The cat is getting increasingly irritated I am up past my bedtime (i.e. her getting pets while sitting next to my pillow time) and now I am doing this complex guessing game of how far I get get assembling this album before she gets annoyed enough to jump up on it and damage it. (it has to be overnighted to Boston tomorrow, so that would be REALLY BAD. Also not getting it ready in time would be really bad, so....)

She may be old (18, we think) and grumpy and possibly losing object permanence, but she's still a good jumper.

The whole family helps with science fair. At least he didn't eat the experiments.

Our cherry tree is blooming and the bees have come out!


Pushkin has also gone back to trying to make mad dashes for the outside more often, presumably because things smell interesting out there again to sensitive cat noses.