more winks won out. After all of this, I can't for the life of me remember what it was that had my mind going a million miles an hour in the wee hours of the morning. I'll be playing catchup all day, I'm usually up by 7/7:30 so now I need to re-arrange my day to fit everything