Monday stuff....

Another season of Downton Abbey comes to a close. And now what will we all watch on Sunday nights??

Three cheers to Julian Fellowes, who made sure that Anna and Mr. Bates are together again... and Carson and Mrs. Hughes are to be married.... and Violet arranged for her long-ago Russian Prince to be reunited with his Princess.... but sadly, Isobel Crawley won't be getting married to her intended because his sons didn't relish the idea of having a step-mother sharing the family fortune.

So many plots and twists and tid-bits to tidy up before the end of this 5th season of Downton, but they managed to do it quite nicely, and I was reaching for the tissues when Carson was asking Mrs. Hughes to be his wife... and then again when Tom announced that he'd be leaving for America, and then once again when Mr. Bates surprised Anna with his return to Downton.

And will Lady Mary ever, ever, ever have a kind word for poor Edith?!  Lady Mary needs to remember that ghastly night when the foreign visitor died in her bedroom and had to be dealt with in an Agatha-Christie-ish manner. Then perhaps she won't be so judgmental of Edith's choices.


To keep that orange cat company.... I've seen a gray and white cat on the porch this weekend. I know the gray cat is a female because that's the cat who has taken up residence at JS's property further up the hill, living underneath her garden shed. That same gray cat also had two kittens up there, and I've been wondering if the orange cat is the kitty-daddy of those two little ones. We'll never know, of course, but it is a fact that neither the orange cat nor the gray one has been fixed.  The gray cat is a feral, and runs away whenever she sees or hears something or someone out of the ordinary, so she's not likely to be caught. The orange cat is still doing his best to keep me wary of him... he managed to claw my ankle this morning when I put his food down on the porch.


We've had days of sprinkling rain... and misty cloudy weather.... and a cold dampness that just stays with you all day long. I can't remember the last time we saw the sun, and I'm getting downright cranky about that.  It isn't quite as cold as it had been, so that's a plus... but still... the sun would just be so very nice to see and everything would dry out and warm up and I'm trying to be very patient until that happens.