Cat in the apple tree

Can you see Vino? Early yesterday morning I watched him slink out of the hedge and jump up there to hang out. He's "guarding" an old ornamental birdhouse that no self-respecting bird would ever build a nest in. When I opened the door with my camera, he ran off in terror as if he'd never seen me before. That cat must have a guilty conscience about something. John calls him our "Dodo kitty," and for good reason.

We've had wild weather in the last 24 hours. At noon yesterday I was working in the garden with hot sun on my back, and within 45 minutes a dark, windy storm blew in from the west. We had driving rain, which made me sorry I cleaned all the outside windows last week. Gale warnings on the Washington coast, snow in the mountains, and damp and cold in Seattle today. Crazy spring weather...hope yours is nicer.