Have you ever seen a cat skeleton in a tree?

The other night Spencer and I were watching a movie and I saw Tater Tot run across the porch.  Then I saw the mean black and white cat from across the street run across the porch as well.  That brought me to my feet. I went outside and called for Tater and Piper but no response.   He was no where to be found.  That's when you look UP!!  Yes, the black and white cat from across the street had treed my two cats. 

  This has happened to Piper twice before and every time Spencer claims he's not going up after them.  Well, I still consider them babies and it worries me.  Spencer knows this so he decided to go after them.  Piper decided she didn't want to be yanked out of the tree this time so she climbed down backwards about one foot  on the otherside and fell backwards. She probably fell a good 12 feet.   Luckily landing on her feet.  But aren't cats always supposed to land on their feet?  Tater Tot on the other hand was very scared and nervous.  You could see it in his eyes.  So....

(WARNING: DO NOT ATTEMPT AT HOME) Spencer put our  iron patio chair on top of the railing then, not only did he stand in the chair on top of the railing, but he stood on the armrests of the chair on top of the railing.   He was able to retrieve Tater Tot and then safely climbed down himself. 

This is just an idea of how far up they were from the ground.

  Piper and Tater were in the Y of the tree.  Crazy Cats!!!

Tater Tot

For those of you who have not seen Tater Tot since we brought him home in December, here is a recent photograph.  He is growing like a weed.

December

Now...

I Might Have a Green Thumb

I have been wanting to try my hand at growing plants for a while now.  I just sort of put it off because I didn't exactly know where to begin.  My mom told me she was going to grow tomato plants for the summer so I talked with my parents and Spencer and I have decided to grow our own plants.  I also found packets of seeds at Dollar Tree for $.10.  So I am trying to grow herbs too!  I am attempting to grow parsley, basil, chives, and cilantro.  We are hoping our tomato plants will produce quite a few tomatoes and we can use the cilantro and make homemade salsa. 

  In the coconut liner I am growing a smorgasbord of flowers from the $.10 packet I purchased at the Dollar Tree.  The two planters on the side contain chives and basil, and the three small planters contain cilantro and parsley. 

These are our four Talladega tomato plants purchased from Lowe's.  We were going to begin with seeds, but felt we had a late start.  These plants are supposed to grow very well in the Alabama heat.

This is the hosta I bought last year.  I have four of them.  I honestly thought I killed them off, however, after all of the rain this year I slowly began to see a little green coming back.  They were actually still in the plastic containers I bought them in.  So, yesterday on my day off Spencer and I went to Lowe's and purchased three new planters so I could transplant them.