Deep in the Forest in the Middle of the City (SOTC 171/365)

SOTC 155/365

SOTC 54/365

Mid Bike-Ride Snake Hunt (SOTC 54/365), a photo by gina.blank on Flickr.

316/365

Why yes, yes I am in downtown Edmonton.

304/365

Fire drill muster point. Better May than November.

281/365

Any day I'm eating lunch at work and not in my car is a good day. And any day I'm eating lunch outside at work and not in my car is an excellent day.

265/365

242 stairs up,

and 242 stairs down

on a sunny

spring afternoon.

243/365

And the spring cleaning continues.
Isn't raking leaves a fall activity?
you may ask.

Can be.

But mulching properties of leaves aside,
it's way more fun to rake leaves on a warm,
sunny, spring afternoon
than a cold, windy, fall afternoon.

242/365

Some together fun at the playground. Spin, swing, slide, sun.

71/365

Applying the second coat to my weekend project in the warm October sunshine.

Furminator!

So, I'm in this Facebook group for cat-lovers, and one of the members there said to buy the FURminator, which is this fancy grooming brush for cats and dogs. I went to the website, watched the videos, and then went out on a [very expensive] limb and bought the brush at PetSmart.

Here is what Akira and my deck looked like after about a ten-minute brush--and keep in mind that I brushed her thoroughly with my shedding blade the day before:

I'm pretty sure she lost five pounds... of fur...

Needless to say, I am VERY satisfied with the results; quite comparable to the photos/videos on the website. I highly recommend this brush if you have pets. Down side--very expensive. But, I'd way rather have this fur on my deck and vacuum it up once from there than have it in daily bits and pieces on my couch and clothing.

My shedding blade is now 2nd place...