i can't keep a secret

remember casey's blanket?

i had the bright idea to "fix" it and

send it to casey and chieko

for sweet baby ray

i went to tumbelweeds and picked out some fabric

i had to remove all of the old, shredded backing

and worn out filling.

i managed to get it taken apart without

harming the printed top piece.

then i had to go back to tumbleweeds and sign up for some

one on one instruction on how to "quilt"

the first night i went, i cut and sewed a border onto the original

blanket, along with some additional fabric to bolster (?)

the very thin (loved) original piece

i went back the following week and layered

the top part

the new batting

and the new back.

after pinning the 3 layers together,

i hand tied the blanket in about

a million places

(i exaggerate!)

i don't know if you can

click on the pictures to see more detail

there is no class tonight,

so i will go back next week to sew on the binding.

this was going to be a surprise, but

i told casey this morning.

i am such a loser.

randomness

the lettuce is growing faster than we can eat it.

we share

the lilies

the daisies

nasturtiums

we had some of these in our salad the other night

beans!!!

little jerry

well here he is.... for now anyway.

he got a check up and his shots have been updated.

he jumped out of the car window today on the way home from the vet.

we were just one house away from home, he was on my lap, i was going slow.

he is roaming in the bog/woods at the moment.

he was not thrilled to be kept inside since tuesday..

i sure hope he comes back later.

i just spent $200+ on vet bills, haha.

here he is enjoying his first night back.

pppuuuurrrrr

blanky

this is casey's old blanket.

we brought it everywhere.

if we went for a bike ride, it was folded up and put on the seat, a cushion of sorts.

it was so loved and worn we had to sew a new back onto it.

just a sheet, but it held together until casey didn't need it any more.

he didn't take it to japan.

he left it for me.

you won't believe this!!!

cheryl and i were coming home from the post office this morning.

when we got to the next door neighbors house, there was a black and white kitty walking up their driveway.

we stopped and called "little jerry"

he turned and looked at us (it was him!!) and continued to walk up the driveway.

i got out and kept calling to him.

he didn't run away.

he let me pick him up, but jumped down when i started walking toward our house (he scratched me)

so i sat at patted him while cheryl drove to her house for cat food (i had given the rest of mine away). then i picked him up again and brought him home, into the lab, away from nitzy, where he wolfed down some food. then he heard nitzy outside the door and quickly hid out behind one of the cabinets.

he has a vet appointment in a couple of hours.

i hope i can get him out.

i am embarrassed that we buried someone else's cat in our back yard, but i feel a little better about being so unsure that the other cat was really him.

hair cut

i had my hair cut "etc. " today

sweet baby ray

not to be copying casey's blog,

but i am.

this sweet baby is a boy.

ray is the only name i have heard mentioned.

both great-grandpa's on casey's side are ray,

so is casey's middle name.

well, raymond, really.

i just can't wait to meet him when he gets hisself borned!!

aahh... summer

how pretty is she??

bryana resting on nitzy on the porch

nitzy resting on bryana on the floor

umbrellas

this is what we want

this is what we have

i guess we can comfort ourselves with this

.... maybe this ....

pretty funny

ha ha ha

i bought this hat to wear so my "natural" hair color doesn't fade in the sun.

no chance of that lately.

i hope i didn't waste $2.50.

did i mention it is raining?

meat loaf beet loaf

last night we had another lovely salad

this one with store bought lettuces, spinach,

carrot, tomato, red onion and

blueberries

meatloaf, mashed potatoes (delicious, made by jesse)

and steamed vegetables

it was quite tasty

happy father's day

we had a lovely caesar salad with lettuce from our "garden"

along with grilled steak, baked potatoes 

and some delicious zinfandel (cline) wine

don't you love the smell of wet dog

nitzy loves to play in the sprinklers

she loves to bite them

just to clarify

the picture of little jerry is from last summer.  i did not put my dead cat on the couch and take his picture.

little jerry

poor little jerry 

cheryl found him about a half mile from here

near willow st.

she brought him home 

he is buried out back.

i am so sad right now

so true!!!

june 15th..... summer?

it should be warm.... you think?

little jerry?

i have been putting food out on the back porch for little jerry just in case he comes home after we go to bed.  (propping the pet door open since it is rain swollen and won't swing)

it has still been there when i get up most mornings.

well this morning it was gone, but i am out of wet food (his favorite), so i put out some crunchies a little while ago and a little bit of milk.

so we are sitting here watching tv and i think i hear something outside.

 i peek out the slider........

not little jerry

he ran behind the chair when we opened the slider to get a better picture

so now i am thinking that since it has been 2 weeks since we have seen little jerry, the longest he has ever been gone, maybe he is really gone this time.

i am thinking he has not been the one sneaking in late, eating, then heading out the door again.

i will have to take the movie case out of the pet door too....

and stop putting out food....

rain

it's raining AGAIN....  i don't really mind, but i just hope the weekend is sunny.  

little jerry has gone missing again.  we haven't seen him since the end of may.  (now he will come home, he just wants to be mentioned on the blog)  we have put food out on the back porch and it was gone a couple of times.... we also DIDN'T leave food out, with the slider open a little, so we would hear him crying (like he always does) when he came in.  he didn't.  his food is untouched the last three or four mornings.  

snapper

this mommy was laying eggs across the street 2 days ago.

"Snapping turtles do not provide any care for their babies. Adult female turtles return to the water after they have deposited their eggs on land and are not present when the turtles hatch."

...nice mom...

hello toilet paper

this morning

casey asked me about the hello kitty toilet paper.

he and chieko sent it to me.

laurie loves hello kitty and i was going to give her a roll or two, 

but she said i should keep the package intact.

the rolls themselves are printed with hello kitty and her friends,

not just the wrapping.

book shelf

i have so many books to read.

i keep piling them up...

on the night table,

the coffee table,

some on another book shelf.

anyway, i went to the christmast tree shop the other day.

i found this cute little bookshelf,

it was white.

i went to kmart and bought some spray paint.

tuscan sunset

i probably should have let it dry some more before putting the books on it, 

but i was so excited!!

maybe the books will be stuck to the paint

or at least have a little paint on the edges.

i don't care.

it's raining again

i was trying to take a picture of the squirrels eating the bird seed.  every time i tried to sneak in close enough, they ran away.  the feeder that is wide open and fairly low to the ground must be too easy.  they were hanging upside down on the tube feeder instead.  i did see a few gold finches yesterday, but so far it is mostly squirrels. 

this is NOT one of our squirrels, but since i had none to post.....

more springiness

i figured it was time to fill the bird feeders

the birds are constantly chirping and flying around.

you can't see it here,

but is a wasp flying around the feeder.

he was starting a home inside while it was empty.

now there is no entrance,

seeds in the way.

you just know that the squirrels and chipmunks are going to eat most of this

this feast of oranges and grape jelly is supposed to attract orioles

on their way through town this month

yesterday i went to kmart and got these cute flip flops and moccasins.

i have been looking for a pair of moccasins for a long, long time.

if you can enlarge the picture, you can see my pedicure decoration,

also, the imprint of the socks i was wearing just before i decided to model my shoes.

this is the smoothie i made for my self this morning.

banana

strawberries

mango

yogurt

milk

signs of spring

bryana making chalk drawings in the driveway

duh.... who planted this one??

nice enough to have coffee and read the paper on the porch

dandelions!!!

new phone

i dropped my cell phone the other day, 

not the first time that has happened

but it stopped working this time.

i could use the text feature and it worked okay on speaker,

but who wants to be on speakerphone all the time?

so i got a new one.  

it is pretty and red.

it flips open to reveal a keyboard.

i like it.

teeth

i went to the dentist this morning for a cleaning

see how nice my teeth look

i had a good report

"look ma, no cavities"