Pineapple Express Weekend

 I like the term Pineapple Express better than Atmospheric River.

We could get 2 inches of rain, which I know sounds like a pittance compaired to rain events elsewhere.

Been trying to finish out projects.   I got the latest old pallet into the cat yard and set up with a shelf.  They like it.   I will add shelf jumps, but haven't yet.  It's easy to do with a pallet, just stick boards through it, and attach.  Makes an easy jump climb top to bottom on both sides.   I just have to come up with some boards first.

There used to be an old couch frame, painted, there, for a climb but it rotted a fell apart after years.

I got the blinds down from the front windows too.   They have been a pain and won't roll up anymore and blow up onto the roof in wind, which we are also to get, along with the rain.

I threw out the most damaged set and rolled up the other set because I know it will make a nice mat out in the cat yard.

I trimmed some of the side yard shrubs down too, for the winter.  And the raspberry canes too.

I got a lot of raspberries off those, all summer long.

Still getting tons of apples.  20 lbs of good ones I took off the tree today.   I made an apple crisp and am now drying thin slices in the oven on low.  My neighbor gave me a hand crank vegetable slicer, said she accidentally got two.  The only issue with it is the suction on the bottom doesn't really work, to hold it in place when turning the crank.  It comes with about five different blade sets and one was perfect for thin slicing apples.

The birds are after the apples big time now.  They don't start taking chunks from one and finish it. It's like they taste test many.

The Coopers Hawk tries to get the birds when they go into the apple tree.   

The hawk can't get at them in the forsythia or the butterfly bush.

Tugs is looking so old.  She has that big eyed super old look now but still is eating, drinking and cuddles with the other cats.

I'm headed to Cascadia Sunday mid day to pick up four cats at one of the homeless camps up there.  I've been there before.  Once again, the man isn't responding but I am assuming its his phone again, either out of minutes or not working.   The cell reception up there is pretty darn sketchy too.

Well here's to the Pineapple Express.