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Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Wild kittens

So beautiful! but I'm sad. I've been trying to tame a stray kitty since July, so I could take her to get spayed & have an outdoor cat. We've made some progress-from running as fast as she could if she even caught a glimpse of me anywhere in the yard to letting me open the storm door a crack & drop treats on the door mat while she sits 2 feet away or letting me come slowly out the door & sit in a chair 6 feet from the porch railing where she's eating. Saturday, Charlie discovered that she has 4 kittens in our woodshed. 1 black, 2 gray & a very cute gray & white one who wouldn't come out while I was sitting there. The pictures aren't very good. The sun was going down & I was getting cold.

I told Charlie that I was going to name one of them "Meatloaf" because they're the same size as a loaf pan. Now I have 5 wild kitties to tame & get neutered. I'm guessing that they are between 5-8 weeks old. They have little carrot tails, but they were very interested in the fish & gravy cat food that I put out, so I'm assuming that mom (Billie Jean Bailey) is beginning to wean them.





The snake is done

Maybe it's done. I may decide to change his tongue. I don't think that it's bold enough. It's 23 X 40". It looks much flatter in the pictures. I stuffed the snake & tree trunks & quilted the background very closely to make them stand out even more.


Friday, November 17, 2006

4in1 sandwich

I have to brag about the sandwiches that I made today. Yesterday I made a 9" round sourdough bread using the starter that I just got from King Arthur I'm very pleased with the sourdough starter:
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I got the crock, too. Charlie told me to order whatever I wanted from the catalog, so I got the sourdough & crock & 2 heavy cookie sheets to replace my @*##! "nonstick" ones.
Back to the sandwiches... I used 1 slice of bread from the middle of the loaf, spread butter lightly on 1 side & broiled until toasty. Flipping the slices over, I put Dijon mustard on Charlie's (Yuck). I put ham on 1/2 of the slice & pastrami on the other half. Then dividing in the other direction, I put swiss on half & cheddar on the other half. Under the broiler for a nice melt & bubble. Yum!

Jesus & Ashley-good friends

Jesus & Ashley are becoming close friends. They play & bathe each other. Jesus is very patient, but he does let her know when she's gone too far. Ashley is washing Jesus' neck.
Ashley is washing Jesus' ear.
YUCK! Earwax!!!

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Peek-a pileated woodpecker


He's very shy. I used my zoom (10X) full on, high res with major cropping. I was about 75 feet away & half behind a spruce tree. He ducked behind the tree & then when my camera clicked, he took off flying & cussing at me.
I tried again from about 100 feet away. I got him this time.

Kitty games

Ashley is getting very good at fetch.

























Before she gives the mousie back, it needs to marinate in a shoe.
























Sometimes it gets marinated in a BIG shoe



















Hehehe! That purple thing tickles!
















Jesus says, "This sparkly catnip flavored ball is delightful!

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