As Tiger Cub said in his last entry, I've been sick this week.  I'm still sick, but hopefully on the tail end of whatever this is that's had me down.  I've been telling the Big Kahuna for weeks now that we both needed to get a neti pot, and now I"m more convinced than ever.

I am so thankful that Tiger Cub can do a large majority of his school work independently.  That was especially helpful when I lost my voice earlier this week.  It's also amazing what one can find on television when camped out on the sofa.  We don't have the Sundance Channel on our cable, but we do have the ability to watch a bit of programming from there on one of our free On Demand channels.  I entertained myself with a few and learned more about green concert tours, water catchment systems, cleaning up some of America's rivers, desalination of sea water, cork furniture and furnishings, and a variety of other things. 

The ducks have been here a few more times, much to our delight.  I accidentally scared them off yesterday when outside tending to garden duties, but was pleased to see them fly back over with an additional friend.  Hopefully they'll keep coming around.

A few squash, green beans, and cucumbers have been sighted in the garden...

And I finally discovered what this lovely bluish-purple flower is that grows among our grass ... eastern blue-eyed grass.  I love when Tiger Cub picks a bunch of these for me.

Mama Cat