crazy in cat land

It feels like I've just spent the whole week worrying about our cats. We started Monday off at the vet to get Mabes her shots, came home to a sick Clue Monday evening and Miles has overdosed on his grumpy pills. Thankfully Clue appears to be on the mend after 2 visits to the vet, both included injecting her with antibiotics and fluids. She's not eating yet, but she is at least pondering the thought with short visits to the dinner plate. It's been scary and expensive not knowing what's wrong with her! Anyway, as Miles and I were having a heart to heart, Mabel runs in like a crazy little muppet with a ball of delicious blue angora yarn in her mouth. She's a nut - this is now the second time she's weaseled her way into my yarn stash. Apparently she has an affinity towards soft, luxurious bunny yarn...both time she has chosen angora. Literally, it's like streamers...around chairs (several times), up the stairs, down the stairs and then into the kitchen...wrapped around the table legs and all the chairs. She certainly has a way of lifting our low spirits and making us laugh. Miles will come around. How will he resist this charming personality?



mabel & clue

miles is happiest outside...away from kitten

my little mabel

she sure is a sweetie pie...

coolness in warmth

Here are 2 cool things: a jacket and a band...and in warmth b/c it's going to be 70 degrees today.
Mina Perhonen

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foggy morning

It's been a long and stressful past few weeks...but things are feeling a little more manageable again...I still have a list a mile long of things I have to do related to the website, organizing finances and doing to computer/photo stuff for work. But it will all get done, it always does.
Fort Nest is happily getting closer and closer to being finished...I know Toddie and I will be so excited to get this done with so that we can focus more of our energy indoors.

birthday dinner

kitty came over to celebrate my b-day last night and we ate lots and lots of indian food. papadams, samosa, coconut rice and butter chicken...yum.
tonight: happy leftovers.

succulent city

the last mission of my work day yesterday was to go into portland and photograph a planter of succulents created by flora home earlier in the summer. one Thyrsifolia in particular went bombastic.



And...on the homefront...there's been lots of growling and hissing...but i remain optomistic. must...get...along!

grumpy miles assumes his position....

and there's more birthday goodness!

we've got some exciting news to share. we adopted a new baby and we've named her Mabel. she's incredibly adorable and sweet and she's running around like a nut ball right now. at first miles was not happy at all, but now that he sees her running around like a crazy little-one he's intrigued. there is a bit of hissing, but i'm sure in a few days our little family will be very happy. we may need to get a king size bed to fit all 3 cats!

to me...

my friend jessica made this card for me...it's so great. i love it!

monday & a motivational mug

yellow house

i went to this house a few weeks back to help install the flower arrangements and such for a wedding. the house was magic inside and out. i stole a few snaps and have been meaning to post.

Fair Tuesday

This past Tuesday, Todd and I continued our tradition of going to the Fryeburg Fair. We love it! Drinking milkshakes, playing with goats, people watching, listening to music...lots of fun to be had. The band we were hoping to see canceled, but, the replacement was a band Todd's Uncle Roger plays in. Fate? Maybe yes. We'll see what the future holds for "the wedding band".

mushroom village

found a little community of fungus in our yard...it's real, i tell you. i thought it'd look alright paired with some new treats i recently purchased. Ferdinand tissue holder for this winter's sniffles and some yarn from The Fibre Co. i bought at KnitWits. i'm going to make my co-worker some baby booties for her boy-to-be.

getting things done

yesterday, i woke up at 6:30am thanks to clue cat, and made all the piles of papers in our house disappear. found some bills to pay (just in the nick of time) and got it all organized. that feeling of productivity stuck with me all day...it was a very statisfying feeling.
and...after the trauma of knitting this last sweater has subsided, i can finally recoginize its existence and am actually slightly proud of it (maybe b/c i know what a triumph it was to complete in 3 days time). so here it is - made out of 100% bamboo.
also, i'm drawing a lot more for my website. birds and goats and all things cute!

invitations

my cousin's lady bought me a fancy new bracelet. i absolutely love it, but only for special occasions, of course. and the photo below of my lovely boyfriend is the one he'd like to put on our wedding invitaions - naturally just to my side of the family. his side would get a similar glamour shot of me. hmmm. how's no? my idea involves the beauty of the letter press, so i've looked into this and it appears that i mine as well buy a letter press and make them myself. this wedding thing is a wicked excuse to spend money. BUT, i've been wanting one for a while and i have a small stash of cash saved up so i'm ready for a road trip to Letter Press Things in November. Meanwhile, toddie and i are eagerly anticipating the Fryeburg Fair so we can scout out the band we want to play at next summer's festivities.

indian summer

holy hotness...it's been a warm week and i won't complain about it one bit. here are some images from the yard that i love...

parents bought us a bat house for our backyard buddies - unfortunately - found one dead in our driveway this morning...wing chewed off...hope our cats aren't turning into crazy hunters...

studio sunday

while inside, knitting, i recieved some much needed assistance from miles


This past Sunday friends came by to help with the renovation of my fort nest-to-be. I felt guilty the whole time due to a knitting deadline that was approaching quickly...but now the sweater is finished and the barn is naked - ready for a new life. We had Uncle Roger and step-dad Dave come down to help us remove some trees. They were fun to watch...cutting and strategizing how the trees should fall. We've got one more for them to cut down - hopefully before winter hits so I can plan out garden space.
Also, we woke up this morning to a present left by one of our 2 kitties - a dead mouse. We've know there to be 2 little critters sharing the house, but now, let's hope there's only 1. It was a little sad and disturbing to see a lifeless little body at 8am...but I know the house will thank the kitties later.