Cats

For those of my blogger friends who have followed for awhile, you probably remember BubbaLee.

Here she is about 7 years ago.   I first caught her two kittens, found them homes, watched her carousing around with "Bunny Nose" aka Pete, and with Lois, caught her next 5 kittens, found them homes.

Eventually, we caught HER, and got her spayed.

She's been around her since spring 2010.  Sometimes she would be gone for days, but she would always return.  I've fed her, given her a heated place to sleep in the barn, but never in all this time has she let me or Lois near enough to touch her.

Fast forward to this summer.
"Goldie" who I think is a boy, but who might not be, has been hanging around for a year, to the point now that  he really just lives here.   He is never gone for more than an hour.  And usually if you call to him, he comes out from some hiding place.

I really do think he is an older cat, and for some reason became homeless.

But he seems quite content to be here.  He also has a heated house in the barn, and regular meals.

One night I went out to close the outside gate to the chicken run...even though there is an automatic door on the chicken coop, I like to create one more barrier to intruders, so every night at dusk, I go out to close that door.

Goldie greets me and follows me, and throws himself down in front of me, to get some attention......and while I am scratching his ears, and petting him, I hear "meow, meow".

I look around, and BubbaLee is staring at me from under my car.  So I said, "well, come here then, if you want some attention".

And lo, and behold, after SEVEN years of being untouchable, here she comes.

So what has transpired in the last couple of weeks is this:

Any time you go outside, they are there, together.

They want to be loved.
And they are.

 They have something to say, and I listen.

They have decided that this is an ok, safe place, and it is.

They tolerate each other, but he defers to her every time.

She's the boss.
I think he's ok with that.

He is definitely more comfortable with me.

As evidenced by his ability to sleep at my feet.

I zoomed in here, and see that he doesn't have a lot of teeth.

But he thinks he likes TEA.

BubbaLee is not far behind him in feeling comfortable though.

Obviously.

 I don't think her teeth are in great shape either, so they split a can of cat food every morning, in addition to dry food all day.

Three inside cats, two outside cats.

And I always thought I was a "dog" person.

Guess all these rescue cats had other ideas.

This and that.

It's gone.

The AVL Home Loom with Compudobby.

I hated to see it go, on the one hand, but on the other, I was glad.

The bottom line is that treadling it was too hard for these old hips.
L and I were both lame from it.

We loved it otherwise, but it had to go.

The studio has morphed again.

This is the evening after, with things rearranged, and some cleaning done.
Funny, but I like it better.

When it's not too hot, I like to have lunch on the porch.

One of my faves, cottage cheese and tomatoes.

Sometimes Miss Puss comes out on the screened porch with me.

Sometimes, I have breakfast on the porch, plain yogurt with fruit and wheat germ.

Last weekend, I spent the day with two of my daughters, and their children.

It was the best of days.

I've been busy quilting an old quilt top that was given to me years ago.  It was hand sewn by some industrious person, so I put batting and backing on it, and quilted it using my free motion attachment on my Bernina.  So I think this old quilt will last a long, long time.

I've been weaving these, which can't be over soon enough.....blechh....don't like them.

L just finished a stack of these towels, and they rock.

Sydney wants to know:  do I have a double chin?????

YEP

I just read something on FB that really spoke to me.

It said, "I don't mind getting older, but my body is taking it badly."

Ain't it the truth, though.


Lois and I did the Beekman Street Art Fair on June 11th, in nearby Saratoga Springs.

I must say the booth looked great, and L and I have setting it up down to a science.

I am doing something different this summer, as I usually don't do any more shows.  But I've decided to take on three more.  They are all one days shows.

And L has agreed to do them with me.

The first is at the Blue Mountain Lake Museum, in Blue Mountain Lake, NY, now called the "Adirondack Experience", on July 22nd.
The next one is the Old Time Folkcraft Fair in Willsboro, NY on July 29th.
The third is the Heart of the Park Fair in Long Lake, NY on August 6th.

So if you're out and about, that's where we'll be.


I am very pleased with this ruana in cotton and bamboo, the weave is crackle.

My neighbor gave me some garlic scales, and I think I'm going to try making some pesto out of it..........should be interesting, right?

I love peonies, but their season is too short......
I used to have a dozen different kinds, in my little house in the country, but here I only have the one.

Little lunch on the porch anyone????

I spent a day with my youngest daughter for her birthday.   Of course, the bonus of that is spending the day with THESE TWO.

My bunnies.

Hang in there, BODY, we're sticking around for this.

Productive day

I am still on the mission of making quilts for everyone in my family.

This is for DH.

I had saved this particular fabric just for him.

When I showed it to him, I asked, "did you like the fabric?"

He said, "oh, yeah, it's great."

But later, when I mentioned the fabric specifically, he clearly didn't have a clue.

So I pointed it out to him........


And then he really DID like it.

I wish I didn't like these........I could eat them every day.....that wouldn't be good, right??

This omelet would be a lot healthier, and I love this, too.

This morning I had to change the threads on my serger......and it didn't go that smoothly.

My go to helper is on YOU TUBE........a threading tutorial that is very simple to understand.
Very quickly, I was up and running.

I didn't weave at all today.....I decided to get some of my weaving scraps out and get sewing.

This one actually has arm holes, but then it drapes like it doesn't.
Cotton and handdyed bamboo.

A poncho, same blend.

And a short little cover up.

I took a break from sewing and dyed some cotton.......

And then I got my second wind, and made some purses from some of the smaller pieces.

I've had these wooden handles in my stash for so long, thought it was time to use them.

After all that work, I'm beat.  Tomorrow, however, is another day.

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