It's finished.

I finished Rachel's sweater.  She said that she loves it.  I hope she wears it a lot.

The skull shows up well.

The ones on the sleeves don't show up as well.

I woke her up.

I put a lot of work into this.  But it was done with love.

 

Up date on Sampson

I forgot to let you all know what happened to Sampson.  (The beautiful feral cat I caught)
Well, he was too full of infection and could not be saved.  So they put him to sleep about a week after I caught him.
I'm still missing him and crying.  But I'll be alright.
I have caught 3 of the other cats who come to eat.  They were spayed and neutered and returned.  So I have 2 tuxedo cats and one tabby in my garage to eat.  The one tuxedo cat always looks up at the kitchen door to see me when I feed them.
I love cats, always have, always will.

Crocheting

I'm working on a lap afghan for a senior center.

The sweater that I started a few months ago is done.  I'm going to take a picture of Rachel wearing it when I give it to her.  I hope she likes it.  Oh Well, I like it.

I'm working on a bunch of stuff for the Heritage Center Craft Fair in December, so I'm not putting much on here. 
I did want everyone to know that I'm still around and just busy.  Pictures to follow.

More soon.

Oops! Skipped September

Well, I've done it again.  I skipped a whole month.

These are the outfits I got from Ma's Barbie Group.

I love each of them.  The other girls do really beautiful

work.

These last two pictures are of what I have been working on.

The one above is my witch for Halloween.

The bottom one is the start of a cover-up for my daughter, Rachel.

I hope she likes it.  I decided not to use the granny square.

Home again

We got home from our Hawaii trip yesterday.  WOW! I love Hawaii.  It was beautiful, again.

This was the view from our hotel balcony.

This is my cute husband. 
He didn't know I was taking the picture.

This is the black sand beach near the south end of the Big Island.

These are pictures of the north end of the Big Island.

This is the sunset from our balcony.

This is the Mustang we rented for the 9 days we were there.

I received these two lovely outfits from the girls in MA's

Barbie Group.

We exchange outfits throughout the year.  August is my month

this year.

Aren't they wonderful. 

These last pictures are some of the WIP's that I

finished before we left on our trip.

This is what happened to my garden while we were gone.

We have a bunch of beautiful tomatoes and other wonderful

veggies.

Another wonderful weekend

I've spent the weekend watching television and crocheting.  Whoopee! 
I sit in the rocking chair and crochet.  GAWD!  I'm glad I learned to crochet.
This is what I have been working one.

This is what I do with sock yarn.  It makes lovely Barbie clothes.

These are little flowers.  I don't know what I'll do with them, but I had fun making them.

These are fingerless gloves.  They are fun, too.

This is a shawl that I made to learn this stitch.  I enjoyed making it.  I may give it to a friend.

This is another shawl.  I have made this pattern before.  It's Granny Motif Mania Wrap from www.redheart.com #313.  I loved this yarn.  It's so soft.  I love the way the colors are working out.

Weekend

Russ and I went out to Wendover for the weekend.  I love the drive over the Salt Flats.  We listened to a Book on CD by J D Robb.  Makes the drive go better.  And I don't sleep through the entire drive.

Before we left, I fixed Russ a cup of coffee.  I looked down at the big mug that I was using I remembered my dad saying that he hated the mugs that he couldn't get his nose in.  It made me smile.

Had a wonderful weekend.  I came home with $115. more that I left with.  I'm going to put it into my savings account for my next trip to Iowa or Texas.

LIFE IS GOOD.