Inky's Story

Well, I'm going to tell you a bit about Inky. By now, you know who Rocky is, but Inky was a cat of a different color so to speak. First of all, I'd like to thank my friend Erica for the lovely oil painting of my 2 precious cats. She painted it from looking at some poor quality photos of my cats. You would never catch the 2 of them on the couch together as in the picture, but as you can see, they did sit on the table often.

A good friend of mine gave Inky to us and I asked her how he got his name. It turns out, that she wanted a black cat very badly (wanted to call it Inky) and one day she found this little white kitten in her barn. Well, being the kind of caring person that she is, she told herself that this kitten must be her Inky, so although he was white, he got that name. Inky passed away a year or so ago, but we and Rocky have this wonderful painting to remember him by. He liked to sleep with us, right by our heads so had his own little pink pillow. It is till on the bed to this day.

I have to thank my good friend Cindy for these 2 lovely creatures that have been and are a big part of my life.

Aren't friends wonderful????

orchids

These are blooming in my house. Rocky was helping me take the pictures, but looks like he may have decided on a nap instead.

Cymbidiums

My Cymbidiums still have lots of blooms.

Tap Dance Design

Current Weather

Never, ever give up

Here is the first stitch-out of my "Never, ever give up" design.

Rocky's Story

Just in case some of you are wondering how Rocky got his name, I thought I'd tell you his story. One day he was out sight-seeing in a storm drain in Fremont, CA. He saw some birds, he saw some mice and started chasing them. Well, before long he was exhausted and decided to take a little nap, as cats often do. When he woke up, the sun was gone and so were the birds and mice. It was dark and he was lost. So, he wandered around calling for his mama, but there was no answer. He found a tunnel to hide in (actually an old shoe box to hide under) and waited for the long night to pass.

Finally the sun came out again. But by now of course, he was ravenous and scared. Well, lucky for him a very nice lady saw him and just happened to have 3 cats of her own. She took him some food and with lots of coaxing, took him into her house to be with the other cats. Well, as stories go, the other cats did not like the intruder and chased him around until he finally found a hiding place under a table. After 3 days of this, the lady decided she couldn't have any of that and called me. I had lost my last cat to illness 2 yrs prior and had been thinking about getting another cat. So, I drove to Fremont and brought him home with me. She told me his name was "Rocky" named after Rocky raccoon (cartoon character) because he looked slightly like a raccoon.

When we got him, I thought to myself, "Great, we finally have a small cat". Our other cats all turned out to be big cats. Well, as time went on, I realized that Rocky was only about 6 mos old and so hadn't finished growing yet. Well, he is now about 17 lbs. and 5 yrs old. I'm pretty certain that he is a Ragdoll, because he will just hang so limp. He is precious and a joy to have around (most of the time).

In case you are wondering, my friend did check to see if he was micro-chipped, or if any one was missing a cat before giving him to me. I had him neutered the next day and micro-chipped too.

As you can see, he has been a big help with the bathroom re-model as well as with the gardening. We currently have about 70 plants on our back deck waiting to be planted (mostly tomatoes and peppers ) and whenever he goes out, he tries hard to prune them. He's a natural born gardner.

Well, so that's Rocky's story. Hope you enjoyed it!

Embroideries

Here are a few pictures of some things I have embroidered.

My week so far

Monday was hot as blazes, so I didn't really get much done around the house. I did finish reading a thriller though-couldn't stop! Then Tuesday came along and it was still hot, but I went to exercise class anyway and tried to do a little slimming down. Well, so far, I don't see any results, but I keep trying any way. You know what they say----NEVER GIVE UP!!! and so it goes.

Our seedlings are doing mostly pretty good except for the newest Roma tomato that Jose bought last week. It's leaves are all curly and brown. I think it has a disease so separated it from our other darling plants.

Today I brow beat Jose to get the garbage gathered as tomorrow morning is our spring clean-up. Had to get rid of an old beat up chair that I got second-hand before we got married. He did a good job when he finally did it. Don't know why it is men procrastinate soooooo much.

I was going to go walking with a friend yesterday (we are supposed to do it on Wednesdays on a regular basis), but she had some sad news and had to attend a funeral. So, I went out and did some shopping. I think we have gone twice in the past two months. Not a very good record.

Well, this weekend should be a fun one. We have a baby shower to attend on Saturday hosted by Jose's family. Sunday we plan on dancing all day in Orangevale at a friends house. I hope it is cool weather and not raining.

Well, I will keep you posted but for now, it's bed time.

Cerdena Bathroom Photos 2008

Family photos

This is me, Shirley with a 2.5 lb. ambrosia melon. They were so sweet we are growing them again this year.

This our son,
5 yr old Rocky examining
our produce in 2008.

Jose, my hubby, with banana squash and eggplant.