A bit of this and that...

First of all, I just have to share my daughter's latest quilt top.  It still needs borders but that won't take long.  BTW, this is on a queen bed here.

This is her own design...she first started the one in the second photo in This post... but soon as she got this fabric, she couldn't wait to try it out.

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Thought I would show you a pic of Puss Puss...I usually show Bubbie simply because he is easier to photograph.  She will seldom be still long enough.

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Letters From the Dust Bowl by Caroline Henderson (the link takes you to Amazon where you can read about the book) is my current read.  It is good...consists mainly of letters she wrote to a friend and also to another farmer.  Interesting to read.  It shows what a hard time it was to live through the dust bowl.  It has always been one of those subjects that catches my attention.

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We got the yard mowed again today.  It has been raining so much lately that it has been hard to find a time when it wasn't wet.  By the time it is done, I don't feel like doing anything else. 

Long ago...

This is from September 2, 2007....the first night we brought Puss Puss and her brother home.  They had been playing and playing...we must have had our minds on other things.  We suddenly missed her.  We started looking for her and could not find her.  So we started doing a methodical search of each room and would close the door behind us.

We worked our way back to the living room without finding her.  I can remember both of us being puzzled...finally I spied her in the kleenex box sound asleep.

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Roger did not feel the greatest today.  I tell myself this is to be expected...and it really is.  Specially after he had did so much yesterday and then he stayed up later than normal.  So he was bound to be tired. 

Add to that, when I stopped sewing yesterday my sewing machine was making a funny sound.  I did not try oiling it because I had stuff to do.  I went down this afternoon to do a bit more sewing and it was still making the noise.  I did do the one line of sewing around the perimeter of the the quilt, and then stopped and oiled it.  Hoping that it would stop, but no such luck.  So I packed it up and we ran to Terre Haute to leave it for repair at Wabash Valley Fabrics....if repair is required.  It sewed just fine...I just was not comfortable sewing with it with the sound.

Anyway, I tried to tell him he could stay home...felt like he was too tired to go but he insisted on going with me.  Hopefully he will feel better tomorrow.

Camera Critters mixed bag

If you want to join the fun of sharing your critters this week, click on the badge above to go join Misty's Camera Critters meme. Just make sure you sign up for the right day...I am posting this early and will join when it opens. There are always some great pictures, and usually some that make me laugh as well.

First, I would like to ask a favor of you if you are very familiar with hawks and did not see this already--would you go down and take a look at my Sky Watch post and see if you know what kind of hawk the one in the first picture is and tell me what you think or know for sure.
Now, to today's post...the one above is of course from the strip pit...there were several of these. What do you think they are...are they trumpeter swans? I took several pictures and this is the best...it was so darn cold I couldn't hold the camera steady.
The calves above are on the way home from the strip pit...at least on the long way home. I wonder if the owners see me stopping and taking photos...I stop quite often to take a few pictures. I hope this summer that I can see someone out and talk to them though I am pretty sure by now that they have figured out I mean no harm.

And do you know what kind of cow the brown one is...I have seen a few here and there but am not really familiar with it. I have been doing a quick google, but being that I have no idea what it is I am not having much luck.
And I just had to include the ones below.
As I have told you before, Puss Puss really loves Roger. She is definitely his girl. Isn't this just the most utter look of contentment?