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    Two new feline friends have come to live at Johnson House, and how my life has changed!  Two young retired gentlemen kitties are livening up things around the house.  Miss Lily and Twinkle, my two older cats, are beginning to tolerate the newcomers.  Lily and Twinkle are around 11 years old, making both cats much more subdued.  I have never had to watch out for things they might get into around the house.  If I sat to watch a bit of television in the evenings, my two feline buddies would curl up with me as we spent a quiet night at home together.  But now things have changed.  The newcomers are all of two years old, and are so active that I wonder when they ever sleep.  The fluffy one, Honey Bunny, is so cute I can hardly stand it. His big round eyes just look at you as if to say, "I'm so cute, how could I have done anything wrong?"  He does somersaults when I rub his curly belly and scratch his back.  He's a real heartbreaker, and who would ever suspect tha

    April, at last!  Today is wonderfully sunny, but cool.  Everything is greening up.  It is a perfect day for flying kites and piloting remote controlled toy airplanes.  When I went to my local library I spotted a remote controlled plane buzzing around the athletic field behind the building.  The sight of the plane reminded me of how my father always helped me to fly kites and remote planes in the spring.  We had such a great time with them.  It was part of the spring rituals to usher in the season.  First we would go to the toy store to carefully select just the right kites and string.  Then we made the rounds to the specialty stores that carried the remote controlled model airplanes.  The rest of the day was spent on laying out the pieces for each of the projects to assemble and make ready the appropriate equipment for the seasonal flights. The sacrifice of an old broom handle was usually expected to create a handle to tie the end of the string to. Usually the kites were the first