Sunday

Kat added two mice to her mouse chart last week.  Busy, busy cat.  No wonder she sleeps all day.  I'd give her a treat, but she won't eat anything but her dry cat food.

I started reading "Moby Dick" last night, and didn't last long.  Maybe there's a reason I never read it before.  Or maybe I should have tried harder to appreciate it.  I have too many other unreadd books on my Kindle to fuss around with one I don't like.  So much for self improvement.

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I have been trying to find the correct spelling and meaning of  word we use a lot at home.  Threatening KC with a "pichenette" immediately gets her attention.  My neice Sheri told me about it.  If Kasey gets a pichenette, it means she gets a thump on the head.  A French friend of mine in Seattle gave me some information on it, and when I Googled it, this is what I found:

In Canadian French, the flicking action used in the game is called a "pichenotte"  where the game pieces are flicked using the thumb and index (or middle) finger . While the specifics are uncertain, pichenotte certainly must have originated from the Indian game carrom. In the mid-19th century, carrom was likely brought to Canada by Indian or British immigrants.

We pronounce it "peachnot", which may be correct or not. 

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 Finished (maybe) the pen and ink pointellism of a Big Horn sheep.  After I look at this a while, I will probably decide it  needs to be darker.