vacation

today is the first day of my vacation.

i have an entire week to do with as i please.

i can knit,

i can go to the beach,

i can play with the colony.

i can even get serious about my photography

Birthday baby

It's almost my Isolde's B-Day she will be 14 on Feb 13.

a bit about my Isolde, she was born in a cattery of a lady who got sick, she could no longer care for them and her daughter could not be bothered. finally a complaint went out to animal control and these beautiful cats were going to all be put down.

Someone stepped in and promised to clean it up and find homes for the cats. This is when my friend discovered them and adopted 2. a boy who became Tristan and a girl who is still with me. these 2 kitties have traveled to Georgia and back to California.

eventually the two were separated and Isolde became mine. she has learn to love travelling to the beach mountain roads are a favourite with her. she realised that the harness and lead meant she had control of me and i went were she wanted to go. snow was also fun for her when she was younger not so much now as she has a touch of arthritis.

Isolde is a social kitty she would visit with the street kitties, and for a while her brother came back to live with us, unfortunately Tris is no longer with us, someone poisoned him one halloween and i learned then that it is not just Black cats that are tortured by sick people. Our beautiful Tris looked like the cat in the TV show Charmed. and i think that had a lot to do with him being targeted he was to friendly for his own good.

we slid into depression rather badly and i was tricked into taking on another cat who i named Puma (also no longer with us) when we lost the second boy Isolde went into sever depression and i could not be with her as i was going in for surgery and had to spend a week in the hospital.

one thing lead to another thanks to wendyknits.net and her link to petinders.com i got my girl more companions so she is never alone, unless she wants to be. so tomorrow the beach with my baby

YARN

I seem to do this every year at this time. I order yarn, and it is usually wool. My current addiction is Malabrigo worsted, chunky, and silky. this has got to be the softest wool i have held. and now i know why i avoided getting it in the first place: totally addictive.

Moira has claimed a hank for herself it seems in the merino silky nocturnal. i need to find more of the colourway i anly have 3 hanks which might get a scarf/hat combo but not much else but now i am thinking off a hood into scarf but maybe not, and not the common one that i used to make 8 years ago which was a strip folded inhalf and the fold end stitched back to make a cap with long tails to be wrapped around.

thinking is a bad thing for me as i start focusing on improbable solutions and sometimes succeeding

additions or is that addictions

Oliver or rather Oskar depending on who you are talking too seems to be a keeper. From being dumped in a parking lot left to starve he is now part of the tribe.

I am trying to have a moretoreum on ordering Bra's i think i have enough for a while now i need to watch what i spend on the clothing aspect of Bravissimo.com . I guess what is most in my favour with that is i am inbetween and just outside of their size range. This also makes me cry as they have such sweet dresses and tops.

and please don't say the 'Y' word i am so overbudget in my yarn consumption and they are bringing out some really killer stuff.

i have ordered a couple of skeins of Malabrigo silky merino in Nocturnal only 3 were remaining so what ever i knit in Moira's name will be small either a hat or shawl. this is definatly her yarn as she immediatly started to play with it straight out of the bag.

i bought 6 in the worsted merino colourway called lime/blue i think this will be for Lakota.

5 of whales road for Lusitania -thats all i could find.

the Fleece artist samira silk in the topaz colourway will be for Isolde it matches her eyes.

this leaves the berrocco seduce in vertigris for Gabrielli.

projects

it seems i like to bite off a lot. it started with a tribute sweater to my little Octavia, and has turned into something so much more. i am now designing a Gabrielli top, and a LuLu sweater. Isolde and Moira will get a design as well they are simmering in the back of my brain. but the other two are sketched out and yarn waiting.

as to the Octavia i need to rework the sleeves - take them up, then lengthen, and i must not forget the border to be put on the neck line to prevent over exposer. after all she was a shy girl not a wench.

hello i am back, i have stopped taking some of the pills the Drs gave me. i would rather have the headaches than the depression.



so on to my knitting i have almost finished my tribute to Octavia. and will soon start on another cat inspired project.

bye bye summer

Ok it's been awhile, summer is officially over, and the cats are doning there winter coats. today i got to see one of the new street kittens. there are 2 a black and a tux. i really have to start trapping again before it is to late. the babies look to be about 5 months old the tux looks like Figaro a cat i had tried to trap for 5 years till he got sick and vanished the only differences are the kitten seems to be short haired and has a tail.

my knitting is being slow at best, to many distractions and stress from work, which lead to health issues called ulcers.

to distract myself from pain i am indulging in wraps from simplybeautiful and ordering more bras from Bravissimo.com-i totally love the pippa by freya and it is in my size 34HH on the uk sizing. the best thing about the wraps is that i have not had a major migraine since i started the regime which to me makes them entirerly worth the $$$$. and the bras -now that i have the right size on- have helped lessen the back pain. i just need to get some pretty clothes to fit me and my bust as i get myself back in shape, funny how uplifting a proper bra can be.

so even if i have not been on a date in forever i feel real good about myself.