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Neko found a great fortress in that cabinet.

That's a great picture!

@Sea Dog Greg, Happy Birthday to one of the nicest people on this thread. Best wishes also to your lovely wife Linda from Andy and me. Cheers!

Dani, I'm happy you were able to fulfill your promise to your mom, sharing the experience with your son.

Thanks for sharing pictures of your sweet dog Oliver. I know you miss him terribly. May he rest in peace. Hugs to you and your family.

Merlin is a cutie pie!

What did you do at Atlantis?

Sounds like a good idea for the Bella Cruisers!

The favorite was Fierceness, who finished 15th. To be honest, I didn't even look at the entire list of horses, I just saw one named Dan and I didn't even know what the odds were. 🤪 If I hadn't seen one with my son's name, I would not have bet.

Since I have a son named Dan, I predicted Mystik Dan as the Kentucky Derby winner. About 15 minutes before the race I figured out how to place a $10 bet online. I won $196.10!

They are tricksters. We've given up on trying to give Marcel pills. He will fight it, and it is scary. Once we think we got it in, patooey!

Marcel is quite the drooler, then he’ll shake his head and get it all over you. His ears get a lot of gunk in them, so that’s probably why rubbing his ears feels good to him. Andy cradles him like a baby and I wipe the gunk out of his ears. He seems grateful when it’s done. .

Marcel enjoying a good ear rub.

I was surprised to see you can buy the sheet music for that song already. https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0288217

Very pretty!

@dani negreanu Happy to hear you were finally reunited with your grands. I think of you and your family every day and wish for peace.

I enjoy seeing pictures of your garden. I remember you had a lot of garlic plants, too. I have a "garden" this year, consisting of one plant that produces genetically modified purple tomatoes. Our son got a few seeds and shared one of his plants with me a couple days ago. I'm growing it in our screened porch that gets lots of sunlight. I don't want to put the plant outdoors because I think the pesky masked bandits (raccoons) would eat them. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/02/06/1228868005/purple-tomato-gmo-gardeners

You must truly have an Easter Cactus. I never fertilize my plants, mostly out of pure laziness. They usually somehow thrive in spite of me (your benign neglect theory).

I have a Christmas cactus that blooms profusely around the beginning of December every year. To my surprise, it also sent out a single bud this month and it just opened. The sun coming through the window lit it up in a magical way. Maybe it was just saying hi and sending good wishes to everyone on this thread who needs a lift.

Marcel, showing his best side, in honor of National Pet Day

A shorter distance between you and Zoey sounds wonderful! Also, the cookie table looks impressive. I like the way the tables were arranged in the form of a cross.

That was quite a hike!

I know what that means... time to clean my refrigerator!

My bourbon collection is for the benefit of my DS2, who lives 4 minutes away. Today when I was buying Vodka I stumbled upon this Elijah Craig that was part of a "limited availability" drop. He said it was a good find, so I bought it. I put it with the other bourbons I have in my cabinet, but he said he'll buy this one from me so he can have it at his house to drink with his bourbon buddies. Can't blame him!

What a nice thing for your family to do so you can enjoy your garden. ❤️