Pixie came to live with me about two months ago, but she moves so fast it took till now to get a halfway decent portrait of her.

Whilst cooking breakfast this morning and washing dishes, outside the kitchen window the local flock of wild turkeys wandered by.

blogged by the infamous J-Walk… (click it, it’s a link)

(For the one or two of you out there who read this blog using a RSS reader or suchlike, I’m posting backdated entries. *Gasp* Is that allowed? :) )

One day when I came home from work in Feb. 2003, a cat came walking under the car door as I opened it. She followed me into the apartment and made herself at home for a few hours. I put her out, but when I checked a couple hours later to see if she�d gone home, she came back in.

No one in the neighborhood claimed her. She lived here with me until yesterday, when she died of an illess that wasn’t given a name.

I love her and miss her.

by Terri Noble

Yvonne Susan Shacklett

Born Dec. 10, 1952, died May 28, 2004 in Tacoma. She lived most of her life in University Place. A 1971 graduate of Curtis High School she went on to express her creativity in a variety of ways — graphics and printing, hair design, jewelry and crafts. She also worked in office management and sales.

Yvonne is survived by her daughter, Heather Colwell, of Tacoma; three granddaughters, Myriam, Jazmyne, and Jessica; parents Art and Joan Shacklett of Duvall; sister Annette Shacklett of Seattle; brother Paul Shacklett of Seward, Alaska; and many loved relatives and friends.

A service will be held Fri., June 4 in Tacoma.

There you are in my Aztec dreams.
Oh so bronze and beautiful!,

Here you are in my OFFbeat dreams.
Driving the boat as we explore.

In another dream there’s a farm.
Green rolling hills and knotty pines.

Other times and places as yet unknown to me.

There’s always a smile and a hug.
Always and forever.