Newel Posts

 This weekend I installed the newel posts.

There is a dimmer hidden inside.

I put two 2x4 in the base.  Twice as many as when the house was built.  I also removed the drywall too.

I made a fixture to cut the railing shorter.

I found some 12 dollar lights that have a lamp all thread hole in the center.   

This was my inspiration post.

Wordless Wednesday

 

Wordless Wednesday Freedom Dog Park

 

2024 All Texas Quilt Shop Hop

Today we were taking the dogs out for a walk and Ryan said "Grab you Quilt Hop Magazine."

We left about 10:00 am and I walked in the door at home again at 5:00 pm.  I had only done one shop before this and I have all of March and April to do 106 shops if I want to.  It is broken into regions.  

We went to 5 shops today.  It rained.  Both dogs were in the van and they slept.

I try to buy something at each shop and support these business. 

I really like batik fabric and I see I really like the blues and reds.  I need some whites and yellows in there.  I am surprised I haven't gotten more greens.  Here is what I have accumulated so far.  

Chicken test

The local Chinese place,  Sonic, Wendy's, McDonalds, Chicken Express, Golden Chicken.

One vote for mcD by a kid.  The other 4 did not like the chicken paste.  One and a half for sonic.  Two and a half for Chicken Express.    

There are another 20 Chicken places within 10 miles of the house,  we may have a round two of Express Chicks against pizza joint chicks.

Desk Repair

Someone built a very nice building in Grapevine Texas for a hotel and food court.

This picture does not fit with the rest of the collection at the Biblical Art Museum

All that will be seen of this walnut is that 4mm nose.  The rest is just structure for the desk.

 

Precious

 

Sadly, six months after adopting the 15 year old kitty it was noticed her behavior was not right.

With in a week, it went from not right to unable to move and laying in her own fluids hiding under the couch.  On Labor day morning we took her to a vet to end her suffering.   Upon entering the building was the only time we heard a full volume meow from this little kitty.  She was not happy to be there, she may have wanted to live, but her body no longer was helping her in that mission.

Weeks later we are no longer watching our steps in the dark, afraid of the skrunkl poof circling our ankles.  We no longer strain our ears listening for the soft  me---ow  of the lost kitty.

She enjoyed long walks, endlessly circling the couch or table leg.

She got to enjoy long texas grass.  Well OK she did not enjoy long grass, it made her trip, she had to rest and was confused how to get back to safety of the patio.  She ran as fast as she could away from the lawn mower as I made her a path from the door to the patio.  In a very very tight circle.  But she enjoyed that path all day.  and the next.   Regularly walking out to the patio resting for a while then wandering around lost trying to get back home.

We took her from a home with 20 other animals, where she learned to sleep with her eyes open.  

Was she blind?  Was she deaf? She certainly had balance issues.  She was too old to jump onto a chair.  Did she have a memory?   Was her routine just habit.

She enjoyed her wet food each morning.  The teaspoons worth she would eat before leaving, turning around in a circle to discover a bright white bowl with YUMMY FOOD.  To do it again after another couple licks.

She learned she like to sit on laps and cuddle.  She loved it when I was on conference calls where I talked, she assumed I was talking to her.

She had 6 months of milk and cream and cuddles to enjoy.

Maple learned to tolerate this weird feline.  kinda.  They never became the friends and cuddle buddies I was hoping for.  

I would have liked to have been part of her life for longer, but sadly her body gave out before she wanted to.