Name that Flower

I finally had to move the printer to the second shelf on stand to keep Puck off of it.  He figured out how to turn the networking off. I sent something to the printer and the printer queue came up and reported that the printer was off-line. Sure enough, the lights on the ethernet port were not lit, so I started trouble-shooting. I restarted the printer and noticed that the lights on the port flashed for an instant and then went out again. The printer doesn't have a display for configuring, and since I couldn't remember where I filed the manual, if it came with one, I looked up the support page on the internet. It took a few tries  typing "ethernet port," "network", and "demon cat" to find the instructions for turning the network back on.  I didn't even know it could be turned off, so I learned something because of Puck's passion for messing with the printer.

Laurie made a delicious Cherry Chocolate Tart from a recipe in the King Arthur Flour catalog that came in the mail in December. We use King Arthur Flour, and I'm guessing they got our address from Fine Cooking. The catalog has a lot of interesting kitchen gadgets, exotic chocolates, cocoas, and chips for baking, and a lot of recipes for out-of-the ordinary desserts. In keeping with Fine Cooking, the recipes are quite involved.

I'm still fighting a cold — sniffly, congestion, achiness, and fatigue. I haven't had a fever, so I just have to deal with it. I go in on Tuesday for my monthly port flush. They'll also do blood work as part of the prep for my PET scan in February. I'll see on Tuesday the status of my immune system, and whether or not I will need a growth factor shot.

The kitties are all doing well. They were rioting on Friday, but they all got to go out and in all day today. They brought in loads of dirt, got snacks, drank water and headed back out. Puck came in at one point, got up on the table under the window and shook. So much dust came off of him, he looked like Pig Pen in the old Charlie Brown comics. They all seem happy tonight. Three cats are on our bed waiting for us, Guildenstern is laying over Laurie's arm while she's reading math, while Puck is lounging on the couch, and Stretch is curled up on a fleece cushion on one of the chairs. 

The photos today are macro shots of a flower. Does anyone recognize the flower from the photos? 

Sunset view from the ditch