Moving Toward Spring

The Sun is remaining above the horizon longer each day as the Earth continues in its orbit and makes our star's path through the sky appear to head northward.

One of my office windows faces to the southeast, and I have two mirrors strategically located to catch the Sun rising.

I'm up every day at 4:44 a.m. and love the dawn.  Last week the Sun began to appear in the first mirror, which is convex and has a wide field of view.

Sunlight is also streaming back into our living room and kitchen at least briefly each day.

These changes are signs of the approaching spring which will begin with the equinox on March 20.

It's fun to be in touch with these ancient motions.

Natural Scratch Works

A customer called and said her cedar Natural Scratch post had been clawed so deeply she needed to replace it. 

Music to my ears because it means the post served its purpose well.

She decided to order two new cedar posts so she could accommodate her cats in different areas of her home. 

After I completed taking her order, she mentioned that her sister had a cork Natural Scratch, and it too had been clawed deeply. 

Calls like this always make my day.

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