During the week we went to see a new doctor at a new clinic and here I am with Jennifer the nurse who took mom’s blood pressure. She was super nice and gorgeous!  We like the new doctor a lot but did not get a picture. The new doctor told us that the clinic has a psychiatrist on staff who likes to meet new patients and mom told me later she decided this visit might not be a good time to introduce me. I don’t know why not.

Then this weekend we went to a park where we walked over this suspension bridge!

Here we are crossing the bridge.  I asked mom to hold on tight to me!  I am a Tiger I was not scared. No I was not!  but wanted mom to feel more secure by holding me.

Dixie came on the hike with us!  The path was along the Spokane River.

Then later we went downtown and walked along the river again and met Paul who has a fantastic contraption of giant magnets on a thick rope and he tosses it in the river and almost every time pulls up some interesting metal objects from the river. He was very interesting and super handsome and here I am with him and his friend Joah who is also very handsome but not quite as handsome as me.

OMG and here I am with the Garbage Goat!!!  This is so totally cool! You push a button that activates a giant vacuum and the goat slurps down garbage!!!  It was awesome!

There is a merry-go-round downtown too and it has a TIGER!!!!  Mom bought me a ticket so I could ride on it !!!!!  It was super fantastic what a great day we had!

At work one day last week there was ice cream!  A Ben & Jerry’s ice cream truck came and parked for an hour and everyone could have as many scoops as they wanted but mom FORGOT and LEFT ME at home that day!  mom got two scoops and ate it all  herself and did not save any to bring home to me she FORGOT all about me!

Luckily that day there was a package of goodies in the mail from Auntie Darcy and Nicoyln !!!  We got cat socks and a hula cat ornament and a Hello Kitty sticker and lots more stuff!  And super yummy cookies with chocolate on them!  It was the best care package ever!  Auntie Darcy would never FORGET me on ice cream day.

Then this weekend we went for a hike to see wildflowers!

We went to an Art Festival this weekend!  It was a super sunny day!

There was all kinds of great music too. We had a really fun day!

This is Rik who makes awesome fish and other things like mermaids out of bottle caps!  He was really nice and super handsome!  But not as handsome as me.

This is me with Amanda she worked in the kids area and helped us make a special button pin!  Amanda was really patient and totally gorgeous!

Look at how totally awesome my button pin is!!!  It is a TIGER! I drew it all by myself and mom helped a little bit but it was totally my idea and I picked the colors!

We went hiking somewhere new!  Our friend at work Ed told us about a good hike called Hog Canyon ha ha that is a funny name!  There was a beautiful lake! 

We met some great people on the trail who wanted their picture with me. We did not get their names but they were really nice and the women were so beautiful!  The men were handsome but not quite as handsome as me.

We saw so many wildflowers! Yarrow, lupine, larkspur, iris, blanket flower, camas, vetch, daisies, sage, shooting stars, columbine, bitteroot, and so much more!

Here is the waterfall that feeds into the lake!  It is on private land so we could not get very close. It would be nice to have your own waterfall by your house!  We also went to see Fishtrap because every time we pass the highway sign for Fishtrap we say we should go check it out. It is a lake that looks a lot like Hog Canyon Lake except there are a LOT of campers, RV’s, boats and boat trailers there too.  

Also I want to give a shout out to our friend Sharon who left a comment in this blog last week. Sharon always made cookies for mom on her birthday and they were the BEST cookies! We miss you Sharon!  You should come visit us in Spokane.  And bring cookies. Here I am on our front porch looking at the cool cement leaves that Sharon made and gave to us years ago. We still have them!

At work mom ran a software regional user group meeting. It was a virtual meeting since so many people are not able to travel. I like it when we all meet in person because then we have LUNCH and SNACKS.  It is not as interesting without snacks.

We could have had snacks because mom implemented the Snack Bowl for meetings.  She says people are more likely to show up for a meeting if SNACKS are provided. Tigers will always attend a meeting with Snacks. Even when we are not invited.

We have been watching more of the Walking Dead. They are so impractical!  I’ve been saying since the beginning that everyone should have spears with them at all times! Michonne with the sword has the right idea.  I like her a lot. Me and mom also like Daryl he can take care of himself in the wilderness just like a TIGER that is important. Also mom thinks he’s handsome.

Our friend Melissa from Western WA came to visit this weekend!  It was great to see her she is so nice and totally gorgeous!  Here we are with our cat Kosha who we would not have if Melissa had not told us about him at the shelter where we used to all volunteer.  Kosha was on a feeding tube for a long time and then we fostered him after Melissa told us about him and he started eating on his own at our house and then the vet took the feeding tube out and then we adopted him. He is a great cat!

Also we have been doing a lot of gardening. Here are some cool plants that Mom got that have flowers that are like Tiger stripes!  I am wearing my Hello Kitty sunglasses.

When we went to the library yesterday there was a Comic Book Convention going on!!

Auntie Darcy lives near where the volcano Kilauea is erupting!  It is so scary and so exciting!  Luckily Auntie Darcy knows how to stay safe around volcanoes that is her job.  She is a geologist and studies volcanoes. I was not there but I photoshopped myself into this picture for dramatic effect.

Today we went for a hike at the Turnbull Wildlife Refuge.  There were lot of wildflowers!

We  have been reading a book about how to notice more and have a better appreciation for nature. For example here is a something easy you can try. In your house, sit with your eyes closed and take 10 deep slow breaths. Now go outside in your yard or the woods and do the same thing. You have to really do it, not just imagine it. It’s amazing! Now when I just walk to the mailbox I notice things a lot more.  Here is a tree that has stripes just like me!  I am almost  camoflaged  camouflaged ! 

And  here is a neighbors beautiful paperbark tree. It is so cool!

Here is a conifer in our yard with new growth starting.  It is fun to notice new things!

Also we got the photo of me with the K9 police dog from a couple pf weekends ago!!!  It’s totally awesome !!  I thought it would be funny to have the police dog hold me in his mouth for the picture but we were told I might not be returned in one piece.  Even a Tiger is no match for a professional K9 police dog!

So much has been happening! First our friend Carolyn at work found a Tiger in her car! His name is Ezra and Carolyn brought him to meet me!  He brought candy which we scarfed down as soon as Carolyn left.

Me and Ezra are doing important work stuff on mom’s computer.

Then me and mom went downtown to see the Hello Kitty Cafe van which travels around and sells great stuff like keychains and t-shirts!!  It was crazy busy and the line stretched for almost a whole block!  Mom said we are not going to stand in line for hours we can buy Hello Kitty stuff somewhere else and she said that I already have Hello Kitty things that I don’t use we don’t need any more blah blah blah.

On the bright side I got to meet Max who is so beautiful and looked so amazing!  This is called Harajuku and it is Japanese street style fashion.

Then the next day we went on a road trip with Margo yayyyyyy!  I love Margo she lets me help drive!  She is a good friend mom does not let me drive.

We went to see Palouse Falls but when we got there the park was closed because there was a search and recovery going on. Later we found out that  someone had been swimming and got too near the falls and drowned that is terrible and sad. Here I am with Margo downriver from the Falls Margo is comforting me. I was sad.

This is Carol who works for the park service. We were at Lyons Ferry State Park. The park is named after the Lyons family who used to run a ferry that crossed the Snake River. Carol was gorgeous and super helpful. She works hard to let people know the dangers of the river and to be careful when out on the water.

Here I am in the car while we drove along the Snake River.  In case you did not notice I am wearing my Hello Kitty bandana. See mom!?  I do use my Hello Kitty things!

We stopped at Little Goose Dam!  It is one of several dams along the Snake River. It was very impressive and you can see how powerful the water is.

We passed windmill farms!  They are very big but this was as close as I could get.

Then we stopped at Steptoe Butte!  Butte not butt ha ha ha!  It was a fantastic beautiful day and we had great views of the Palouse. It is always awesome to spend time with my beautiful friend Margo. Who lets me help drive the car. 

Wow!  We went to a Spokane Police K9 event to see a demonstration of the amazing K9 police dogs!  But we did not get any good pictures of them in action they were too fast and we were too far away.  We did get a photo of me with one of the K9 police dogs but it was taken by someone else who has not sent it to us yet. But here I am with Charlie from the Spokane Fire Department and one of their great emergency response vehicles!  Charlie was super nice and handsome and has the BEST smile!

We got to look at and climb in the back of a SWAT truck!

And here I am with the Aqua Duck who represents Education and Awareness about our aquifer!   That is an interesting job. We had a great time at the event! 

Also this weekend we went for a hike in the Dishman Hills Conservation Area!  Notice that I am wearing a button with a photo of Ciro one of the K9 police dogs!

Look at this great rock we saw at the top of Eagle Peak!!

The wildflowers are out!  It’s so pretty.  It was a great hike!

At work our friend Tyler told us we should watch The Walking Dead so mom got season 1 from the library. We’ve only watched a few episodes so far but there are some serious problems with this show! Here are just some examples. In camp when someone says they should put up a sign on the highway warning people not to go to the city, Shane says they don’t have time. But they have time for lots of other stuff like arguing how big the fire should be, and giving haircuts, and doing laundry, and picking mushrooms. Shane also says that there is a rule that no one goes off alone but people are going off on their own all the time! Glenn goes to the city by himself, Daryl goes hunting by himself, and people go mushroom-picking by themselves. And you can’t feed 12 or 15 people with a tiny saucepan of mushroom soup!  Where are they getting food supplies? And why don’t they use some of the thousands of cars on the highway that were leaving the city? They must have the keys in them. At one point someone drives into camp saying “here’s the water”; wait, they have to go get water with a jeep? Why didn’t they make camp near a water source? If they have to drive to get water it would be difficult to get enough to cook and clean and do laundry for the whole camp but everyone looks so clean with nice hair. And why aren’t they better organized with defensive systems? Does anyone even stand watch? Why don’t they all have a weapon to slay zombies and a sheath to carry it with? Why when Glenn took a group into the city for supplies did then take a big bag of tools? Why would they walk all the way to the city carrying tools when their goal was to bring supplies back? If the zombies can break into a department store with a rock, and Glenn has been in the building with the store before why do they need to take tools?  It doesn’t make sense.  But the most ridiculous thing is in the photo below. In camp this lady is IRONING clothes!!!!  ha ha ha ha!