WE HAVE BECOME CRAZY CAT PEOPLE!!....

We have had our precious indoor cat Penny for about three years now. A few months ago we were "adopted" by two hobo cats who have appeared in the blog earlier, Boots & Blackie. Everyone who comes to our door gets a "free cat-scan". They each have their own deluxe
accommodations under the "big top" and we sit out with them a couple times a day and have turned them into fourlegged "laptops". I
now have the porch I've always wanted, sorta kinda. I can sit on the swing in the morning with my coffee and "the boys" and watch the
sun come up. We watched a beautiful moonrise the other night. We plan on sitting out there Halloween night and greet the trick or treaters. Hope the rain holds off for their sake!

PEPPERS & PUSSYCATS.....

I just thought there were a few peppers left in the garden.....WRONG! I am going to have to use the "Aunt Ruth" method of cutting them
up and freezing them. I've never had pepper plants produce so much! Boots and Blackie love to sit on the picnic table and tease Penny
who sits on her perch at the diningroom window. She doesn't like that we spend time outside with "the boys".

MANDEVILLA DOING FINE.....

It took a while for the mandevilla to take off, but it has grown nicely. I'll need to bring it in before frost. I have a grow light over the sink in the basement that should keep it happy until next Spring. Just when you think the gardens are "done for" you get a nice suprise.
My lonely geranium is blooming again and the dahlias are loaded with buds. The pepper plants are still producing red and green peppers, but I don't think the orange and yellow with have enough time to ripen to full color. We had tomatoes for lunch today but the
flavor wasn't what you get in August!