Sunny Skies

Good morning, my friends. Gee, it's nice to see some blue sky and sunshine. It was a nice day yesterday, and it's looking like it will be a nice day again today. I was able to get outside for a while. The last dahlia is cut back now. I'd hoped some of the other buds might open, but they were still in tight green marbles when I looked at it. No chance they'll bloom before the first frost sets in. 

The only thing to do now is to look forward to spring when things will start blooming again. I noticed the herb garden has a lot of dead stuff littering the area, and so my next task will be to do a little clean-up there, and other areas as well. And, of course, the place is littered with wet leaves right now. Gardening season is coming to a close, but we're not there yet.

As expected, I finished off the 13th of 21 stitcheries for the Raggedy & Friends project.

Eventually, I'll sew that into the eighth block for this project. For now, I'll set it aside while I work on the next block for the Northern Wilderness quilt. This is the one I'm working on now.

The block was tricky to sew together. The pattern tells me what size to cut the pieces, but there are no instructions for sewing it together. I sewed this one together by hook and by crook, but I lost some of the points. Oh well. It's the best I could do, and so by my definition, it's good enough.

The applique will cover up some of those cut off points. I was only just getting started on the applique yesterday when I needed to stop. Today I'll start adding the eagle.

This is how much help I got from the kitties yesterday. They spent the afternoon just as you see them here.

Kitties like quilts. Any questions?

Smitty gave us a bit of a scare last night as we were getting into bed. Usually, he's there on the bed for his bedtime snuggles. He didn't join us for our evening television watching, and then he didn't come for his pre-bedtime treats. And then he was MIA for his snuggles. Hm...where is he?

So I wanted to make sure he wasn't locked in somewhere, and I went looking for him. I looked positively everywhere for him. Under things, on top of things, behind things, inside of things...he was nowhere to be found. I looked for at least ten minutes before heading back to the bedroom. "I can't find Smitty anywhere," I said to Mike. We thought he might be in his catio, and I shined a flashlight through the window, but couldn't see him. If he was in the area right next to the exterior wall of the house, I wouldn't be able to see him without going outside. So, Mike went out the back door to see if he could find him there. Lo and behold, he was outside!!! It looks as if a bit of the fencing has come loose on the catio walls, and he snuck out. I'm assuming he was off playing poker. That's what he's usually doing when he goes missing. 

So now the door to the catio is closed off until Mike can repair the fencing. Sheesh. I'm glad I checked. We get the kitties in at night. He's spent a few nights outside when we couldn't round him up, but I can probably count those times on one hand. Of course, the kitties are 'spicious whenever we close off any of the doors in the house, and so they're laying low this morning.

That's about all I have for you today. This morning, I'll get started on My Embroidered Garden. It's a small piece, but it has lots of fancy stitches, and so it'll take me a while to finish it.

It's a laundry day, but that won't keep me from my sewing. I'm hoping to finish off the applique for the eagle block, and then I'll get to work making the bear block below. I've made the bear paw block before, and so I don't expect to have as much trouble with it, despite the lack of instructions.

All right. It's time for our Sunday morning pancakes, and then I'll get busy with my stitching. Have a good day, Everybody. I hope the sun is shining in your world today too.