my helper Noodles everythinghereismine

" I am here to help!"

 

I got allot of help when i was finishing the 50 star Christmas quilt this week.Noodles is my cat helper.You have seen him here before holding down things and rearranging fabric according to cat standards.

                                      " what if i lay myself down here..
                                                          smells good"

                                  " why not move this closer to my face"

                                    "  this is soft  like me..... is this for me?"

" now where is that pin i just pulled out of your binding with my teeth?"

A cautionary tail.

 even older cats can hurt themselves if they get a hair brain idea to remove glass headed straight pins while you are  distracted  for even a moment.

so don't leave  your work unattended.

 i did not want an emergency trip to the vet any more than most cats like taking a ride in a crate in a car.

 labeled and ready to bring on the holiday cheer

 

all that work means yet another nap for Noodles.

may your helpers be taking lots o naps.

 

 

what are you working on for the holidays?

be well, Sonja

This post is now linked up to "Off the Wall Fridays"

thank you Nina Marie

 

 

 



water dragon

The year of the Dragon
2012
 

The year of the chinese water dragon is well underway. in one of my post card art trading groups we made dragons recently and this is my guy.

first i sketched and painted on fabric and

then  the next day i free motion doodled over the dragon  with various verigated threads

from Superior Threads,

the King TUT line is my favorite.
i made four of these so i had one to keep for my collection.

the Dragon seems to be resting on a branch here.out on a limb.

i am glad most of our lizards don't get as large as this fellow .

good bye peewee

his name was peewee .he was with us 19 people years. he was found by my husband at a job site  just days old .

when his eyes opened and he was cleaned up he stole our hearts.

about ten years ago i got a pair of litter mates  because i though it would be different to have regular cats raised and socialized by their own kind. peewee didn't agree and disappeared for months . turns out he was just next door and he didn't like kittens and returned  when they were months older.

when we moved he held out three weeks in the surrounding woods before returning to the fold. he clearly had ideas and standards.

 he liked NPR radio, tuna , and sunset walks with us and the other cats.

 he had been declining in health the in last year, rarely leaving the deck.

he was last seen walking down a grassy slope 3 mornings ago .

                             "he who must be obeyed" will be missed.

sending peaches a postcard

Just last Thursday someone  asked me about Peaches  my pet rooster. i said he is  fine. now i have not seen him since that morning and still he is missing.  wild dogs? poacher? old age?  last year for an art exchange  with the theme " for the birds"  i drew and painted and quilted and beaded  a postcard depicting his handsome likeness. it is so odd not to have him walking along side me at feeding time  and muttering his chicken speak . five years and some is time to get to know a pet.