The beehive of activity

Although it's not much activity by most people's standards, I've had a lot of stuff going on lately, including the trip to Arkansas and the landscaping in the back yard.I was bitten by a tick in Arkansas. The bite became infected, so I had to make a trip to the doctor yesterday for antibiotics. The day before that, senior pet Beasley got an emergency trip to the vet for his own antibiotics, after a bite from another cat became infected. (Beasley has been grounded since he got bitten, and is enjoying the return of his most-favored cat status. We're spending a lot of time together, and he seems to have mellowed out because of it.)There is a family dispute among my semi-relatives in Arkansas into which I have been tangentially drawn. It's not going to affect me in any big way — I have always steered clear of that family drama —... [read full story]