Wendy in Indy

Good morning,

Wendy and Catherine are at an AKC Agility Trial in Indianapolis, Indiana. 

This phone camera snapshot image arrived to both Kjell and me via text with no description, just a happy face. 

Yep, we understand!  Yay team Wendy and Catherine!

:),
Lois

Hunter Green Sweater - On the Needles Now

Good morning,

A week or so ago I published a picture of a burnt orange sweater I was knitting while in a waiting room.  Shortly after that I received a request to make a similar sweater in hunter green so I put the orange sweater aside and am now working on this green one.  I was in a waiting room again so used a flash to take this picture.  The actual color of the yarn is just a little darker than it appears here.

This is such a pretty pattern of cables and lace.  I wrote the pattern quite some time ago and have made it and variations of it in many pretty colors.

I feel I am channeling Dory these days:  Just keep knitting, just keep knitting....  Love it!

:),
Lois

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Best Friends Forever

Good morning,

Our two Yellow Labs, Penny (left) and Wendy (right) are best friends. 

The girls often cuddle together and this picture shows the sweet hand holding that goes on, too.

Penny will be 13 years old in January;  Wendy is 3 years old.  Penny has retired form her Agility career while Wendy is just getting started.  We are sure they are "talking" to each other.  Don't you wish they could talk to us, too?

Penny is beginning to feel her age so we have included joint supplements in her diet.  We put one of the folded comforters on the floor in the sitting room where My Honey and I spend most evenings with our computers, TV, and, most importantly, with each other.  Of course, the dogs are here, too.

So sweet.

Lois

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Happy African Violets

Good morning,

This pretty African Violet has lived with us for quite a few years now.  She's in a new pot and a new window for Fall which seems to have given her encouragement to bloom beautifully once again.

We have another African Violet that is part of an arrangement in a big basket.  I'll have to take her out and give her her own pot to see what color she is.  :)

Oh, to have more window space for indoor plants to thrive in Winter months!

All the best,
Lois

Breakfast Bread for the (Humans Attending) Dog Show

Good morning,

Last weekend Catherine and Wendy participated in a three day dog show at our Queen City Dog Training Club. 

One of the wonderful advantages of our club is that we have a kitchen where food is available during the show.  Catherine asked me to bake a loaf of breakfast bread which I did.  She sent me this picture via text just after she started cutting the loaf with the message, "They are eating it as fast as I cut it."  :)   I'm so glad they liked it!

This double size braided loaf is egg and cheese, cherry and cardamon with egg and sugar glaze.  I made it the night before it was served early in the morning at the show.  Later in the day Catherine sent me another text, "Did you make another loaf of bread for tomorrow?"  I responded, "Uh, nooooooo." 

I'm so glad they liked it!  I'll probably make another for the next show at our club.

;),
Lois

Wendy Loves Yogurt

Good morning,

Our little Wendy just loves yogurt. 

We like yogurt, too, and keep individual containers available in the fridge where we work on our computers. 

Wendy sits patiently while we eat our yogurt

just looking at us with those puppy dog eyes

until we hold the cup down for her to lick out every last bit of it.

 She's so sweet.

:),
Lois

More Fall Images from Spring Grove Cemetery

Good morning,

Today's images are a continuation of those I took during our visit to Spring Grove Cemetery recently.

The cemetery was chartered in 1844, not long before the Civil War.  Although located North of the Mason-Dixon Line that divided the Union North and the Confederate South during the War, there are soldiers from both armies buried here.

The historical grounds of the cemetery are also a beautiful garden.

As I walked among the tomb stones, I recognized names of families who built Cincinnati. The McAlpin family owned department stores where I shopped with my Mother.  The store was eventually bought by Dillards.

Beautiful Fall Color. 

 Another section of the cemetery was lined with flags similar to the entrance road (see yesterday's post.)

 We drove past the Dexter Memorial, one of the well known structures here, as we were leaving.

At the top of the hill to the right is the grave of Salmon P. Chase.  From Wikipedia:  Salmon Portland Chase (January 13, 1808 – May 7, 1873) was an American politician and jurist who served as the sixth Chief Justice of the United States. He also served as the 23rd Governor of Ohio, represented Ohio in the United States Senate, and served as the 25th United States Secretary of the Treasury.

A list of other notable burials is included in the Spring Grove Cemetery Wikipedia entry.

I hope you enjoyed the images of our recent quick trip to Spring Grove Cemetery.

Lois