I was lucky enough to snag a large sheet of plexiglass on Freecycle.
Woot! I was imagining all the quilting templates I could make from
it. First, though, I sliced off a piece to replace the rusted third-level grids for the guinea
pig cage.
Friday, October 25, 2024
New Invisible Wall
Thursday, October 24, 2024
I Like Thursday: Pigs, Poets, Pumpkins, Prancing and Paddling
Whew! Lots going on in the last two weeks! So many great things to
make me happy. Let's see -
the Powerpuff Girls
are settling in. There's been much loafing when they're not fiercely
demanding treats.
There really is a guinea pig in that photo... the first week Bubbles tried to hide under everything.
They're learning to beg properly and they're enjoying the three level cage - everyone has favorite spots. And they were pretty excited to check out the cleaned cage.
Friday, October 18, 2024
Fall Flowers
Lo and behold - an occasion presented itself. Several of my dancing hair clips are falling apart and I could use more that match other outfits. I thought these little flowers would be cute!
I've spent the last several days making these. I rummaged through my scrap fabric for colors. Then I had to recall how I made the first set of flowers. Now have a dozen flowers. Even though that's plenty, I'm ready to make some more!
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Powerpuff Girls Fall Photo Shoot
Meet my latest foster guinea pigs from Dakin Humane. Bubbles, Buttercup and Blossom have settled in quite nicely in the last week. They were pretty freaked out the first day, but by dinner time they were wheeking for lettuce. These gals are seriously tuned in to paper pags and kitchen noises. They go nuts whenever Rob crinkles a bag (for whatever reason they react to him more than me).
Thursday, October 10, 2024
I Like Thursday: Piggies, Pretty Leaves, and Plans
Busy week! But I've managed to squeeze in a post to share with the I Like Thursday crowd.
On Sunday I attended the
Boston Pignic. Oh, loafy, wuzzy piggies. Always a delight. If you clicked on that link you see I'm now fostering a trio of guinea pigs. They're still settling in, but I'm sure there will be more photos soon.
Remember that little frog that we found hanging out between the window panes
last month? Well, either he changed colors and returned, or he told one
of his buddies to try it out. Rob found this one last week.
He stayed there about a day and then disappeared. I have no idea why that window sill was so popular.
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
A Pignic and Powerpuff Girls
Let's kick it off with a trip to Wellesley for the Fall Boston Pignic. A
delightful variety of guinea pigs show up, including two skinny pigs and a
skinny wannabe (lower left) that I fell in love with. Lots of loafy
piggies that filled the weighing bowl, and a few Abyssinians with
bed-head. The white and grey was my favorite.
Oh, squishy piggies!
All girl piggies attended this time - not a single boar. We haven't had the numbers so uneven since the early pignic days.
It was a beautiful sunny day albeit on the cool side. The girls didn't seem to be bothered - it didn't slow them down from eating all that grass.
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Crumbly Fabric
My crumb containers were overflowing from scraps generated from several quilts. I spent the last week sewing them together. My last set of crumbs ended up in my Hexie Crumble quilt. This time around I lumped similar colors together: black, gold, purple, orange, red, brown, green, blue and cream. Some fabric doesn't fit into a single category the scrap already had different colors sewn together, so I have some multi-colored patches, too. Right now the green and multi-colored ones are biggest.
Thursday, September 26, 2024
I Like Thursday: Cukes, Cape, Chicks and a Little Frog
This year's cucumber harvest was disappointing. I had hoped to make more pickles! But this cheeky slice looks like it's winking and smiling at me. At least the few cucumbers I got were tasty.
My biggest like this month was spending the better part of a week at Cape Cod
hosting my annual Chick Weekend. We had beautiful weather every single
day.