Will Spring EVER Get Here?

The only tulip that I had come up.  The leaves have been up for weeks now but the flower just came up Monday.  It is really pretty but it looks so lost and alone.  At least it has the path light to keep it company.  :)

 These are my next to latest socks.  Coley was determined to be in the pic with them.  He really loves my socks.  If I leave the drawer open while folding and putting them away he will jump up in the drawer and lay down amongst them.  He doesn't pull or pick at them, just likes to lay in them.

 Last Tuesday we had a storm come through and with it we had some hail.  Not a whole lot but enough to know we had it.  It was just small sized also.

 Coley is still grieving from losing Erica.  The other night I woke to a weight on my chest.  Coley had curled up on me with his head on my chin, just seeking some comfort, which he got.  He is my very special baby.  He is about 14 now so no spring chick, but still in relatively good health.  He has hyperthyroidism but we are dealing with that with a holistic medicine and changing up what he eats to stimulate his appetite.  Right now he is on a salmon eating kick.  Before that he was into home cooked chicken with rich broth.  Not sure what we will be going to next, but I will find something to feed him that he will really like.,

If spring ever gets here we will take the camper out and have a nice relaxing weekend.  I can hardly wait.  I have started buying the supplies that I will need for her, but I haven't put anything in yet.,  I am waiting until the chance of a freeze is over.  Don't want to have anything freeze, burst, and make a mess.
I have a new quilt for the bed which I am anxious to put on.  But I am waiting until it is time to camp so I can make the bed completely and have it all fresh and ready to sleep in.  Need to buy some new pillows for the bed.  I don't want to have to keep taking the pillows from the house to the camper and back again.  Too much chance of forgetting them and getting to the campground and having no pillows to sleep on.  That would be uncomfortable.

I found a pattern online to make UGGS for 18" dolls.  I have made several pair and they are just so stinkin' cute!  I have decided to make some in colors like pink, yellow, green, purple, blue, and such.  I am really enjoying making clothes and such for those dolls.  Still don't have enough done to even try to open an Etsy store, but that is my ultimate goal.  I'll just have to keep on sewing.  :) 

Took pics while over at the house for lunch.  I must have had my phone upside down.  OH, well.  YOu can see what they look like.  The outfit is one I made, a skirt, blouse, and vest.  I still have to put snaps and buttons on the vest but for the most part it is done.  I think it is rather cute.
Just over look the mess of my sewing table/dining table.  I will clean this mess all up just as soon as Dale helps me reclaim by embroidery shop/sewing room.  It is a total mess right now.  It is full of paintings his Mom did.  We are going to share them with our 2 kids just as soon as Dale can let go of them. 

 

A pic of my filthy dirty LeRoy.  He is such a good dog.  His hair is extremely long and heavy so it is next to impossible to brush him.  He goes to the groomer next week for his spring cut.  I hope to be able to take him about every other month so he stays pretty.  He is a beautiful doggie when he is clean, which he is not right now, but he is still a cutie .

These are my latest pair to be finished.  I have no idea what the yarn is.  I had started a 2 color shawl with this and another yarn.  I did not like it as there was not enough contrast between the two when they were knitted up so it got frogged and I seem to have lost both of the ball bands.
The pattern is by Wendy Johnson and is called  Nancy's Socks

I started this post a  week or so ago and didn't post it because I didn't have pics of the above socks.  Then I totally forgot about it in the busyness of life.  :)

Everyone have a good weekend.  See you next week.

She was a sweet girl.

 Our beautiful little Erica passed away last evening.  She was around 18 years old and had lead a full and well loved life.  She was Dale's cat and always made sure everyone knew that.  :)
When she was young we had a scratch box for her.  Dale referred to it as her throne and every-night when it was time for bed he would say, "Get on your throne, Erica." and she would do it and then he would carry her upstairs to bed.  It was such a silly thing to do and to see but I loved it. 
She had 5 kittens in her life and outlived all of them.  Her last kitten to  go was Velcro and we lost him last fall.
Erica looks chubby in that picture but she ever only weighed about 6 or 7  pounds.  She was such a petite little thing.  The plate she is sitting on is an 8 inch plate. 

This was her brass bed up in our bedroom.  She didn't sleep on it all the time but when another of our fur babies would get on it she would stare them off.  SHE was queen in the house and all the others knew it. 
She was fine until Tuesday and then she just sort of started shutting down.  We took her to the vet and Val said she would be surprised if she made it through the night.  She made it.  She was never in distress or pain.  It was as if she was just patiently waiting for her time to go and be with her best buddy Katie again. 
We will all miss you, AirBear.   Love you, Mom.