Another kitty....

It seems no matter where I go, I run into kitties.  Today I had to run over to Lori's Pins & Needles...to get a different thread.  What I had was not the right color.  It stood out like a sore thumb.

Of course I ran through the strip pits on the way there...after all it is not really out of the way.  I did see an eagle but it was too far away to photograph.  The Northern Harriers were out on the way there, and as I came back home I again swung through the area.  Short-eared owls were out, even though it was still fairly early in the evening.  I put up a couple of their photos over at Time Stand Still.

Anyway, as I was going, I was just past the last big ponds when I spotted this fellow.  He was not interested in meeting me at all.  Barely paused long enough for me to snap this photo.  He looks healthy, too, but who knows what he would feel like if he could be examined up close and personal.
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It was bright and sunny today....I did not do much at all.  I did try to start on Roger's quilt.  It is going to take a while.  I had to rip out the first little bit of sewing I did.  I had a variegated color that goes from white to darker tan.  The white stood out like a sore thumb so ripped it out.  I would have ripped it out anyway cause it just was not good quilting.

I just felt so totally awkward...didn't know if I was ever going to feel capable of quilting it.  So, I checked what thread I had and didn't have any I liked.  I ran to Lori's and came home with two different threads and one of them is going to work fine.  I also gave myself a lecture....told myself to slow down and try to do it right.

I sat and cut a pattern for part of the quilting, then traced onto this real thing Golden Threads paper...did four of them for the center. Then I took my time...pinned the tracings to the quilt and quilted. I did get that center bit quilted, but that is only a drop in the bucket.  I now have to decide how to proceed.  But having the center done is a weight lifted.
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I have errands to run tomorrow, but hope I can get in some quilting time now that I have started.

Another day come and gone...

It was another cold and nippy day here in Indiana....I hung out clothes. They stayed out for 4 or 5 hours and were still really damp when I brought them in.  I would have left them out longer, but it got really overcast as if it could rain. Or snow. I guess some places have been seeing a few snow flurries tonight, but I have not been out to look. I am weary tonight...not sure why. So I will leave you with this song I found. Of course I think of Lorelei when I listen to the words!

Lorelei Claus and more

We had been out for a little drive today...I came home this evening and checked my email.  Found this Santa Claus waiting for me.  She had wanted her mama to make her a Santa Claus mask, so her mom obliged.
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We decided to go for a little drive today, which led to us going to Mansfield, Indiana.  We have our fishing gear with us almost all the time so headed there to throw our lines in the water.  I had no more than threw my line in when I seen a kitty down the way a little bit.  I stopped and went over by it to try to pet it.

It wanted to be petted but was afraid at the same time.  It would jut meow when I would talk to it.  I finally gave up.  While I was messing with it, Roger caught a couple stripers... so I quit and returned to fishing.  It was just cold enough, or maybe it was that I was not dressed warm enough, till I decided to quit soon and went back to look for the kitty again.

I could not see it anywhere, so returned to the car.  I sat there watching for it, and watching Roger fish...he decided to quit.  As he was putting his reel in behind me, I was trying to look back at him...and as I was doing that he saw the kitty cross the road again.  So off we go...we tried to sneak up to it, but it went back across the road.  Roger stayed back and I followed...her meowing and answering everything I said to her.

Finally, she let me pet her...oh, she just absolutely loved to be touched.  But she did not want to be held.

I picked her up twice...at least I think 'her' is the correct term.  Anyway, she would have none of it.  Oh, she didn't go wild or anything...just squirmed so much I didn't want to frighter her farther and let her go.

You can see a better pic of her over on my Time Stand Still blog.  If she had been willing to be held, I might have been the owner of a new kitty.   Her face is so much like my last Cougar's...and her little meow will haunt me for a while.  If I lived close, she would at least have food.  But I need another cat about like I need another hole in my head.  But if she were close, I would probably have her.  I just cannot resist a face like that.  And it is not just the markings and colorings...it is the look in the eyes.

BTW, those last photos were taken by my husband, not by me.  I forgot to change the watermark on them.