There is snow on the ground outside, but two neighbours' cats are enjoying some warmth and sunshine in our plant room this morning. Neighbour kitty, Butters...
Neighbour kitty, Karl, by some catnip...
Our kitty, Saj, is in hibernation mode, snoozing in a dark, quiet nook on top of R's armoire.
One of my Christmas cactus plants has bloomed! This one has "branches" with red flowers, others with pink flowers. The first of the red flowers opened this morning.
Yesterday afternoon, I pulled out the dried up calendula, gomphrena, pansy, and scarlet flax plants from the flower bed. Into the compost bins they went. I couldn't budge the rose mallow plants - deep roots - or the kale or Swiss chard, so those will have to wait until the Spring to be removed. I'm glad I did that yesterday. This morning, it is -11 degrees and everything is covered with a heavy frost. Butters (neighbour's cat) spent her second night at our house, even though her people only live two doors down. Today I'll be making a run to the post office to mail some Speckled Algonquin beans to the Populuxe Seed Bank in Edmonton for their collection.
