Awwww.....

Partly Cloudy and her six kittens which were one day old the day these pictures were taken:

Even More Japanese Gardens Pictures

Here are some more pictures taken at the Japanese Gardens, about half by me and half by Brighid:

or so Hamlet says

I just learned some new words, which makes me excited, especially because I like to play Scrabble and work crossword puzzles:

tawse - a leather strap slit into strips at the end and used especially for disciplining children

hygroscopic - readily taking up and retaining moisture

anadromous - ascending rivers from the sea for breeding

catadromous - living in freshwater and going to the sea to spawn

agromania - intense desire to be in open spaces (an intense form of spring fever, perhaps?)

cancrine - of, like or pertaining to crabs

hieromania - pathological religious visions or delusions

quoz - absurd person or thing (This is a very good word for Scrabble.)

More Japanese Garden Pics

Here are the rest of the pics from the Japanese Gardens. Including some fun ones. I was unable to post them all on the same entry. Too bad I don't have sound clips to go with these. (All photos copyright Susan Scott-Wilson except as noted.)



We decided Sunday, April 2nd was "Insult As Many People As Possible Day", so in addition to telling various ethnic jokes and moving the furniture when blind people visit, Eric snapped this beauty of me and Shellie:



Now you know why some cities have rules against drinking in public parks. If Fort Worth does, I never found it on their website, which I scoured for over thirty minutes, looking for anything regarding possessing alcohol in parks. I 'spose they could get us for public intoxication, and maybe Eric and Shellie for public lewdness, but no one complained, and we didn't see cop one that day, so --- heh heh --- we got away with our awful behavior.

Much Fun Was Had By All... Waaay Too Much

April 1st & 2nd saw the Japanese Gardens celebrate their annual Japanese Garden Spring Festival. I suppose it's what they do in Texas, where you can't seem to grow cherry trees with much success. Since Herbie's birthday was on the Ides of March (beware! beware!) and Eric's was on April Fool's Day (no, I'm not kidding), the gals and I plus Eric, Austin, Weyland, Fiona, and Brighid all went last Sunday to the Festival. Here are some pics (copyright Susan Scott-Wilson except as noted):