For the Love of Quilts

I think everyone should have their own quilt...even a new baby. So after going through all my quilt books, choosing fabrics in just the right color scheme and obsessing as I always do, I finished this little crib size quilt for my dear friend, Aleta and her little grandbaby. I forgot to photograph the backside (silly me) but it's the middle shade of pink with cream polka dots...and oh so cuddly soft flannel.

Hugs,

Off and running...to the vet!!

For those of you who have been following the continuing saga of Skippy and her babies, we finally caught her and she spent a lovely day at the vets being spayed. Okay...maybe not so lovely for her but it was for us. After 16 kittens in three years, we are thrilled to finally be kitten free. I shall miss the fun of kittens but not the work that goes into caring for them, protecting them from preditors and then having to give them up to new homes. I've spent many many days in tears after sending them to their new homes and I still miss each and every one.

This picture is just a prime example of Skippy. She has a mind of her own and I just love her to bits. Surrender is looking up at her wondering "how in the hell did you get up there?" LOL

When we picked her up they commented that "yes, she is wild." Well, duh...we told you she was. Apparently when they opened her carrier to put her in the kennel she EXPLODED and they had to net her. She was all teeth and claws.

Oh...and her "flipper", they think it's a congenital birth defect. If it were an injury, it happened when she was very very small and there is no way to tell for sure...but they tend to think she was born that way. It is amazing none of her kittens had any kind of problem. Not even a bob-tail like hers. Mother Nature is strange.

Thanks for sharing my love of cats, kittens and all things purry.

Shantell