dull

[susandennis]

I feel dull and kind of grumpy for no good reason. I took a bit of a different route this morning on my walk. It still included my boyfriend, of course, but I walked around one block that was different. I'll not be doing that again. I like the same. I like my rut.

I did get a good view of one particularly attractive window board mural on an art gallery.



It was hot in the bedroom last night and it's warm this morning and that may well account for much of my grumpy. I'm not ready to give up my cool mornings. I am grateful I have an air conditioner and I'm not afraid to use it. This is an old building that is well insulated with massive timber beams. It's great in winter. But making inside way warmer than outside is not that much fun in summer.

I think I just got my last Dinerly order. It finally showed up at 8 pm last night. And this morning, on my way out, I stumbled over the box and thought. Ugh. I have to cook tonight. Yeah, I think it's just not for me. I'm glad I tried it and now I know.

Yesterday, I got notice that the Living Computer Museum was closing. Years ago, I found this place which is actually just down the road from me. A group of old geeks had gotten together and gathered old hardware and set it up to run again. They charged $5 to see and were open a couple of days a week. Then they grew up. They got massive funding and bought the building and gutted it and designed three floors of old new computers and programs showing what had been and what will be. It was hands on. They had a little room of books that you could actually thumb through - old computer magazines and manuals and how to books. And actual working computers from mainframes to PCjr. It was a wonderful, beautiful space. As soon as they offered memberships, I bought one and renewed every year. And now they are done. Maybe not forever. I hope not forever. They closed early on because being hands on was not to virus friendly. But now they are giving up on reopening. I'm very sad about this.

Biggie only eats dry kibble. From his kibble tree. Which I fill up every day. The other day, I was cleaning off shelves and found this wine carafe and thought that it would make a great holder of the spare kibble. Too heavy to knock over, and too small an opening for him to just graze from. The next day, I looked over and saw this.

Biggie 1 and Susan 0




The carafe now lives on the mantel.

I have no plans for today. I'm hoping for two sessions on the treadmill of at least 15 minutes each, and a shower and then that dinner cooking thing. That's it, that's my plan.

Comments

[chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com]

Never underestimate the ability of cats to get at food. I saw a small cat jump directly from the floor to the top of a very tall fridge to get at a leftover Thanksgiving turkey carcass that had been put there for less than five minutes.

[maju01.livejournal.com]

Biggie 1 and Susan 0 But of course!

[sweetmeow]

I read this article and thought of you and the way you are feeding biggie - kind of plugging into a his instinctive hunting instinct with the kibble feeder you have for him. That knocking over the carafe is also part of that. He's hunting for his food.

https://www.catster.com/cat-food/how-to-feed-cats-are-we-doing-it-wrong

[meowmensteen]

I keep Scout's kibble in an old frosting bucket... because I just happen to have a lot of those lying around :b The lid seals pretty tight, so it keep the kibble fresher/not so stale. Scout gets annoyed with stale kibble and is more hesitant eat it. She's always giddy and extra pushy on the days when I open a new bag.

[sherlock999.livejournal.com]

My Dobby has a puzzle feeder, too, the hardest one I could find. Some of the kibble goes into little globes with a small opening on top. The reviews said that no one's cat had managed to get food out of the globes.

It took Dobby 5 minutes.

[daphnep.livejournal.com]

I’m sorry for the loss of your museum. The industry conventional wisdom right now says that up to 1/3 of museums that have closed will be unable to reopen, and our museum association conversations include “what to do with collections when you have to close.” So it’s a huge problem. I’m really sorry to hear of one more example—each one is another small heartbreak.

[susandennis]

I'm also worried about the Bellevue Art Museum. They always had the most interesting exhibits. Their finances have been shaky for years. I cannot imagine they will reopen. They also had a tiny but ever so fun shop.

[daphnep.livejournal.com]

I'm concerned about that museum, too--the shop person there is a friend of mine, from our conferences, and I hate so much how many jobs are at risk.

[susandennis]

OMG! my world's touch!! i love that little shop. it's just hard to see how this will all look from the rear view but, yes, so many jobs gone.

[msconduct.livejournal.com]

What sad news about the Living Computer Museum:(.