A New Project

 There is a new project that is even more precious than my fiber pursuits!  We are watching Will for a few days while his parents are in Hawaii for a trip;  Matthew earned the trip because of his  top sales at Sherwin Williams!  Grandpa fed him his bottle this morning and serenaded him to sleep!

 Will and I take stroller rides-he is chewing on the scarf I made and was going to wear to church today.  Someone liked it better.....so I gave it to him; a logical grandma choice!

 We borrowed the stroller (it helps to have young friends willing to share!) and this exer-saucer so Will would have some entertainment and so I could have 10 mins to catch up while he did so!  It is working out great on both counts!

 We enjoy a tons of conversations; he is very talkative.  He is enjoying the feel and lightness of this woolen shawl and I explain what kind of animal it is from.  We both smile a lot!  He is also mimicking noises and we have a lot of non-verbal male communication, too; I raised 3 boys and I remember how this is important to them!

 On our walks we saw 6 Sand hill cranes in our yard-we have never had this many at peace-usually more than one couple is a fight in the making but these remained social all afternoon!

 Flowers in bloom in the pool area are also of interest .  The day lilies are show stoppers!

 The ground orchid is in full bloom-this is one of 8 groups of flowers out right now.

 Will and I enjoyed a swim-the pool water is warm enough not to be a jolt for him-he enjoyed the time to splash with no interruptions from me like for bath time!

A less welcome find on our walk-a Coral Snake which was very dead and snatched by one of our vultures by the end of the day-gratefully!

Colors...

 Of a new quilt on the frame.......

 Of windy swirls on the windmill blocks.......

 Of the gopher tortoise in the driveway.......

 Of the resurrection fern in full leaf because of the rains....

Of a new grand daughter all in pink!  My world is full of colors!

PS to Uninvited Guest

This is one of the stray cats that visit........very sweet, very shy.

This picture is of a racoon!  A large, bold racoon not a cat!

(I could see by the comments that I gave the wrong impression!)

Uninvited Guest

If you look closely, you can see that feeding our cat outside, as he prefers, has its pitfalls.  We noticed several stray cats that have adopted our house because we had a bowl of dry food on the porch for Bling.  We had a bag of dry food that neither of the cats liked so we put it out front for a treat for all of them and to get rid of it.  Our motion detector put the spotlight on this guy!  The picture is a bit primatic because I took it through the front door's fancy window-Bling is just out of view watching this big guy eat away.  So much for a 'good' idea.

I have a new warp on the loom.............ahhhh, plastic bag totes in some new colors.  This one is more greys/silvers but it does have a bit of blue highlights and the camera really picked those up!  Browns and pinks go on next.