I am a failure

I am an utter flop at being a kitty foster mother.  We lost the little grey kitten today.  Chrissy was holding him and had held him for a bit and was acting sick and he died in her hands.  I feel so sad.  The black one - Baxter - is lively and eating well. 

We went down to Harrison to visit with our friends and to go with our friends Marilyn and Dave as they delivered a horse.  Ziggy had to go to a good home or she couldn't have let him go.  Joyce and Angelo will give him a wonderful home.

I have been teary all day, for the kitty and thinking about telling Chrissy good by Friday morning.  My boys will be in Spokane but they don't pay too much attention to us.  You don't want to hear about my tearful thoughts.  If Katie didn't live next door I don't know what I would do.

Probably should not even send this but I will.  Not a happy day.  Enjoyed our friends but it was hard to put a smile on my face.

Blessings

Moon River

I am not making light of one of my favorite songs of all times nor Andy Williams who had such a wonderful voice. 

But the moon tonight was beautiful.  I wish I had thought to put my long lens on my camera.  Then, our daughter's dog - River.  Isn't she cute. 

They are moving over to the Seattle area later this week and are staying here.  River wonders where she is and why.  I hate to see them move.  Half of my kids will be over there - both girls and their families and the boys will be here with their families.  I am lonesome already and they haven't left yet.

Nothing too exciting all day.  Got groceries and layed around.

Blessings,

Katies Shower

 Her cake was so cute.  I had seen in on Pinterest and that is where Cindy saw it and got a friend of Cam's sister to make it.  Such a great job.  I has seen it on the Internet and shown Katie several months ago.  Katie is a cake decorator at the bakery at Fairchild AFB and wanted her to see it. 

This quilt was something that made us all cry.  Her Grandmother Jordan had made the Precious Moments crossed stitched quilt squares so her great grand children would have something she made.  When she died several years ago no one wanted the squares (can you believe that) so Katie's mom Judy took them and had a quilt made using six of the squares for Katie to have for Justin.  The two darker green squares have scriptures from Psalms embroidered on it.  It is a beautiful thing.  She probably will never use it but put it away for Justin to have.  I hope she will use it to bring him home from the hospital before she puts it away.

It was a good day for her and for all of us.  Cindy, her MIL decorated and had a beautiful lunch for us all.  She is a very nice lady.

Bob was off turkey hunting when I got home so I did all the chores.  Sage and Ditto were standing there telling me not to forget them.  Maybe I will ride tomorrow.  Who knows.  Raspberry is so funny when I put her in.  She always goes straight to the chicken house to snatch chicken feed before I get a hold of her and drag her out. 

Have a great Sunday,

Blessings

Tom turns 40

 My baby boy turned 40 this week.  Makes me feel terribly old.  We took he and Christy out to eat tonight minus children.  Children upset but oh well, it was their daddy's night.

 These are two flowers for my quilted pillow.  Kind of funny looking huh?  I have to make more.  Hopefully I will get better at it.  This has been the most frustrating part of it.

Baby Sage in her spot in the front yard.  Now to paint her.  I am not sure what kind of paint to get.  Will have to ask Marilyn when I see her the next time.

I woke up feeling a little queasy.  Went back to bed and slept a while and felt better.  Now we went out to eat and I am feeling kind of icky.  Must be on my toes tomorrow for Katie's shower at her mother in laws.  That is what I made the blankets for.

So saying that I think I will crawl in bed and see if I can just sleep this off. 

Blessings

Fair Pics

 This big ole steer is a Watusi from Africa I believe.  If stretched out he horns were 8'.  A really big guy.  Calm and quiet.


A miniature horse and her baby that was just a few days old when the fair started.  Both of these critters were in the petting part of the fair.  Kids (and adults) were loving the variety of animals they had this year.  Of course chickens, goats, bunnies and Pot Bellied pigs.  There was a Zebu too.  Looked like a Brahma but wasn't.  He was big too.

Sage came up and wanted me to come get her today.  I petted and hugged on her.  I love it when she does that.

We sold the tractor that Bob did not use, the old manure spreader and the rabbits today.  We needed the money for taxes.  Actually we sold the tractor the other day but today he came and paid for it.  Steve came out and started the horse shelter so we have a place for Marilyn's horses to get out of the weather this winter and he almost got my chicken house built for my banty chickens that Shannon raised for me.  Bob will finish it.  Can't wait to get them home.  We need some big laying hens too.  We have the market for the eggs and our hens are getting old and don't lay as much.

Tomorrow I am going to a quilting get together with my friend Vicki.  I know they are all more experienced than me but I will do the best I can.  Then tomorrow evening is our Mustang Club meeting.  Love getting together with that group. 

My baby kitties are getting bigger.  They think I am their mother.  They hear me talk or go into that room and they start crying. 

Blessings





Katie

This morning I took some sweet pictures of Katie in her late stage of pregnancy.  I can not get any of the others to load for some silly reason.  I guess I just have to keep messing with it to get it figured out.

I worked with Sage some today.  She does not like where I have her.  She wants to be closer to the house.  I should have ridden her but didn't.  She is so pretty.

Blessings,

This and That

Our sunset tonight.  The sun is so red through the smoke from Central Washington.  The fires are still going strong.



One of the two very wild kittens we found in the loft in the barn.  They appear to be a week or 10 days older than our little ones I have fed.  Feisty little things.  Bob had to hold it at arms length to keep from getting clawed or bitten.




Skeeter giving little Piggy aka Slate a good lick after the little guy had eaten.  I was worried he would hurt them and maybe he would but Bob had a hold of them.



I don't know how to get the picture of the squash to move over.  At least I got the picture here.  This is a sweet meat squash.  Probably it weighs about 20#.  We got two off of lots of vines.

A good day more or less.  This smoke has given me a headache day after day.  If we just could get some rain and wash out the air

Marilyn and Dave's horses are here while they get moved and things under better control for them.  This is a really hard time in their lives.  Wish there was something more we could do.

Blessings