Glad Sunny Day!

Here's some requested pics for Mom, because finally the sun came out:
the back of my house. Its the brown one on the left (without scaffolding). all the grass visible is "mine". The upside down, broken chair...i dunno where that came from...the sidewalk visible is the alley, basically.

Here's the view from my back door, out over the patio with huge crack in it. I'm thinking of growing some kind of ground cover in the crack. ha ha ha. You can see Tasha is sitting in her usual place. She will just go outside and sit there for half an hour or so, without moving. She likes to watch the birds, and squirrels, etc.

In other news, I finally went out and got my annual pair of plain brown leather shoes. I'm wearing them without my 'special' insoles. I tried them with and without, and without felt much better. So be it! That's right, feet, take some responsibility for yourselves and FUNCTION properly! ha ha ha! so far so good!
I also have my first, official, biology-related art request. Gonna draw some birds for my friend. With luck, and her hard work, they will eventually be published in a scientific journal. WOW. I am so excited. Now I just have to draw them...
And I will, while I attend a conference next week! About parasites. Scary. I'll be presenting a poster, and having a good time with the labmates.