Movie Tuesday

Sometimes you expect nothing and end up more or less pleasantly surprised. That could be the theme for today's movie, The Avengers, a Marvel Comics adventure. Marvel Super Heroes (Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow) are called together to save the world from Loki, the psychotic adopted brother of Thor, both Nordic gods.

The best part, I think, is The Incredible Hulk, played by Mark Ruffalo. The movie had several quips and humor without being slapstick. Oddly, we all enjoyed it. I would say go see it and have some fun.

Del Mar Fair

Dennis and I made our annual trek to the Del Mar fair today. The first thing I noticed, after observing the long lines, was that they had turned Don Diego into a spaceman. The Don Diego building was now a spaceship. Then I saw that the theme this year was "Out of this World."

Anyway, we had our obligatory cinnamon roll (we split it) and I had my morning coffee finally at 11 a.m. That's because before we went to the fair I had to fast for a lab blood test. We walked through the plant exhibits, then Dennis wanted his usual homemade potato chips, so we split that, too. Then we got thirsty, so Dennis had a lemonade and I had my once-a-year Orange Julius. In other words, the fair is getting to be a little repetitive--for us anyway. We couldn't even find one new gadget to buy.

So we did the fair in about 3 hours and came home. Either the fair is boring or we are.

50-50 gets a hair cut

Kittens' Aviary

This is the kitten's new abode. The fine wire enclosure is not very visible in this picture, but it's on top of the wire fence below. Now they have a nice, airy enclosure.

Kittens Playing

We took down the Tijuana cardboard fence since it wasn't keeping the kittens in and substituted a fine wire fence that both keeps the kittens in and the raccoons out. Now the kittens can climb the high shelves and have lots of fun. They are getting big as you can see from these photos.

Cindy Crawford's high wire act

Bubba just hanging out

Sambo's a sleepy cat

Precious 

Nothing wrong with picture--Cindy Crawford is trying to eat the laces on my shoe.

Bubba tries to fly

bubba

Cindy Crawford

Bubba

Sambo

Kittens on the Loose

Although they stayed in their compound during the night, this morning 3 of the 4 kittens were over the wall again. Poor Sambo was crying because he's too little to escape. I thought it might be better to just open their door and let them run around outside. So I did that and they did run around...in the back yard, the green house, and in the back yard of the guest house. Busy, busy kittens.

In the afternoon, the kittens were all back in their "house" stretched out and sleeping. At first I couldn't find Cindy Crawford, but then I looked up...she was on the top shelf. She is still a devil kitty. I hope they are still there when it gets dark.

I left them alone while Flash and I visited Mom for dinner. Actually, Flash visited Honey in the back yard of Mom's house. Mom and I had pasta inside. I think Honey was aware of the pasta because she kept scratching on the dining room sliding glass door. Honey loves pasta.

Devil Kitty

We built up the Tijuana cardboard fence so the kittens would stay safely in their area until they are big enough to escape any predators around the ranch.

This morning when I got back from the groomer with Flash, I found Cindy Crawford relaxing on top of the cardboard.

Devil kitty.