Cat interlude, some random photos

I think I might make this! The baby kitten can always use something else to scratch.

Speaking of the baby kitten, did I show you this pic? A friend of my roommate Molly took it before Christmas sometime. It captures one of her usual expressions (mild impatience?).


Also, I am working on some pillow covers for the couch, using up some leftovers. And I will be, it seems, making a quilt for Kate and Tim for their wedding! I am waiting to hear whether they will give me carte blanche on colours (all white? Hm).

I changed the quilt

This is now the correct design direction. I am so relieved.

The quilt is at a different tricky stage, where I like so much what I've done so far that I'm worried about screwing it up. I feel like I need to keep the same colour progression but just broaden the areas... We'll see what happens.

Incomplete progression (not very blitz)

(Some of these photos are supersketch, I need to start using my real camera again instead of just my phone)













I have a crazy plan to finish this before I head to Toronto Thursday morning -- and Wednesday is my BIRTHDAY (I AM TURNING THIRTY), leaving me only Monday and Tuesday to work...

I forgot to title this

Last week was my first Independence Day as an American resident.



There were nice folks around, we ate potluck summer foods and then saw the Macy's fireworks display. It was cool because the same display of fireworks was going off at different places around the city -- so we could see the next display down from where we were, the same thing but smaller. Does that make any sense? I feel my descriptive abilities failing.

It was good to see some friendly faces from Toronto/Central America, too.





The kitchen ceiling is being redone starting today so the kitten is now living at my office (we came in a taxi this morning). It's kind of like when Ursula from Seinfeld makes an appearance on Friends, strange mixing of stories. LCdB has now stopped hiding under the sofa and has taken up position in the shelving unit; hopefully she'll eat and pee and be happy by the time the day is out.

PS New collabo-blog from Tom for all the cat lovers.

Slow blitz & my apartment

I just had lunch with Kate and Tim, who are the latest in the growing ranks of Toronto people who are not just engaging but ENGAGED. Crazy!

Current blitzquilt is above, though "current" is a bit of a misnomer since the quilt is off the wall (literally) and packed away, and the sewing machine is in a box. No, I am not moving. Some nice men are giving my apartment some new ceilings, which should last a couple of weeks (at least...). When I left home my roommate's ceiling was coming down and the poor baby kitten was hiding deep inside some shelving (she was so hidden that I actually thought she had somehow got out of the apartment and went all the way up to the roof to look for her). When they do the living room I'm going to bring her to live at the office.

"Blitz" is also a bit of a misnomer, this one is taking a while. I keep changing the composition, and it keeps getting CLOSER, but it's still not done.

Bonus -- you have to look closely to see the message from my drycleaner:

At least one of us is adventurous

Later today...

...I will finish the first sock. And, I hope, start my dad's hat.

Earlier today...


...LCdB was in a box, similar to someone else I know.