Cinder and the Embers

At long last, the final feral kitten from last year has been trapped.  She and her 4 tiny babies are ensconced in the bathroom, more or less happily.

Dinner and Grooming

They are voracious.

 But clean up well.

Hugs and Kittensens

The foster kittensens are growing up at last. Here Jane Bond would like to reach out and touch her fans.

Growing Like Weeds

Fast Forward

Clearly I am not going to post each day, so here is an update on the state of things in kitten land. The girls are growing fast and very independent.   Cinder (the last sister) had 4 kittens in the garage a couple weeks ago. One disappeared and I pulled the other 3 for fear she had abandoned them. Luna took them in and they are doing great.

Luna and all 6 kittens

Elizabeth

What's Up...

Kitten front!

Kitten Season

One of the 4 kittens born last May had her own kittens at the end of April.  It took a bit of finagaling to catch the family, but they have been safely ensconced in my bathroom for about 10 days.

straight outta the garage est. 5 days old

Hello Mama Kitty (Luna)

Reunited! 7 days

8 days and wobbling everywhere

Crate, sweet crate

Housekeeping

All righty, it is a new year and time to get organized.

To do:

1. Tidy up the blog sidebar
2. HPHCKC Winter term (soar Ravenclaw!)
3. The Great Sockening
4. Read stuff

One down. 363 days to do the rest!

Offered Belly, Hidden Switchblades

Titania has grown and grown into a sleek youthful kitty.  Two of her sisters are in the bathroom but caght at 6 weeks is not the same as caught at 4 months.

Winery Adventure

I went on a very fun adventure this weekend with a friend.  We went to Masia de la Vinya for wine tasting.  We had a great "bartender", the wine was delicious, the company was excellent and the day was beautifu.  Somewhere around taste #5 I started to relax and feel like myself again... I may need to become a middle aged drinker after all.

Kidding! But seriously, how cute are we?  This is out on the patio, drinking local sangria and listening to live classic rock.  I think this was during the James Taylor song.   We had a great time. I highly recommend it.

After wine and breadsticks and water and time we hit the road back home with only a couple stops - one at the bead store for some beads to match some of the yarn-crawl yarn, one to get my nose pierced and one for a delicious burrito late lunch.  Pretty much a perfect day.  I didn't even touch my knitting.

...Saves Nine

Still stitching.  The bathtub doesn't show too well against the linen colored cloth but the outlining will help (if I ever get there).  Big swaths of one color make progress speedy.

A Stitch in Time...

Not entirely sure why my knitting / spinning desire has been usurped by the urge to work on counted cross stitch, but there you have it.  I even got some work done today at the laundromat.

All the green and gold is complete now and I added more white last night and today. More white, more tan, more backstitching and more blackwork border and I'm done. 

Then it is on to the coordinating second pattern. 

And So It Goes...

Life here at Chez Picky continues to pass.  Galen's memory is a fond one but mostly the other cats are filling the gap (except for a moment this morning when I was cutting up cooked chicken and went to give him a pill).

The big cats (formerly known as the kittens) are slowly coming out of their shells although none are as greedy for attention as Galen.  But they will sleep by my and meow to be petted.  Bingo has learned to jump on my lap and also is moving into Galen's old space on the computer chair.  I think I have given up all hope of giving ayway the baby kitten; she has taken over Galen's old duties and emotion-checking cat and walking on the keyboard-cat.  She may be only a few months old but she rules with an iron paw.  Even the dog is in line.

I'm Getting Better

The fond memories are starting to outweigh the experience at the vet.

2007

2008

2009

2009

2011

Grief

His ashes are on my desk but his little face is still in my mind's eye.

My Sweet Boy

3 /1999 - 7/2016

Tour de Fleece 2016

Saturday marked the start of the Tour and I am in again for another spin.  No specific coherent goal this year, so far I am collecting bits of things that are half started or in the "must spin now" queue from last year.

Stage 1 - .25 oz spun, merino / tencel
Stage 2 - .25 oz spun, merino / tencel. Plied 175 yd

175 yd, .5 oz

In other news I went to a 90s party Friday and it was super fun.  Broke out the Doc Marten's and the Black Market Flowers tee and was in my element.  Fuzzy navel wine coolers were the perfect addition; well, an acceptable substitute since the demise of Zima.

The zebra finches have been here a week now and are settling in.  Yesterday was bath day, today I saw some allopreening.  Thinking of calling them Flit and Swift but haven't figured out who is who yet.

Samah turned 2 on the third, she thinks that finch TV was her birthday present.   Tempest has been in the house 3 weeks (9 weeks old?) and is currently crossing the house by going from loom-top to loom-top.  I think she is on the lookout for breakfast.

6/24/2016

Wet and Wonderful

Herbivore Monday

Capybara

Proof of Life

I have a membership to the SD Zoo / Safari Park and go quite a lot. Some of the knitters were teasing that there aren't ever any pictures so I remembered a camera on Friday.  I have to admit that they are nice to look at after the trip is over but I stand by my normal policy of look at what's happening, don't watch your camera all day. 

Lion & Tigers and Bears, oh my!