New Invisible Wall

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.  

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.

Fall Flowers

Years ago I "fixed" a stained tank top by adding flowers all over it.  It was a fun project and I get a lot of compliments on it at the dances.  The flowers were fun to make and I had always hoped for a reason to make more.

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!

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).

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.

A Pignic and Powerpuff Girls

Time for some guinea pigs!  

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.

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.

I Like Thursday: Cukes, Cape, Chicks and a Little Frog

How can it possibly be the end of September?  The trees are turning and it's starting to feel like autumn.  I'm happy with the cooler weather (but not the shorter days).

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.