More Otto and Rosie

Though I am not there, I am betting quiet moments like this are rare.  She must be worn out not to be picking at Uncle Otti.

Otto doing what he loves to do...lay in the sun and snooze.  He looks like he is sleeping, but when I look close at Rosie, it looks like she is trying to nibble at him a little.  You can click on all images to expand the view.
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While on critters, the spider in my flowers has built a beautiful-er spider web that is up higher.  I think it is growing.

First the A-side...

Then the B-side.

Just getting this ready ahead of time in case the modem crashes.  I am going to try to schedule a couple posts.  So far, haven't had a bit of trouble this day.

Just a little note

I have had major problems with my modem tonight...it stopped working and I have been on the phone with AT&T for at least a couple hours. I could not believe it when I actually talked to a real live human being.  I just got off the phone with her a few minutes ago...it is 3:21 a.m.   She is sending me a new modem.  This one has started working, then stopped, then started again.   So, if you email me and I don't respond...that is the culprit.  

Scroll on down for my regular post.

A little bit of fun...

Last night of all things, I discovered I was completely out of butter.  I cannot remember the last time I let myself run out of butter.  Anyway, I knew that meant a trip to Walmart...so after a bit of breakfast we headed to Super Walmart in Paris, Illinois.

There's a little shop over there that we have passed several times but never had the time to stop till today.  First of all, it was not near as small as we thought it was.  The front is crammed full of stuff.  I cannot even think of all.  A lot of it new...some of it stuff you would see at the dollar store, or at a flea market.  Some pretty stuff.

In the back was mainly used stuff, tables, chairs, sofas, etc.  And it had several signs.  You know the type I mean...the Americana type of signs.  and then there were some just kind of funny...like the one above.

Or this one:

They both gave me a VBG!
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Anyway, after we came home, I just needed to sew a little.  And there was something I wanted to try.  I started out with this:

Yep, that is just bits and pieces of fabric that would normally go in the garbage can and be thrown away.  This is what I did with it:

I spread it out on a piece of fabric that I didn't particularly like and then cut a piece of organza to put over it...the organza was not see through enough to get the effect I wanted.

Still I had fun using some of the fancy stitches on my machine and I also used up a couple bobbins with bits of thread on them.

I happened to set may camera down on it, and when I went to pick it up and move it, I noticed this view.  I liked it.

As to what I will do with this, I am not sure.  I had thought a little cosmetic bag, but will have to wait till I have enough scraps to make another piece this size.  Then again, I am not that happy with it, so may not do anything with it other than think of it as a learning experience.