Today is my 43rd birthday, and right on schedule, the daffodils started blooming earlier this week. When I was a child in nearby Longview, the daffodils always bloomed within a few days of my birthday. Saturday was a nice day and I spent a bunch of it outside, cleaning up the berry vines around the edge of the yard and pruning the pink flowering dogwood tree. I got a couple of daffodil pictures and found a hyacinth blooming under all the weeds.


daffodils


hyacinths

I even got the dog to sit still for his portrait! He never likes to hold still for long and he looks a little skeptical.


the dog

Other notable birthdays include the Fort George Brewpub in Astoria, one year old last night, and my wife Shannon, 40 years old tomorrow.

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Yesterday I took some of the barn cats from my friend Ginni’s farm to Longview to get spayed and neutered. The Feral Cat Coalition of Oregon sponsors a mobile spay/neuter clinic that comes to Longview several times a year. Only feral cats can be brought in and the cost is so cheap; only $30 includes all the requisite shots, worming and flea medicine.

Normally this might not be a bloggable event, except that when they got to my cats in the line, I had the 1000th cat to be fixed at the Longview clinic. The only thing that was missing was balloons and confetti. Poor kitty, she had so many pictures taken of her! Here’s a photo of the photographer taking her portrait.


photgrapher

I was so relieved when I took them back to the farm this morning that they still let me pet them. I was worried that they would never trust me again!

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