Tilly

Our latest cat (we now have FOUR!), Tilly, who fancies herself a member of the Red Hat Society!

Eastern Tiger Swallowtails

I've been taking a lot of pictures this year of eastern tiger swallowtails.  I find it fascinating that the female can have both a light and a dark form.  

 A few days ago I was pleasantly surprised to find dozens of these winged beauties enjoying my sunflowers! 

Sky Watch

These sky photos were taken in past years, as long ago as 2005, after thunderstorms.

We get some awesome sky views here in the "holler" but I haven't seen any as intense as it was on these days.

I wanted to post this on the Sky Watch blog, skyley.blogspot.com so decided to awaken my blog so that I could add it.    We actually have high speed internet now (yeah!) so perhaps I'll do some postings now and then! 

Thread Painting Project

I finally completed a quilting project I've been working on for several months - a quilted wall hanging done via a technique called "thread painting," or "thread play," that I did from a photograph of my cat, Angel Kitty. This is a technique I learned at the Quiltfest I attended in July in Jonesborough, TN. It is my first art quilt. I hand embroidered her whiskers at her nose, to make them stand out against her white fur, and I used Angelina fibers to make the highlights in her eyes. Also, in the grass underneath her is a little mouse!

Nice & Icy

Mother Nature decided to thwart our shopping plans the other day by delivering a storm that coated the driveway, the road, and the trees, grasses and bushes with a layer of ice, keeping us from taking our morning walk, let alone drive to town! And so I spent the day inside, trying as best I could to get some good pictures from the front deck.

We were fortunate that we only had one small cedar fall on our lane. The memory of last year when we had 22 trees down on our lane after a snowstorm around this same time, made us forgiving of this one!

The ice on the trees gave the woods an "other world"ly look. Mother Nature showed off her handiwork when the icy covering on the boughs and limbs brought out details previously unnoticed.














A hawk spent several hours perched on top of a frosty limb, waiting for lunch to fly by!

Christmas Angel (Kitty)

Angel Kitty has found another place she loves to sleep -- under the tree. We went "simple" this year with our tree. The only decorations on it are lights and garland.

Mokkah and the Fireplace

Mokkah is fascinated by the flickering flames and cinders of our propane fireplace. We have to watch her to be sure she doesn't try to crawl in behind the "logs," as she at first wanted to do.

After awhile, however, she realizes how cozy it is and she falls asleep.