6/7: a variety

...of goodnesses today:

 

I took a morning walk in new shoes, attempting to find a pair that won't hurt my feet.

 

Tilde the Cat ate some food on her own so that we didn't need to use the feeding tube for all of her daily nutrition. 

 

Tilde also slept on a chair with Emma the Cat for part of the afternoon, a sign that she's feeling better.

While reading today I came across two instances (in two different texts) of astonished applied to unusual things:  a dwelling (actually a kind of cave structure, in Vergil's Aeneid) and the evening (in a haiku by Ole Bungaard).

We had lentil soup for dinner, made from a new-to-me recipe.  The lemon juice and zest in it made a big (and good) difference.

I got an idea for a new pamphlet.

6/6: a little Latin

A student turned in their first report for a summer research project using Vergil's Aeneid, and it led me to think about poetic meter and translation issues.  It also prompted me to read a bit of Vergil's Latin myself while drinking some afternoon coffee.

6/5: a surprise sighting

...of a fox!  On our front deck this morning!

6/4: waking up

...with Tilde the Cat also on the bed.  She woke soon after I did, and walked a few steps closer to me and then fell back to sleep. She is not at all out of the woods health-wise, but she's now in the at-home part of the recovery process. Fingers crossed and gratitude given for any pain-free time she spends with us now.

6/3: a bloom

...on the one hollyhock that survived last year's Arkansas summer. Chris moved it into his grow-tent for the autumn, winter, and early spring, and it thrived.  It grew from heritage seeds sent to us from my aunt who lives in Nebraska. 

6/2: cool enough

...to walk in the morning.

6/1: getting to visit

...Tilde the Cat in the animal hospital.  We went down yesterday, too, but she was too out-of-it for a visit then.  She was still fairly out-of-it today, but we were able to pet her, scratch under her chin, and talk to her.  She seemed to know it was us.

5/31: organizing

...for the summer by making a calendar and straightening up my home office a little.