Work in Process This Week

 Good morning,

My main project this week is a lap blanket for the shop.  This one will be in the circles and squares design in shades of brown.

Since this is lap blanket size, it will be finished in the next few days.  I have made so many large blankets lately that making a lap blanket size feels as if it is going very quickly - and I guess it is!

What are you making, baking, growing this week?

Lois

Waiting for My Human

 Good morning,

Every dog owner knows each dog has his/her own personality.  Our Wendy is no exception.  She's a funny little girl who likes to get up in chairs both inside and outside.  When she gets up in a patio chair, she doesn't want to get down without her human (any one of her humans will do) holding the back of the chair so it won't tilt as she is jumping down.

Yesterday afternoon the girls had let themselves out through the dog door.  A few minutes later I heard gentle barking (that's bark, pause, bark, pause) coming from the back yard.  Upon inspection, I found Wendy waiting for her human to come out and hold the back of her chair so she could jump down.

It's a good thing we humans are so well trained!

;),

Lois

Happy Anniversary to My Honey

 

Twenty Three Years

(And still going strong!)

City Sounds and Last Call

 Good morning,

Each evening before we go to bed we have last call for the pups.  It's their last potty trip outside before we all settle down.

We live in the city so we have plenty of city sounds, but last night it seemed every emergency vehicle was converging on our address.

 Fortunately, that was not the case, but something was definitely going on nearby.  Our dogs aren't reactive and take in all the information they hear, see, smell to process that information.  Our pups stood at attention for the longest time listening to the commotion and trying to decide if they were supposed to react.  I would imagine if I had reacted with fear, their reaction might have been quite vocal.

Finally, the noise subsided, the pups took care of business, and we were all able to go to bed.

And, so all was well for another night on the South Coast of Ohio....

Lois

Anniversary Dinner

 Good morning,

We celebrated our anniversary with friends a few days early.  We had dinner at the steak house at our local casino with the usual suspects:  Catherine, Bill, and Carol.  With us it was a party of five.

The dinner was fantastic and afterward...

 ...we dropped a very few dollars into a slot machine.  We played a very short time, got up to leave, Catherine came over and asked if Dad was finished with his machine.  She put in some cash and on the very first 80 cent spin she won $300.  At least someone in the family was lucky!

That's it for the casino for us for awhile. 

The dogs were happy we came home early.  

;),

Lois

Christmas Again?

 Good morning,

Our Christmas Cactus bloomed right around Christmas and was quite beautiful.

Now this sweet plant is going to treat us to St. Patrick's Day blossoms.

 There are blossoms ready to open all over this plant once again.  

Happy Holiday, whatever it is!

;),

Lois

Welcome Signs of Spring

 Good morning,

What a delight it was to see these crocus pushing their way up among the fallen leaves at the side of our home.  The first little purple blossom will open soon.

 Nearby the daffodils are showing their pretty leaves, too.

Yay Spring!

:),

Lois