Monday, April 10, 2006

Pictures from the Weekend

The candlelight dinner
sweet potatoes, brown rice, veggies
fresh baked brown bread, bottle of wine
We could have used those chopstick rests!

Sally helps out with the tablecloth-check
Both of the cats had to sit on the chairs, under the tablecloth, until dinner was ready.
'This is new, gotta see what it is all about!'

Laying out the fabric to cut the skirt
There are actually 8 gores to cut out, but they are cut double-layer.
The skirt is pinned up and ready to sew now.
And very yellow-orange for Project Spectrum!

Willow says she helped too!
She is laying on top of my coat, which is on top of an old pillow,
on a wooden chair... and boy, is she zonked!
The girls both had a busy day of pouncing, running through the house
and watching birds out the window.


very cool: Japanese sewing box
Someone else's beautiful dogwoods : at flickr, kind of has a Japanese flair, how they framed the picture ;o)

J says my previously-broken wrist is hurting because I drink too much coffee, and it is depleting calcium from my bones... really now...
Coffee and Bone Health article.
and Coffee - some health benefits article.

8 comments:

Chris said...

Very nice - but what is that "sweet & sour" with the chopsticks that Willow's lying on?!

Rhiannon said...

Delish!! :)

Spring break gives me a little extra time! Thanks for the well wishes and happy thoughts!!

RheLynn said...

Oh! When I replaced our pillows on the bed this year, I used some spare fabric (that was 'take-out' printed flannel from a pair of pajamas that were never made) to cover the old ones.

When this 'new-old' pillow migrated to a chair, Willow claimed it ;o) It is kind of funny with that particular saying showing up -- Willow is sweet and sour?

Carrie K said...

Coffee is good for you.

That dinner looks delicious!

Gored skirts. I used to love them. I made a million of 'em.

Willow looks quite sacked out! No one can sleep quite like a cat, can they?

RheLynn said...

Hehe ;o) Sally, however, was up ALL night.. and into the early morning, tearing about the house like a madcat err. madcap ;o)

And can you believe I only had to scold them twice for pattern diving that night? (Uh-oh, this is a FIFTIES pattern.. we had better be good!)

Chris said...

Heh, J needs to catch up on his research. ;)

Very cool pillow. :)

Anonymous said...

Hi, what a great blog you've got. And soooo cute cats too!

stuffed said...

The kitty pix are always great but that dinner! Yum!