Just yesterday morning we woke up to this loveliness. Ahhhhh…
This photo shows the view right outside our front door as if we live in a quaint little village.
As that’s always been a dream of mine…
I’ll take it.
Tarmac the Leprechaun
So here is our cute little house squirrel, ahem, I mean house Leprechaun, all ready for his special day. Now I know that the green thing he’s holding doesn’t look much like a clover–but I did try. I’m not so great with itty bitty crochet.
But that beard!! BAhahaha! It makes me giggle every time I go out on the porch!
Good old Tarmac. He’s such a sport.
Now if we could just find that darn pot of gold…that’d be swell.
Babies!!
The very night that I wrote the last post– this sweet girl found her safe place and had her babies. Four!! Ok, ok, not 20…four. But they are beautiful and very interesting.
For the last two litters. she had some variation of white brown striped tabbies–much like herself. We did get a bit of that–like this one– a sweet grey tiger wth white paws.
And this little brown and black tiger. So adorable and exactly what we expected. But then…
Where on earth did this lovely thing come from? She’s –am I safe to assume that calicos–even diluted ones, are girls?–is white with grey and brown spots!!
You can see her back more clearly here. Reminds me of a Jersey cow.
I have to admit that the biggest and most adorable mystery is this one. A full orange, brown, black and white Calico!!! And isn’t she just gorgeous?!!
I think it’s safe to say that Lyla is very content and happy with this mom stuff. She seems to positively love it.
And so do I!!
Keeping An Eye On Lyla
We’re keeping a close eye on this pretty little kitty.
But perhaps I should be careful with the word “little” in this case, because while all the rest of the time this gal is absolutely petite and whispy–right now…
…she’s expecting about 20 kittens–from the looks of it. She is–I would say–a tad more substantial. Yikes.
Any second now…
I’ll let you know when the kitty stork arrives.
Things To Love
I suppose it’s no secret that I’ve turned into a puzzle freak these days. The thing is that I listen to TONS of talks, books on tapes and webinars and I absolutely MUST do something while I listen. If I have a non complicated crochet project, then that’s my busy-hands-project-of-choice. But if not–it’s a puzzle baby!
Sweet little Lyla, taking a much needed nap. Babies coming any day now. Hee hee!!
Did I mention my thing with puzzles? Yeah, I’m not kidding. This one felt good to work on while it was snowing outside.
This pretty little pattern was the forest-y colored request from mama for Linky’s baby blanket. It was soooo soft and stretchy. I have to pretend that the blanket is actually a hug from Grammy.
Can’t have much of a post about things to love without our crazy man Hobbes being in it. I don’t think he has slept in the same position twice in his life! Haha. We love him so much. He’s such a gooood boy.
This might not look like much to you–but this is a BIG, ENORMOUS deal! When I bought this funny old house, I was stumped that the thermostat was in the bedroom. Weird, right? I mean, in order for the family room to be even slightly warm or cold the bedroom had to be a furnace or icebox. No happy medium what-so-ever.
Well, I’ve fussed about it for years now and thought, ‘why on earth isn’t that thermostat on the front room wall instead of the bedroom wall?’
One day, my sweet son-in-law came to my house and announced that he was moving the thermostat to the right wall. Just like that! And that is exactly what he did!! If you hear squealing from somewhere it’s probably me!
Thank you SO much Josh!!! My house is finally even tempered. Haha. Love you!! 
For a million years now, I’ve had broken, dilapidated photo albums and boxes and stacks of photos. Well not any more! HA! I’ve taken them all and sorted the pictures and put them in nicely labeled tubs. Now, I know all the historians out there won’t like how I’m storing them–for posterities sake. But I promise you, this is better than how it was. Plus, it makes me really happy. We call that a win/win.
Annnnnd again with the puzzles. I can’t help it. It’s a serious problem….
that I love.