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Category Archives: Creatures
An Unplanned Day
I know, I know. There has been a deathly silence in this little corner of cyberspace. My drafts folder is littered with half-written posts. No major changes – life just keeps happening while I make other plans. And my energy … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, Cars, Cats, Challenges, Creatures, Driving, Life
Tagged animals, Birds, cats, challenges, Driving, Life
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Update
Caesar is doing somewhat better. The pathology lab has, however, manage to lose his blood tests. I’ve been waiting for the results since Monday, and now the vet has gone on holiday until after the new year. 😦 There is … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Cats, Challenges, Christmas, Creatures, Dogs, Handwork, Health, humor, Humour, Lacemaking, Needle Lace, Shuttle Tatting, Tatting, Tatting
Tagged animals, cats, Christmas, Creatures, dogs, health, humor, Humour, lacemaking, Needle Lace, shuttle tatting, tatting
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Life, and Other Happenings
I submitted a manuscript in May for a competition. The blog post is here, for anyone who wants. The results came out a while ago, and I didn’t make the short list. I’m not sorry I tried, and I think … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, Cats, Challenges, Creatures, Crochet, Crochet, Handwork, history, humor, Humour, Lacemaking, Learning, Life, Lolcats, nature, Rejection, Shuttle Tatting, Submitting, Tatting, Tatting, work in progress, Writing
Tagged Birds, cats, challenges, Creatures, handwork, humor, Humour, lacemaking, Life, Lolcats, motivation, nature, Perseverance, persistence, shuttle tatting, submitting, tatting, work in progress, writing
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Hairy Houdini Strikes Again
Caesar is still doing well, although we are thinking of renaming him. Hairy Houdini seems appropriate. It’s been nearly three months since he had the attack, and despite our best efforts, he has managed to get out four times. Okay, … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Cats, Challenges, Creatures, Handicaps, Health, humor, Humour, Lolcats, Motivation
Tagged cats, challenges, Creatures, handicap, humor, Humour, Life, Lolcats, motivation, Perseverance, persistence
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Say Hello to my Little Friend…
I made another one. Slightly smaller… The Pattern (from K Hook Creations – free to download) is the same, but the threads are different. The variegated is a Double Knit cotton and the green is size 20 Cebelia. I will say … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Challenges, Creatures, Crochet, Crochet, Handwork, humor, Humour, Learning, Life, Miniature, Motivation, Rejection, Shuttle Tatting, Submitting, Tatting, Tatting, work in progress, Writing
Tagged animals, challenges, Creatures, handwork, humor, Humour, learning, Life, motivation, Perseverance, shuttle tatting, tatting, work in progress, writer's block, writing
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If You Like Cats…
A lot of people start up twitter accounts or blogs about their animals. Many don’t last past a few weeks. Others are a bright spot whenever they appear. Â I’m not fond of animal dress-up or photo-shopped images – natural cattitude … Continue reading
Laughing Birds
We’ve been living in the same house for nearly 30 years. Recently a pair of Hadedas began nesting in the oak tree in our front garden. For those who have never had the dubious pleasure of meeting one, they are … Continue reading
Lolcat in Charge
You know how it goes. Dogs have masters, cats have staff. Caesar definitely has my husband right where he wants him. There are many, many methods of concealment. Caesar doesn’t know any of them. Even the dog – Sparky, a Jack Russell … Continue reading
All In The De-Tail…
As I’ve mentioned before, my husband owns racing pigeons. He doesn’t race them at the moment, but there they are, eating us out of house and home. As a side effect of this eating business, the local wild bird population … Continue reading
Catch as Catch Can
Recently the patchy cat came shooting down the passage. There is a distinct difference to her ‘bounding just for the sake of bounding’ and ‘I am a fearless jungle predator and I am predatoring’, so we knew she was up … Continue reading
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