Over 2 years ago, my Avon lady saw someone dump a kitten  in a city lot, she scooped up the l’il, 3-week- old, tabby scruff, took it home, and cared for it for a month.

She showed me this photo:

And this picture:

…asking if I knew anyone who could care for or foster it (she wasn’t sure of baby’s sex) as my Avon lady is actually, mildly allergic to cats…like she gets a sore throat/stuffy nose…not like my other friend, Natasha, who never got to visit me cuz she would have stopped breathing. 🥺

ANYWAY…Avon lady’s other gig is singer in a band, so she can’t really keep a cat, even though she loved the li’l peanut!

SO…I asked her to bring that baby to me!

I loved having this sweet girl in my little 2nd floor apartment. Emily was NOT sure at first:

But Blue gradually wore her down:

She charmed us both:

And she ABSOLUTELY grew up too quickly. 🥺❤️

She is my perfect, best girl.

My sweet, baby Blue.

We moved the potted succulents back out by the fence after the risk of frost passed:

Before I started repotting almost everything:

And then I started weeding the dog run:

Along this side is where I found all of this and then some:

After the dog run, I weeded the front spot so’s I could fill it with wildflowers:

After the space received its feline blessing from Blue (my garden assistant):

…the sprouts popped up and have been growing since:

Look how tall they are now!

I did weed the big rectangle too:

We had no idea that the aloe would be so happy, it would bloom…um…fluorescently?

The other good thing I kept is this little rose bush:

She looks pretty good now:

After the great repot-the-succulents session, everything has more room and they’re showing me how happy they are now:

I love our back yard.

We’ll have a night fire in the chiminea soon. Prolly will be s’mores there too…😋

I did this last year, so I’m going to do it again.

I worked at the library, like I do, and am nesting with my Emily alone at home.

My roommates are away until Friday so it’s just she and I.

I’m going to color my hair tonight, as the grey is starting to show too much for me.

It’s not as bad as it was last time, tho:

So…I roused myself from my after-work stupor and made the change:

One day down…