Fusion Achieved

It sounds as if I'm building a nuclear weapon, but actually, I'm only building a widdle kitty cat. Clementine is all put together now.

It was quite a relief to have that part finished. I went searching through my green bin for a green background piece, and came out with this scrap. It was used as the quilt back for Wind in the Whiskers, and it seemed like a good choice.

I spent some time trying to choose fabrics for a stop border and an outer border last night. When Mike got home, I asked for his help. The two of us puzzled over it for about 20 minutes, and we made a final decision. Still, I'm not satisfied, and I think I'll dig around a little more today. I started thinking I probably have some of the border fabric from Wind in the Whiskers left if I can find it. And if not, I have another idea. It's still a work in progress. When I have the borders sewn on, I'll cut a piece of scrap batting and then get busy with the top-stitching.

The dreaded cast-on stitches are finished now. There were two more to do before I could move along.

The one on the right has a little unwanted loop, but they're acceptable. I can fix that one with a little tacking stitch, and no one will be the wiser. Now I've moved the hoop again, and I'll start working my way across the top. I expect I have a few more days of stitching before this is finished.

When I finished up my slow-stitching yesterday, I went outside to fill the bird feeders and do some watering. It rained later in the afternoon, and so the watering was probably a wasted effort. Just the same, I harvested the first of the red leaf lettuce from the greenhouse. We had that in a salad for dinner last night, and it was so crisp and sweet.

When I got back to sewing, I made the latest Tiny Tuesday block. This one is a Monkey Wrench.

And this next picture makes me so sad. Poor Smitty really can't understand why he has to stay inside. He hears the coyotes, but cats don't seem to understand object permanence. If he can't see or hear them, they don't exist in his mind. He whines, and whines, and whines, and he's under foot most of the day. When he's not under foot, he's sitting in the corner of his catio looking dejected.

I expect Coyote Man to come by today and check the bait he left out for the coyotes last week. Thursday seems to be his day to come. If the bait has seen activity, then he'll set traps, and presumably, things will pick up speed then. He'll have to check the traps every day, I expect. Fingers crossed it's all done soon, but then, I've had my fingers crossed for quite some time already. I'm not sure I can uncross them at this point.

It was a long night of little sleep last night, and so I'm tired this morning. Most of the time I sleep well, but there is the occasional night when everything conspires to keep me awake. I have a pedicure this morning, and then I'll make a short stop at the grocery store. After that, I expect to take a nice long nap. Maybe I'll get some sewing done...maybe I'll sleep the afternoon away. Time will tell.