That bottom right corner was so tedious! Stanley wanted to help. He stole my chair any chance he got and he walked through wet paint several times. So helpful! Not a single thought behind those little eyes! Boo! Is that where he's supposed to be? Probably not. This is Phoebe and she's never done anything wrong in her whole life. And I finished it! I started this one months ago and was getting worried that the paint would dry out before I completed the piece. The inspiration:

Taking a break in the story, but no worries! I've been writing and the next post is about ready to go live. What have I been up to recently? Well, I started a really cool job that I am loving this month! It's remote and the people really are as great as they seem. Last year I volunteered with them and it seemed too good to be true. Still does, actually. I've even mentioned it when people have checked in on how things are going and I guess I still can't believe it's real. So y

February 23, 2023 - As I’m looking back on all of this, I can see this was a time where I was so full of hope. (Stupid.) I thought I was going to connect with my half-sister and maybe my father and half-brother. I worried that my father might not be ready or want to hear from me, but I was going to put myself out there to see what happened. As much as it bites me in the ass, and it will, I am always the one reaching out to connect. I carry relationships even beyond their life

What a whirlwind this past week has been! Last week I saw several litters of kittens on facebook shared from the Humane Society in the next county over. One was a litter of manx kittens that were adorable, and then there was this litter of four girls and a runty tuxedo boy. The girls were two orange and white that reminded me so much of our kitty that we lost in December, and the other two were grey/maybe dilute torties. I sent the Humane Society a message because the kittens

I'm honestly not sure where a whole month went, but here we are! After the cat cafe visit, we went to the beach. Let me share some photos... There was a pink full moon and the beach was so bright at night! We watched the sun set every night from different places on the island. Another sunset. The four of us! This was my favorite sunset - we walked to the end of the island for an unobstructed view. We came back and you know all the stuff that you put off, plus everything that'

Yesterday we spent the morning with some friends at the park, then we headed to a cat cafe. They had 12 kitties and I got my fix of petting cats. I would love to have put a couple of them in my pockets and brought them home. The sun was a coveted spot in the cafe. The black and white one is called SassyTina. I didn't get "sass" from her. Gabi - tiny but sweet. I probably pet her the most. This one was enjoying her time in the sun This cat was conked out until it was time for

Back in October our cat, Lulu, was diagnosed with cancer. I talked about it some in this post. We had another 6 pretty good weeks from the time we found out about her cancer. The last couple of weeks she was still in good spirits - she was underfoot and involved in our daily lives. She'd come greet us when we returned home from being gone for an errand. She kept up her daily routines, but she wasn't eating much, or at least not consistently. We were trying everything. All the

It took me ages to finish, but it's finally done! I started cutting squares from scraps back in 2020 with no real project in mind. I started piecing in the summer of 2024 but we got started looking at houses all over North and South Carolina and I got busy with other stuff. I knew when I put the quilt strips in a box it would be a while before I was able to devote time to it. It may have taken months (okay, years) but it's done! I finished binding it all by hand a week or so

If you are anything like me, you have all the projects going on simultaneously. My current projects include: a sock I started back at the library crafting group back in May, which I just started working on again the quilt - it's my very first quilt and I have been reading lots of library books about quilting because I'm stuck on putting it all together. I have the backing, the batting, and a completed quilt top. I know how I plan to bind it and that I'm going to tie it by han