Quilt top finished.

It took me two or three days to decide what fabric to use...for the inner strip and the border.  then I came across the green and had enough of it to make borders all the way around.  So, finally decided to take MaryBeth's advice and use red for the inner strip. 

Not sure when I am going to quilt it...I am wanting to get something together to quilt though.  But I do not want to buy fabric for the backing.  But I am having a heck of a time deciding what to piece together to use for the backing for any of the quilt tops I have available to quilt.

Tootie and her mom came Friday....her mom went home Sunday afternoon, and Tootie stayed with us and went home yesterday.  All the while wishing they lived next door till she never had to go home.  She has not lost her second tooth.  She lost the first one while we were in California and the other day wiggled the second one out while on the way home from somewhere.

No great events have been happening...it is just fun having her around.  Even Puss Puss is beginning to accept her.  It thrilled Lorelei to death when Puss Puss came and got in the bed with us the other night.  Puss even walked up on her and did the pedal-pushing or kneading on her legs.  Then Lo was sitting with me Monday night and Puss jumped up in the chair with her. 

Puss has a real fear of children, and will growl and strike out if pushed at all.  Lorelei has never been mean to her, but some other kids were and she has not forgotten it.  So this is a big step of trust on her part.

Day Lily time approaches/is here

Just trying to blog a quick post before I head downstairs to start a load of laundry.  It was overcast for so long, I couldn't decide if I wanted to try hanging our a load or not.  I have decided to do the load and then decide for sure.

I have one day lily blooming...not the one above...mine is in a place where I cannot get a good photo at all.  But I am looking forward to watching them bloom for a while.  It really extends the season to deadhead them.

So, I best be off and head down there and start the laundry....I have fabric to cut and seams to sew...all fun things to do.  Even the laundry.

A handsome fellow

The previous post featured Lorelei, with a taste of Otto...I thought I would do this post with pictures of him from the same day.  Here he is...I don't recall why he had that look...maybe cause he had his harness on and was on the lead....

Now this is better...just the collar...just taking it easy in the front yard.  Isn't he handsome!

In case you are wondering, he is actually watching Sarah to see what she is doing...

He is happy just being with us.  He is not huge, but weighs about 70 pounds.  Their neighbors to one side have a couple girls that Lorelei likes to play with and also a couple dogs that he likes to play with.

Then a couple houses down the other way are two more kids.  And also a dog lives there, a Vizsla.  She gets out of her yard, comes and jumps the fence into Sarah's back yard and plays with him about 15 minutes.  By then he is worn out, and she jumps the fence to go make other visits.

The thing with him, he would dearly love to be a lap dog.  All I have to do is look at him a certain way and here he comes and tries to get in my lap.  Depending on where I am, I sometimes let him.  With Sarah, it is the same.  Especially if she gets this one quilt out...he considers it an open invitation to sit with her.

Edited to add:

I was looking back through old post of him...look at how young he was...this was before Lorelei...when Sarah and Jeremy lived just 15 minutes away.  Taken in April of 2008!