Love, Laughter, and Life

Adventures With a Book Lover


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Ginger Cat Appreciation Day

Happy Ginger Cat Appreciation Day! To the gingers in our lives. Be they weird or be they lovey-dovey, be they hairy and fur-shedding. To all the snugglers, destroyers of the things, sleep-on-your-head kitties. [And all the other things our gingers do!] Celebrating the gingers!

Put the weirdest, funniest, cutest, or scariest thing your ginger has done in the comments below. We will celebrate with you. Or despair. Your choice!

This post has a compilation of the four different gingers I know and love. Three different households, but alas, I’ve never owned (or been owned by) a ginger.

The look. The nap. The ready-to-attack.

Especially the leave-me-alone.

Let’s not forget how helpful they can be!

Ahem. YOU again?

Happy Ginger Day!!

Gingers in order of starring role: Reeses, Peanut, Daisy, Marmalade, Reeses, Marmalade, Daisy, Marmalade


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Haiku Moment: rainforest floor

rainforest floor

littered with wonder

translucent friend

rainforest floor by Angie Quantrell

Olympic Peninsula, WA


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Haiku Moment: mimic

you crouch and mimic

wearing the perfect bright hue

artfully hidden

mimic by Angie Quantrell

Yakima Valley


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Haiku Moment: flower world

garden globe beckons

buzzy visitors zoom close

insect flower world

flower world by Angie Quantrell

Yakima Valley


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Haiku Moment: plus one

rehomed sage settled

thanks for bringing a plus one

handsome garden friend

plus one by Angie Quantrell


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Haiku Moment: translucent

miniscule mushroom

dwarfed beneath zinnia seedlings

translucent wonder

translucent by Angie Quantrell

PS Never mind the earwig laced leaves. It’s been troublesome year with those voracious eaters.

Sunday Peace

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Haiku Moment: flycatchers

Flycatcher parent waiting for me to not look while it feeds the nestlings. My car antenna is a convenient perch for such activity.

mournful calls echo

as watchful parents dash, dart

flycatchers nest here

flap, crack-winged warning

startles, drives out predator

hoping for a snack

poofed fledglings appear

flapping, dropping, flight attemps

offspring launch from home

Both parents cling tightly to the fence in the wind, wishing I would go away and they could catch bugs (yay) and feed the babies. It’s hard to capture them still! Wind does not help.

flycatchers by Angie Quantrell

The clearest shot of the female (I believe). The wind is pushing up her chest feathers.

Every year for the past 7-8, we’ve had a pair of flycatchers nesting in the parking shed. It’s fascinating to watch them. And they eat flies (and all sorts of flying insects). Win-win for us.


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Happy Mother’s Day!

Thinking of moms on this Mother’s Day. May the Lord bless you and show His care and love for you.


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Haiku Moment: crabby grass

the more I dig deep

frustration builds, anger grows

why it’s called crab grass

crabby grass by Angie Quantrell

Yakima Valley