Xena Saves the X letter Day

Xena, cat number three, holds a star position for this letter day. As the oldest and most regal, she gets a haircut each spring to remove most of her winter coat!

 

It is long process as she will only allow a few minutes a day, when I can catch her, to trim her fur with barber's scissors. 

Small for a Maine coon, she has held her own for many years in this tough rural environment.

There she is next to the henhouse in need of repair. 

On a totally different topic, page views are up, up, up! Not sure if I was discovered by another AtoZ participant or someone has linked back to my blog. Hiddee ho to all of you new and returning visitors!

Sales are down, down, down. Mainly all of my listed items on eBay are centered around staying at home. I think people have had their fill of home and want to go, go, go. I know that I do. Next month, I will finally be able to visit my 93 year old mother who resides in an assisted living center. She is allowed the leave the center during the day but is not allowed to stay anywhere overnight. We will make the best of day road trips. 

As an aside, I am a Yuge Xavier Cugat fan. 

Xavier Cugat and being a White Hat

Before I began reselling CDs, I had a large collection that I gave to thrift. One of those CDs I at luckily ripped to my laptop, Xavier Cugat 16 Most Requested Songs. One of my fun finds I am not letting go is this Xavier Cugat Saludos Amigos. Seems they are popular recordings, and I can see why. 

Another fun find that joined my collection 1992 Batman Returns. Seriously, there is no one in my life that would ever wear this costume. Keeping it anyway. 

This Tammy doll (my namesake) pattern for clothes will stay in my collection also. A Tammy doll might enter my life again.

An antique fair took place on the weekend, here are the best of the images. 

He looks lonely

As I have mentioned, I live in a rural area not controlled by covenants, codes, and restrictions normally found in subdivisions. We have two neighbors, one who has set up an unpermitted RV park (we are zoned single family residences), and another who is amassing a massive garbage dump. Both have been reported to the local county agencies. The "white hat" is at it again. White hats are those who fight for adherence to laws and codes. I am a white hat for a living, and a white hat for my community in my spare time.