Do I have your attention?

 Good morning,

This will get my attention, all right!  Elsa is standing on the foot rest of my recliner.

She was asking if she could come up and be a lap dog for awhile.  Of course, I said yes.

If you have dogs or cats, how do they get your attention?  ;)

Lois

The Weather is Nasty Out There

 Good morning,

Kjell took this image of Lily (left) and Wendy watching the ice storm outside.  

This is a good weekend to stay inside by the fireplace!

Happy (?) Winter!

Lois

Work in Process - Cloche Hats

 Good morning,

I've recently made a few afghan blankets for the shop, but have now paused the big projects for some smaller ones.  I realized I had sold quite a few cloche hats and tissue toppers so I'm working on those for awhile so that there is a wide selection of each of those types of items available.  The cloche hats are found in their own section here.  Tissue toppers are in the Home Living Entertaining Section.

As soon as I have made a supply of these, I'll be back on the afghan blanket projects once again.  I've already put together several color combinations and look forward to working on them.

What are you making, baking, growing this week?

All the very best,

Lois

Hawk

 Good morning,

When we returned home from an appointment yesterday we saw this large fellow sitting in a neighbor's tree.

Later in the day I found a partially dismembered small bird in our driveway.  I can only guess the deceased was leftovers from Mr. Hawk's lunch.

Sad, but that's life, isn't it....

All the best,

Lois

Elsa's Ribbons

 Good morning,

As a very proud Mom, I'm sharing images of ribbons that Team Elsa (Our Five Year Old Labrador Retriever Elsa and our Daughter/Elsa's Trainer Catherine) brought home from the past two Agility Trials.

The ribbon above is for "High in Trial."  Each of our pups (except baby Lily who isn't competing yet) has received at least one of these during his/her career. 

 The first ribbon and this second set of ribbons were won at the same trial two weeks ago.

This past weekend, Team Elsa brought home even more ribbons.

We are so very proud of Elsa and Catherine!  :)

Love you,

Mom and Dad

Erik Update

 Good morning,

Thank you so much to those of you who have asked how Erik is doing.  More than a week ago he started having balance issues that made him very uncomfortable.

The vet put him on meds and he has recovered nicely.  Above you see him napping behind my recliner.  

On April 4, Erik will be 15 years old which is quite elderly for a Labrador Retriever.  Despite old age issues (I know about those things, too), he is doing quite well.  We are so very lucky to still have him with us.

So, thanks again, for asking about Erik.

All the best,

Lois

Quick Saturday Dinner

 Good morning,

This was excellent!

I made the oat bread, Hellman's made the real mayonnaise, Kjell boiled the raw shrimp in sea salt water (the way it is done in Norway), and I made the horse radish seafood sauce.

We each peeled our own shrimp.

This brings back memories of shrimp parties we had on board Splendour of the Seas more than 25 years ago.  It was a crew thing to have these events.  Fabulous memories and great shrimp.

All the best,

Lois