A Bit of Culture

 Whilst in Washington, The Fuzz, His Sweetie and the Young Daughter wanted to take the opportunity to take in a bit of culture.

So they decided to work in a visit to the National Gallery of Art.

The outside was pretty impressive itself.

 So was the inside.

This lady was busy with her brush. There were an awful lot of things to see, but they were meeting friends, so had to cut they're visit short.  On the way out, The Fuzz noticed a whole exhibition of Impressionist paintings.  And so it was decided to go back the next morning.  And so that's what they did.

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Out of Town

Some pix from Washington

 Where The  Fuzz, His Sweetie, and the Young Daughter have been spending a little time.

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Spider Adventures 3

While The Fuzz was working at the kitchen sink the other day, he was able to document this gruesome affair.

It seems that this unfortunate wasp had the misfortune to blunder into the deadly web The little spider would move in, and the wasp would run him off.

In vain the wasp fanned it's wings, trying to break free. It looked as if he was destined to the fate of other unfortunates. But The Fuzz has been stung too many times to feel much sympathy for these vicious little things. It took a while, but in the end it was another "wrap". Here, our spider ally has been joined by one of it's little buddies.

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Spider Adventures 2

The Fuzz says there's more to this story.

Spider Adventures

 The Fuzz has been spending his nights at the Film Festival . He and His Sweetie make this an annual event. After all, it's always good to get a bit of culture. So here is a compleatly unrelated Spider Pix. Keep watching for more Exciting Spider Adventures to come!

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More Adventures in Laundry

The fuzz has mentioned being involved in some new pursuits these days.  Well one of these involves the mysteries of the Laundry Room (and it's equipment).  
 With His Sweetie off in town, he decided to tackle the seemingly simple task of running a couple loads of laundry.  This pix may help to illustrate this adventure.

 This is a dryer.  You will notice a knob, some pliers, and a lot of black fuzz.

 First the knob.  In order to operate the dryer, one must first set the timer with the knob.  This would seem to be a simple enough thing, but somehow Our Fuzz managed to screw up the knob in the process.  He hopes to someday find a replacement.

The pliers were used by The Resourceful Fuzz to get the dryer to work so he would not have a huge pile of wet clothes when His Sweetie returned.

Now about the black fuzz.  It seems that on a recent trip to one of the Super Duper Thriftstores, the Young Daughter* had acquired a large fuzzy jacket of some kind.  Not wishing to half ass his laundry chore, The Fuzz included this item in the load of wash.  When he opened the washer, and started to remove what he expected to be clean clothes, he found them all embedded with this black fuzz!  Now what!

It is amazing the things that can complicate a simple thing like washing up a few dirty clothes.  We are happy to relate, that after a trip though the dryer (with several cleanings of the lint filter) all that fuzz did come off of the clothes.  Now The Fuzz just has to find a new knob somewhere.  Are there washing machine junkyards?

*The Fuzz toyed with the idea of blaming her for this trouble.  But that wouldn't really be right.  Like Harry Trueman said, "The buck stops here".  

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Time for Other Pursuits

No longer being  a productive member of society, The Fuzz has more time for other pursuits, like the Laundromat! 

With His Sweetie occupied elsewhere, it fell to Our Fuzz to haul the rugs into town for their periodic bath. Things went amazingly well in that unaccustomed environment.  But once he had them back in the woods, the rain set in.

It took about a week, and numerous "rinse cycles", but they finally made it back to their home in the Rug Place.  These days The Fuzz is enjoying all kinds of new experiences.

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Wet Things

We've been getting plenty of rain storms lately, and The Fuzz was out tripping on the remnants.

You might recognize the latest Mystery Pix in the bunch. This morning he went over to the Old Place and did a bit of yard work, cutting a bit of grass. Since we started getting rain, it's growing again. He also cut a bag full of Okra, and wallowed in poison Ivy for a while. We'll have to wait to see what comes of that. But here's a few more pix of wet things. 

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Probably not too hard

Weekend Project

   The Fuzz does have a bit more time on his hands these days.  His Sweetie was having some troubles working in the flower bed around one of the rose bushes.  It was getting to be an aggravating and somewhat painful experience.

It had already been decided to put up a trellis of some sort, along the trailer to take care of this.

   The Fuzz went down into the woods and cut a few saplings, and brought them up. Wanting to keep things simple, his plan called for weaving smaller branches though the long ones to tie it all together.

   It went pretty well. There was a bit of a problem with the long pieces working their way out towards the sides. So The Fuzz tied them with some wire at the bottom and at the top. That worked OK. Then he and His Sweetie stood the thing up, and he worked those dangerous tentacles in. Here's a couple pix of the finished project.

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Dinner Time

The other day, as The Fuzz stepped into the "Back Room" to attend to a bit of "personal business", he came upon this little fellow.

 The little fellow was busy wrapping up his dinner.  He kept rolling it over and over, winding spider silk around.  By the time The Fuzz got back with his camera, it was already a "Wrap".  
Looking at the difference in size between them, one can only conclude that this little guy has quite an appetite!  Or perhaps this is the arachnoidian equivalent of a Doggy Bag.

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The Fuzz used to grow a lot of tomatoes each year.  They would be canned in jars, sometimes with a bit of okra.  But it got so that His Sweetie could no longer eat them.  And so he cut that back to a couple of plants.  Last year he didn't even plant any.

 But this year, he thought he'd give it another shot.  But here's what happened!

Oh well.

Well, our Mystery Pix was a bit trickier this time.  Jeff was the closest with- "How about ceiling fan fixtures?"  Really, he pretty much had it, except for the "fan" part.

Here's a look at the original pix.
And here's the story behind it.
It seems that both The Fuzz, and His Sweetie's eyes are not what they once were.  And a lot of things get done on the kitchen table.

The light over the sink had already been replaced.  Now it was time for the one over the table.  Here you can see the old one hanging from a tree.  It just directed the light up too much.
So The Fuzz and His Sweetie made another stop at the Home Improvement Store.  We wish we could say that the installation went smoothly and all.  Suffice it to say that between the two of them, they did get it up and wired.

Here's a look at the new one.  We do have a dimmer switch for this, and with 5, 60 watters in it, we need it!  If it is turned up to the max, you need shades!  But now, these old eyes can see great.
As you can see, The Old Fuzz hasn't run out of things to do yet.

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This was a strange one

A Little More Progress

It's about time for an update on the progress of The Fuzz's Workshed project.
Really there hasn't been a whole lot of progress lately, in spite of the fact the The Fuzz is no longer involved with the "9 to 5" (in his case, 7 to 5:30)
But, he did manage to get the last 2 pieces of the walls up.

Now the next step will be the doors.
As can be seen in the pix, the plan calls for 2 doors that will slide to either side.  This will open up the center of the "shed" to the open area, and hopefully increase the usable workspace.  It should also provide good ventilation.
So now, The Fuzz will have to find a couple of tracks to hang the doors from.  After that, he will be able to actually lock the place, and begin moving in some of his tools!

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Note the car on top

That's a Lot of Cats!

See what we've been dealing with!

These days The Fuzz has to be careful where he puts his feets.

Another Mystery Pix

Interdiction de Dépasser

 At last, the mystery is cleared up!
Many thanks to Jeff, who gave us this link. 

No overtaking.

Interdiction de dépasser.

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The Fuzz really liked seeing the working boats.

Questions?

The question has been raised as to just what the sign on this bridge means.
Well, sad to say The Fuzz does not know for sure.
But he did find the pix below, on line.
Unfortunately, he could find no explanations of the different signs.
His best guess is, No Passing!

Independence Day

BB  55, At Wilmington, NC

Boats of the Seine

The Fuzz and His Sweetie were blessed to be able to visit Europe last year.  One of the many adventures they enjoyed, was a visit to Paris.  And one of The Fuzz's favorite things there, was just hanging out along the Seine.
And so he got the idea for this series, "Boats of the Seine".

 So be watching, all you insomniacs.

She's Doing Fine

Remember Allie?

 She is the "blur" on the right.
She is doing fine these days.  She is here with one of her foster mothers.  We do keep her separate from the other younger kittens.  So she is around people a lot.  But she does get Cat on Cat time as well, so maybe she won't think she's a "People" like the late Puddin' did.

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