around the house

his royal highness

behind the scenes around here this guy's been providing quite the drama...on top of his arthritis his thyroid recently gave him some trouble & then just as that was under control with medication, bam! he loses his sight. the vet said it's just one of those things...no clear cause just rapid degeneration, which in a weird way is kind of a relief because he's not sick, he just can't see. so if anyone has any tips for living with a blind pet I'd really appreciate the advice!

we're maneuvering pretty well through this change {and some other ones as well} but something has to give, so I'm going to take a blog break. I'll still post now & then just not as regularly as I have been. I hope that soon, october-ish I'd guess, I'll be back to weekly posting - maybe even with some new features & more etsy updates {the shop will remain open btw} so I hope you'll stay tuned :)

{have a wonderful weekend!}

little missy

in addition to food there was one other thing I did take photos of while I was visiting my family, my mom's new kitten little missy. thing is she's such a busy thing & always moving around, so the only decent photo I got was when she was asleep:

the lion king

{have a wonderful weekend!}

pirate dogs of the caribbean & a winner

and the winner of the ring as selected by the random number generator is comment #2:


congratulations andrea - please email me {via my profile} or leave a comment with your contact info.

{have a wonderful weekend!}

we interrupt this roadtrip to...

wish you a safe & happy 4th of july!

old blue eyes

{have a wonderful weekend!}

little house...

on the cat


{with apologies to laura ingalls wilder}

the rainbow connection

class of 2011

congratulations to all the people graduating this year...especially to my niece lily who's graduating from college this very weekend :)

{have a wonderful weekend!}

happy cinco de mayo!

of course it's also embroidery thursday so I choose these "mexia" stamped designs to share:





happy stitching!

sometimes...

the easter bunny hides egg-ish shaped things on craiglist


and I was very excited for my online hunting to turn up this mod terrarium, although I don't think the cat was too happy with my initial idea for how to use it...

the easter bunny throwsdown...

to the emperor's waltz {also, I think it's kind of funny we're both headless in this one}:





happy belated easter!

goldilocks

turning 42 years old today

and it seems the old adage is true...you can teach an old dog new tricks because I learned a new song, ha!



I got the dog's beanie at archie mcphees when I was in seattle...


he looks pretty good for a 78 year old I think :)

happy second day of spring!

happy st. patrick's day!

{embroidery thursday will return next week}

the cat again - but this time with a paint by number

the cat

dog with paint by number

{have a wonderful weekend}