Happy (May 11, 2020)

Happy Fluffy

Happy tomatoes and sunflowers

Happy peppers

Happy flower garden

Happy hoopsters

Garden and Pandemic (May 8, 2020)

The tomato vines are loaded.  Hurry up June!

Rationing some items at Costco, due to COVID 19 outbreaks in meat processing plants, is the new normal

So is sanitizing, thank goodness.  And, as you can see, most shelves are full.

Otis's Happy Birthday Zoom party (May 9, 2020)

Renee set up a Zoom birthday party for Otis with his Portland friends and far flung family

Papa and Zephyr at attention for Birthday King Otis.

Watching the Trailblazers with his friends

Happy 12, Otis! Happy 38, Micah! (May 8, 2020)

What is it with Lewises and birthday donuts?

That's not a huge banana split in front of Otis.  It's the vase and frog my parents brought back from Peru.  Perfect for zinnias and birthday candles!

Donuts and champagne candles on Micah's 13th.

May 6, 2020: Brenham, Texas

Even bakeries are pitching in to help with the pandemic.

Otis created Fred Richardson, based on Martin's roommate who played professional basketball in Europe. He shared it with Fred, who liked it.

Empty wax comb under the hive lid

Hay bales at Cornerstone

Cactus flower at Cornerstone

May 2, 2020: around the house

Otis's great photo of a monarch in the front garden

Fixing gaps in the fence

"I can climb over, you know," Zephyr tells Tom.