Tunnnnaa Dinner at the Kitty Mansion (aka Kitchen)	We are busy!
We are busy! No really, we are! I cannot see past this Tuna Meal.. plate....thing!	Hey! Thief! This is my plate! Git to your own! Mommmmmyyyy!!!!

What happened past that "Mommmyy!!" is unreproducable. I tried with Photoshop, with ImageReady, and then gave up. It is simply a blur of two (I think there were two of them) bunddles of cat fur, tangled, twirled and twisted. With tufts of hair flying around, meowing in general, jaws wide open, claws glinting!

That is it! No dinner for you to! But as you can see, they have already fed on fancy tuna and have all the possible energy to battle it out in some other room or run around in the living room and porch. I refuse to follow!

I transported some of the orchids from work to home, simply because I was running out of space at work. Yeah! I prefer my desk at home rather than work, but then doesn't everyone. :)

Anyways, other orchid saved from a careless co-worker doing just fabulously at home. (Er! Sorry dear co-worker, you don't get this one back). As I write this, another orchid, that was 'abandoned' is on the brink of blooming. If I remember correctly, it has beautiful white-cream flowers.

 

Tonight is our company sponsored outing to the ball game. The last one was ages ago, and I think I had fun! or didn't I?

Lets start off by saying that I am not a huge baseball fan or for that matter any of the commerialized sports. You won't find me at a game stadium, but more likely to find me at a movie theater, library (or barnes and noble), a restuarant, a wine tasting or simply at home. Lest this gives you the impression that I won't go to a game, allow me to clarify. If I find myself at a game, then I do enjoy it thoroughly. This pretty much goes for everything that I do. One of the principles that I live by is; If I am going to do (either opted or asked) something, then I do it with all my heart and soul. It is a waste of time doing it any other way.

So, I am going to have fun at the game. The outcome really does not matter too much for me and I will be happy for my friends if the Red Sox wins. But, if the other team wins, so be it, yeah for them! It will be fun because almost the whole company is going. It has been a while since I have hung out with other folks from the company. There is a pre-game that happens that means baseball food and beer before the baseball game!

(Hope it does not rain! and is not cold!)

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The pre-game getting together for the company was at the Boston Tavern on their top deck, with food and drinks. The bright and sunny afternoon turned to nasty little dark clouds that threatened to downpour. But, apart from a spitter-spatter of rain drops it wasn't too shabby.  A group of us made our way to the game way past the start. It was interesting to be there, hanging around the bleechers to see the game in progress. Seats were what they were, nothing very exciting anyways, but for $10 I it was just fine. It was fun to catch up with folks that I have not met in awhile. After the seventh inning, it was time to head back, at least for me. It was a nice evening, just right cool breeze, and I could not wait for the bus or train, so walked from Kenmore to Harvard. It took a good hour, but it was exhilarating to walk. Home by 11:30pm and off into the noddy-world!

Pstt: Who were the RedSox playing against? er... Who won?

I borrowed Enders Game by Orson Scott Card from someone and I cannot remember who lent it to me! Eeeps, I am usually very careful and remember who I borrowed what, so I can return it to the owner. But, I cannot. So, if you are the person who lent it to me, please forgive the oversight and let me know, so that I can thank you for sharing this with me.

I started reading Enders Game about 3-4 months ago, and intense and engrossing as it was, I couldn't bring myself to read beyond Enders life in Battle School. When I finally picked it up on this long Sunday lazy afternoon, it was with a mixed feeling of eager anticipation and dread of what may the next things for Ender. As the pages turned my dread increased, rather the calming down. When I started on the section with Ender meeting Mazer Rackham, that I was sure that Ender was being used in 'real' versus a 'simulated' wars. Despite this knowledge, I could not stop reading, I needed to know how Ender would handle this knowledge. I really did not care whether he won or lost against the buggers. I mean it was nice to have won, but at what costs? The book really became a page turner (both ways). I re-read the sections of what Ender does with the knowledge of buggers and Speaker of Dead, and everytime I read the section, I find different points of view, sometimes from Peters perspective, sometimes from Val or Ender or even the Buggers.

A good book! I recommend it, as do the zillion people who have read it.

Lilacs rate pretty high on my scale. They are right along Peonies and Lavender.  Last year, I planted six Miss Kim's, one Miss Canada, and two Miss USA. They are all progressing very well, and are late spring bloomers. The late blooming was intentional, as my neighbor has all the early-mid spring bloomers. :) So, to enjoy and compliment both the houses, I have the late bloomers. The picture is from my deck. My house/deck enjoys the flowers and right now they have gone completely insane in their blooms, which I totally endorse, enjoy and love. Since the fence is south facing, I get to really enjoy the blooms sans the care.

Now really! Can you argue with such an idlyic deck with deck furniture, lilac abound, a sparkling Cava in hand! This is what I call a good Saturday afternoon!

My excitement, pride and happiness knows no bounds, when each and every little plants not just survives but blossoms under my care. It is my way to know that I done right with nature!

Here are some gifts of nature in my own yard.  I have thought to write more, but the sheer happiness, love and contentment overrides (and falls short) any words that may be put together. So, without further fuss, here is my pride, my love, my joy, and sheer happiness.

The Azalea "Crimson Tide" (as I like to call it)

The Azalea "Pink Florosence" (as I like to call it) s ready to just pop into fantastic dazzling display of color.

	Gosh! With all the courage I can muster I await impatiently the blossoming of perhaps my favorite flowering plant of all all time... The Peonies. These little (or not so little) plants, move me to tears. They touch me as no other living thing can ever make me feel, save the orchids.  So, yeah! I love them. If you ever want anything from me, just get me a bouquet of a collection of peonies or just a gorgeous orchid and I am yours for eternity. I will post when these bloom. I cannot wait! This premature image inclusion is simply a testament of my impatience for these to bloom.
Finally, a little less exciting, than all the above flowers is my very own little red-onion farm!

Okay, I am a wimp! I tried to watch 300 in its entireity, but alas, I am weak, and knowing how it ends, I did not want see it.

However, to do it justice, I saw most of the war scenes between the Spartans and Xerxes's army. It is a fantastic piece of art form. Any scene (at least the point till I was inclined to see), can be frozen in time, to become a wall art. Is that good? Is that bad? I don't know, and I really don't care too much. Visually, it is very appealing. The varying speeds of the film during the fight scenes has the effect of concentrating ones attention to a very specific target. The target could be the tip of the spear, an expression of face, the spurt of blood or simply the wisp of a light garment. I loved the treatment, loved the true levels of red achieved in this film. Soundtrack, memorable, but nothing to write home about.Total eye candy, Gerald Butler and his six pack abs!

Despite all that, I could not bring myself to finish seeing the movie. Me not completing a movie does not happen often. So, then why? I think I completely hate the fact of betrayals. It makes me wish to make a trip back in time and throttle their throats!

Here is a toast to the most precious, caring, courageous, loving and fantastic person I have ever known... my mum! Here is to you mum! A toast with the one of finest champagnes in the world from Moet Chandon (Grand Vintage), enjoyed on my deck in the company of heady lilac blooms!

Growing up, Jane Austen (abridged and then unabridged versions) was one of my go-to authors. As a child I had very different perceptions, conclusions and read at a very different level of understanding. After all these years, reading these classics and also seeing some of the well done BBC adaptations, one truly appreciates the fantastic depth and details of Jane Austen writing. Mind you, I sometimes don't agree with her writings and her character's submissiveness in a situation. Perhaps, because I am too much of an proven independent to accept a womens role/position in the era that Jane Austen wrote in.  But, there are some undeniable truths in behavior, character and circumstance, that she describes that make a lasting impression.

I have been watching "Mansfiled Park" with couple of my dear friends and have very lively debates on the time, place, characters, and whether or not the adaptation is truly a resemblance of the book. I must say, I am going to whole heartedly agree that the link above takes one to the netflix list of on-demand Mansfield park in six (roughy one hour each) episodes. This is one of the best adaptations that I have seen for Mansfield Park.

Yard work is in full swing for the past week or so. The Pink Dogwood is simply bursting at its seams with flowers. Last year, when I bought the tree (it was well past it flowering time) and planted it with loads of faith that it was the one I truly wanted. These trees can be quite tricky, when they don't carry their full botanical name. So, really it is quite uncertain whether you are getting exactly what you want. I just wish the nursuries around get into better habits of carrying the botanical names, rather than only local. But that is another story. For now, this dogwood delivers.

long time no write, and tonight is not really a night for me to write anything meaningful (hic!)

It has been roughy 15+ hours at the computer for fun purposes (hic!)  I have finally got a working vision of my blog-next generation in silverlight (groan! it blooming hurts right now to write this). I don't know if my fancy starting point blog is going to work well with this syndicated version of the blog. But it does not matter too much right now. :)

I am millions of miles away from where i want to be with my blog implementation, but I have it running on this webserver! and that is blooming incredible. :) I am happy! Over the next couple of weeks I anticpate several of these really long hours of understanding silverlight and wcf and asp.net 3.5 and a good bottle of wine! Current favorite! (hic!) Altos De La Hoya *a Jumila (Bodegas Olivares) Red Wine from Spain. Along with this incredible red wine is the soundtrack from Hitman and also from King Arthur.  

Whilst I do the changes (and enjoy great wine and music), please bear with the fact that I won't be writing much here...... and will be moving all mee blogs enteries to the new generation. (Good lord! The number of times I have hit backspace to correct typing mistakess, is actually quite funny! ha-ha-har-hee-hee)

Anyways! Great day! Man! Such a fantastic blooming day!

(HIC!) Blimey! got to go!

Last year, I picked up a new skill, namely crocheting! After completing my first project in the first week of Feb, my fingers were simply twitching to do something more ambitous, and more colorful. In terms of ambition, I did go a tad further, but colors! hmm! I have to work on that one. But, I love white and love the contrast it brings to other colors. I am surprised I strayed away from just pastels into the bright lavender and deep sage. I like how the project turned out. I believe there are one or two boo-boo's in there, but I love it!

	Besides, as I was excitedly taking pictures, drapping the 60 inches long wrap on different chairs and tables to get the right effect, I turn around to this! Now, do I need any other approval? How content can a cat get! Duke loves it and so do I! Princess is playing around with little bits of yarn in the living room.