memorial day weekend at last

finally, a three day weekend. weather has been nice. stormed and rained last night, but should be ok during the day today. i was able to get a couple hours in the studio yesterday afternoon. ran errands yesterday morning. watched the rest of sweeney todd movie (tim burton) - it is by far burton's most bizarre movie so far. not sure if i mentioned, but i'm a huge tim burton fan and regardless of if i see his new releases at the movie theatre or not, i get the dvd's when they come out. i've got all of his movies on dvd. my favorites are the animated ones (nightmare before christmas, corpse bride), but i like the live action ones too. i just love his version of charlie and the chocolate factory. some people liked the previous version better. this one was much more adventurous. and who doesn't like pee wee's big adventure? no one i know. ;-)

today's feature photo is of beanie in the window. some people think it odd that while beanie is upstairs, we keep her in a kitty condo. she was raised as a kitten transported to an from the home she stayed at with her mom, dad and siblings in a crate and stayed sometime in a kitty condo while at the vet, where the maine coon cat breeder worked. crates (and kitty condos) are her home and sanctuary. unlike most cats, she is most at home while in a crate. she will spend many hours in this kitty condo which is her window to the world. she can watch the birds and the action outside. sometimes she doesn't want to come out of her kitty condo, even after being in there many hours. otherwise, she lives in our finished basement where she can roam to her heart's content. she is a sweetie pie kitty. one of the nicest, sweetest cats you'll ever met. extremely friendly, never mean. she talks too.