Scratching in the dirt...

 I ran across this picture...I did not pay attention to the other photos enough to register where it might have been taken.  But it is from 2013 I believe.

I have had time to get this post up but have been doing a bit of this and that, and listening to The Elephant Whisperer by Lawrence Anthony.  I read the book a few years ago, and it has remained in my mind as one of the best books I have ever read.  I then got to wondering if it was as good as I thought it was and was planning to read it again when I ran across it on audible.   It is absolutely as good as I remembered.

Here is a video about him and his experience:

Who could resist a face like this...

 I was strolling through the archives and just couldn't resist this.  He was such a character.  

I sure enjoy reading the answers to my questions.  I enjoy reading the answers to other people's questions, too.  Almost any time anyone asks questions on their blog, I will read everyone's answers.  I try to answer, but if I am on the phone, it will normally be a shorter answer.

I broke down and started a puzzle...at least I have been picking out the orange pieces...there is a LOT of orange.  I did that yesterday afternoon.  Today I have basically only glanced at it.  

I have been working on the circles on the quilt.  around the edge I have half circles to do.  I finally gave in and and counted.  I don't have near as many to do as I thought.  There are 24 full cirlces and 14 half circles.  All I have left to do is one full circle and 4 half circles.  There will still be more quilting to fill in the open spaces but I have not decided how to quilt them.  I am thinking I will go back up in a few minutes.

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I forgot to tell a Copper tale...honest to goodness I am not making this up.  At one side of the patio are these evergreen trees...something with needles.  Well, between them and the patio there were just a very few weeds.   And then some thistle at one end...small thistle, not the big stuff I love.  

Anyway, I decided to pull them up again, and of course here he came to see what I was doing.  He started with the grass, and I pushed him and told him to stop...he likes to eat grass and then throw up. He stood and watched what I was doing. I am bending over him...my face is right beside his face.  

You can tell by his ears and just his expression when he is thinking.  He left the grass alone and started grabbing this other weed and jerking it... I pushed him on through cause who knows what is poisonous?  I will say he was spitting them out.  He went on and came behind me and there is this other thing, he started chewing and pulling on it.  It is basically dead...I said 'Copper!'  And he just looks at me and the last thing I had to pull was I don't know what. I thought a vine but it was growing straight up.  (Are you ever tempted to leave something alone to see what it does? I was in this case.) Anyway, he snatched the top of it and pulled the top leaves off.  I send my daughter a text and asked if she knew he was a gardener?

Former draft

I did not know what to post here tonight...I could not think if I had taken any snapshots or not.  I thought I will see what is in the drafts and found this.  I have missed being where I could see these blooms.  I just simply love them.

I did vacuum today. How many times do you vacuum a week?  I don't know if this is good or bad or if I should be embarrassed to admit it, but I only vacuum once now that we just have Copper.  When we had both him and Delta, I had to vacuum at least twice.  And now with my cordless, it will be easier if I have to vacuum up something in the kitchen.  You know how you sometimes drop something or spill something.  I hated dragging out the big vacuum for that.  Not that I did it often.  

I did some laundry and I just came down from working on my quilt a few minutes ago.  I think I did 4 or 5 circles and a half circle....there will be half circles along the edge.  I cannot think how many I have done.  I did not go up at all yesterday.

Sarah and Lorelei came by for a little bit....Lorelei had been to eye dr for new contacts....so they stopped by here on the way home.

That is about all I can think of right now...I still have not opened another puzzle but it is getting harder to resist.  LOL