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They are tricksters. We've given up on trying to give Marcel pills. He will fight it, and it is scary. Once we think we got it in, patooey!

Marcel is quite the drooler, then he’ll shake his head and get it all over you. His ears get a lot of gunk in them, so that’s probably why rubbing his ears feels good to him. Andy cradles him like a baby and I wipe the gunk out of his ears. He seems grateful when it’s done. .

Marcel enjoying a good ear rub.

I was surprised to see you can buy the sheet music for that song already. https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0288217

Very pretty!

@dani negreanu Happy to hear you were finally reunited with your grands. I think of you and your family every day and wish for peace.

I enjoy seeing pictures of your garden. I remember you had a lot of garlic plants, too. I have a "garden" this year, consisting of one plant that produces genetically modified purple tomatoes. Our son got a few seeds and shared one of his plants with me a couple days ago. I'm growing it in our screened porch that gets lots of sunlight. I don't want to put the plant outdoors because I think the pesky masked bandits (raccoons) would eat them. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/02/06/1228868005/purple-tomato-gmo-gardeners

You must truly have an Easter Cactus. I never fertilize my plants, mostly out of pure laziness. They usually somehow thrive in spite of me (your benign neglect theory).

I have a Christmas cactus that blooms profusely around the beginning of December every year. To my surprise, it also sent out a single bud this month and it just opened. The sun coming through the window lit it up in a magical way. Maybe it was just saying hi and sending good wishes to everyone on this thread who needs a lift.

Marcel, showing his best side, in honor of National Pet Day

A shorter distance between you and Zoey sounds wonderful! Also, the cookie table looks impressive. I like the way the tables were arranged in the form of a cross.

That was quite a hike!

I know what that means... time to clean my refrigerator!

My bourbon collection is for the benefit of my DS2, who lives 4 minutes away. Today when I was buying Vodka I stumbled upon this Elijah Craig that was part of a "limited availability" drop. He said it was a good find, so I bought it. I put it with the other bourbons I have in my cabinet, but he said he'll buy this one from me so he can have it at his house to drink with his bourbon buddies. Can't blame him!

What a nice thing for your family to do so you can enjoy your garden. ❤️

Love the mixer! Annabel is such a cutie!

In celebration of Cuddly Kitten Day, here's a pic of the late Miss Priss snuggling with Marcel, taken 16 years ago. We lost Miss Priss three years ago, but Marcel is still hanging in there!

Those cookies are awesome!

Ha ha ha, you had to bring that up! Hoping to see you and Grant in the Quest!

Glad to see you posting already. Enjoy the calm before the potential pain. 🙂

Yes, please!

I agree with you and @dani negreanu too. My Andy drinks mostly the same things your Andy does, and I like my Cosmopolitans and other drinks like you do. We always get the wi-fi anyway, so Celebrity's drinks and wi-fi add-on makes sense for us. And oh, by the way, we booked @Sea Dog 1.0 on Ascent today! We are also booked on Bella 2.0, 2.5, 3.0 and 3.5.

That's a great drawing of the Pileated Woodpecker, especially being drawn by a third grader. We have one of those birds that visits our trees and suet feeder. We call him Woody. Cartoonist Walter Lanz based his Woody Woodpecker character and Woody's laugh-like call on the Pileated.

Wishing you a speedy recovery, Bonnie!

Deb, I believe you were on Edge class not long ago. Do you (or anyone else) have any recommendations for selecting a deck and cabin location on Ascent?