April 8 – To catch a thief

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Mokihana

Just found out that it’s not okay to relocate them. So we will stop immediately and get feeders that they can’t get into.

The squirrels have been getting into my bird feeders, the little varmints. Not okay. Bird seed and suet are too darn expensive to feed them, and they also chew up the feeders. Definitely not okay.

I know that lots of people think they’re cute and have all this amazing agility (the agility part is true), but I don’t want them here. Therefore, Nolemana sets out a humane trap, with peanut butter on the trip lever. We have caught a few squirrels this way and we release them somewhere else in a treed area where they can go bother each other. We try hard to get babies on their own or grown ones before baby squirrel season arrives. We’re not mean enough to deprive babies of their mothers.

For awhile, we are freed from the squirrels’ thievery, but of course, nature abhors a vacuum, and in a month or two, we have to go through the routine all over again. But right now we’re in the middle of a catch and release phase, and today I took this little trickster’s photo. Just don’t tell me he’s cute. He’s really nothing but a thief.

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April 7 – Why we needed a new cat bed

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Mokihana

We used to only have one kitty bed underneath my desk. And it ended up being musical cat bed all the time. The kitties weren’t happy with just one because obviously, there wasn’t room for both of them in one.

So I found another one, on sale, at PetCo. It took a couple of days for it to pass the kitty inspection test, which consisted of seeing how it worked for sharpening claws and multiple tests for softness. But finally, they decided that it would do.

Notice that larger Noelani took the smaller bed. And Kalakoa the larger one.

There’s only one problem.

We have three kitties.

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April 6 – A lovely wedding

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Mokihana

Last night, my courageous friend got married in a lovely ceremony in a pioneer chapel. This is the friend who’s going through chemo right now, the one who lost her husband to cancer two years ago, the one who this evening married the man she used to date over thirty years ago. It was a privilege to be part of this happy occasion.

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April 5 – I know ‘Ukulele sent her.

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Mokihana

My beloved ‘Ukulele kitty, who I lost a year and a half ago, was my soul mate. I still grieve her loss and my heart hurts without her. But I am convinced that she sent Kalakoa to me, because Kalakoa brings me yarn just the way ‘Ukulele used to do.

The latest treasure that she brought me was a 4-oz bag of spinning fiber; how she managed to drag it all the way down the hallway from the dining room I don’t know. But drag it she did, and as I praised her for bringing it to me, tears of sadness and thankfulness mixed together rolling down my cheeks. Sadness because I miss my ‘Ukulele girl, and thankfulness because I know she sent Kalakoa to comfort me.

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April 4 – for AFK

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Mokihana

Out in daboonies of Clackamas County is a herd of Longhorn cattle. Every time I see them, I think of movies like Lonesome Dove, which is one of my all-time favorites. This boy could well have been the star of any western!

The sun was in back of him, but I kinda like the effect it gives.

AFK, this one’s for you!

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April 3 – Fog

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Mokihana

When I got up this morning, I couldn’t see much of anything outside the window. This was about it, but I was pleased with the way the new leaves on the tree in the middle showed up against the gray.

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April 2 – Irish Wolfhounds and Yarn Bombing

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Mokihana

I was having a wonderful lunch with Leilani today when a familiar sight wandered the street in front of us. This man walks his Irish Wolfhounds a lot in the downtown area and I love seeing them all when he does. The dogs are huge!

I also love that I got a yarn-bombed bike rack in the photo!

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April 1 – No joke here

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Mokihana

I just finished this lace cowl and thought it deserved to my the photo of the day. I knit it with yarn that I spun myself, and it’s my very first completed lace project. Needless to say, I feel really good about it! It was really exciting to knit something with my own handspun!

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March 31 – What is it?

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Mokihana

Nolemana and I went up to Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge again today. The weather was perfect. As always, we never know what we’re going to see, and this day was no exception. As we were driving around, we saw several cars stopped alongside the creek looking at something. We pulled in behind one of them, and the man inside told us what we were looking at. We’d never even seen one before… this was a real treat!

Anybody wanna guess what it is? I’ll post the answer in a couple of days.

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March 30 – Knitting with friends

Posted on March 30, 2013 by Mokihana

I really look forward to Saturdays when I can get together with friends and knit. Nancy and I are now meeting at Littlelamb and Ewe in Gresham, and because it’s a yarn shop, other knitters have joined us. Our group is pretty small right now, usually just three or four of us, but it’s fun sitting there upstairs, talking, knitting, and watching the world go by below us.

Today’s photo is of the street in the downtown area of Gresham. It was lovely today; the sun was shining and the trees were beautiful.

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