Black and White Sunday

Sous Chefs

Lovely Bastas in the snow

Black and White Sunday - Divas

Black and White Sunday

This morning I gazed at my back yard, radiating contentedness with my hands curled around a cup of coffee and my bare toes curled around the sill of the door. We have unseasonably beautiful weather here today, 50 degrees with a light breeze, and I watched Bastas and Midna drowse in a strong, warm sunbeam as the wind carried in the scent of dried grass and ruffled through their fur.

I frowned, unsure where Zelda was, and opened my mouth to call her when I heard the thunderous thump thump-scritch thump-thump-scritch of her paddle-like feet slapping the concrete and her nails digging in for purchase. I turned in time to catch her full-armed punch straight in the chest instead of my arm, saving myself from being coated with hot coffee but trading it for a raking claw down my front.

She dropped to her feet, wriggled with pleasure, and tore off to pounce on her sleeping sister, while I cradled an arm across my upper torso and wondered what sort of ornament to put in my brand new nipple piercing.

Selah.

Midna

Zelda

Bastas

Puddle Jumpers

In keeping with the end of the semester, things have been consistently chaotic here. Trying to get anything done with the Brat Pack around is... difficult, to put it mildly. Although last spring, I managed to write my Master's thesis, raise Bast in an apartment, and pass kidney stones (in order of ascending difficulty), this semester with the Terrible Twins seems even more difficult.

They are so evil.

But, however wicked they are, they make up for it by being nauseatingly adorable. Earlier this week, I went to dump their water tub in the backyard out and fill it wish fresh water, since Bast likes to go dig and then wash his feet off in the tub.

I wish I were joking about that, but His Highness doesn't like to have his feet dirty for long.

I had no idea that turning over the water tub would entice the Littles over to play, however I had barely turned out the tide before they came stomping over to splash in the puddle.

The nasty little pigs made a wallow and proceeded to defile themselves... this is why, when shopping for houses, my only non-negotiable amenity was "NO CARPETS".

B&W Sunday - Double Trouble

Brief Intermission

I apologize about the dearth of posts recently - it's finals week for both me and my students, and so blogging has had to sit on the backburner while I slog through hundreds of pages of linguistics information.

To tide you over, here are some super cute pictures I've taken over the past week. We'll be back to our semi-regularly scheduled sillies soon!

Zelda, as beautiful as always

Showing off our phasing

Midna stalking, Zelda watching

Midna on the prowl

Hey, lemme in so I can tear everything up.

WHEEEEEE!

Midna says, "Stand back, I got dis."