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.