I’d had this succulent plant about seven years before it bloomed for the first time last year. This year, it has five blossoms, a new record!
It has been an intense few weeks here as we navigate through Thanksgiving and my husband and I work diligently to redecorate our 5th-wheel trailer. It’s only a year old, but the dark browns and yellows started to get to us, so we are changing the window coverings, painting the whole interior, and reupholstering the chairs and headboard.
Nami is quite interested in the camper re-do, as she has turned into quite a fun camping cat!
My husband is quite handy, which is good. I can help with some of the painting, but that’s about it. We love the layout and functionality of the camper, we just want the color scheme to match our taste. So we’re going with white and light gray with some bright turquoise bits here and there to give it some interest.
Nami inspects the camper’s new leaf fabric to reupholster our chairs and headboard; the pink fabric will be for curtains.
Why am I discussing all this? Because I’ve not had time to blog, which makes me sad.
No, you can’t have my birthday duck, mom. — River
I’ve been working on a photography project and hope to post that soon.
Sugar and Hannah enjoying the sunset in the window behind their cage.Tribble looks like an ordinary dog here, but she has a very sweet personality and keeps tabs on me constantly. She is very loving, which you can’t really see in a picture.Garnet is sitting in Jazz’s new bed. I think she has made it quite clear that she wants one of her own like this one.Mystic is laying on the mail.River’s got the toy right now, but Tribble is considering a steal.
WOW!! Karel so many lovely 4 leggeds! And your birds are lovely also…I never realized how many critters you have. And I LOVE the fabric for the reupholstering project & the drapes! You have a good idea for color.
/Have fun redecorating…
((hugs)) Sherri-Ellen & *purrsss* BellaDharma
Your photography is always fabulous. I am eager to see your next photography project.
Glad to see the larger picture of your fabric for the camper. Beautiful. Love the colors.
River is looking ready for a beauty contest now. You must have taken her to Glamour Shots. That little Tribble reminds me of Toto in the Wizard of Oz. Where was Jazz?
The birds started out hating each other as they are rescues from different places and times. Over the last 10 years, they have become good friends without becoming mates (thank goodness). They found friendship as they have slowly (the cockatoo) and very slowly (the Amazon) recover from
past abuse and neglect. It was sweet to see them so close and comfortable together on the day I snapped that picture.
The cockatoo is probably at least 35 years old; the amazon around 17. They have been a hassle at times, if I love the way the peace and car has had an impact. The cockatoo just needed to fly more than anything. So he flies free in the house. He thinks he runs the place!
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WOW!! Karel so many lovely 4 leggeds! And your birds are lovely also…I never realized how many critters you have. And I LOVE the fabric for the reupholstering project & the drapes! You have a good idea for color.
/Have fun redecorating…
((hugs)) Sherri-Ellen & *purrsss* BellaDharma
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Thank you. We have a full house! We don’t take the birds camping, just the 4 dogs and 2 cats!
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What a fun project! That’s cats for you, nosey to the end…
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She loves to go camping, and she seems adamant that our redecoration meets her approval!
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Your photography is always fabulous. I am eager to see your next photography project.
Glad to see the larger picture of your fabric for the camper. Beautiful. Love the colors.
River is looking ready for a beauty contest now. You must have taken her to Glamour Shots. That little Tribble reminds me of Toto in the Wizard of Oz. Where was Jazz?
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I took pictures of Jazz, but he moved and none of them turned out. ☹️
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One piece of advice-don’t let the birds drive the camper.
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Right? They would have us driving straight into a Sunflower field! 🌻
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Then let them drive and pick me up on the way.
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Ha, ha! We saw beautiful sunflower fields in South Dakota and east Texas. Either way, it’s A long drive…
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Can’t wait to see the camper makeover. We really enjoyed the pictures of everyone, and the one of the birds is magnificent.
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The birds started out hating each other as they are rescues from different places and times. Over the last 10 years, they have become good friends without becoming mates (thank goodness). They found friendship as they have slowly (the cockatoo) and very slowly (the Amazon) recover from
past abuse and neglect. It was sweet to see them so close and comfortable together on the day I snapped that picture.
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It’s good they live long enough for that kind of healing to happen, and that you provided an environment where it could.
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The cockatoo is probably at least 35 years old; the amazon around 17. They have been a hassle at times, if I love the way the peace and car has had an impact. The cockatoo just needed to fly more than anything. So he flies free in the house. He thinks he runs the place!
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I love the leaf print. It will look lovely.
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Thanks. I hope so…
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