Night Owl KnitOwl

For the next couple of days, at the least, I'll be turning into a Night Owl KnitOwl. Expect posts at night instead of in the morning. :}

Esme Smile and Hands

Some pictures I caught today.

Plush Jet Plane

Happy Jet Plane Softie

I've had this idea for a while, and finally got around to making it happen. This airplane softie is large, huggable and very friendly :) 14 inch wingspan, 12 inches from nose to tail.

More pictures and Available at the shop

Homefront

Esme is five months old today.

Pogo's kittens are cute and lively. The one with her eyes open is the only girl, we think.

DeeDee delivered more puppies but not all of them survived. We said she didn't look large enough to be pregnant, and she didn't enough weight on her to be healthy. She isn't in very good shape herself right now and we're trying to feed her up so the three remaining puppies get the milk they need.



I've been running in town most days this week. Mark took this picture of me after I got back one day. He says it's a good picture, but I think it shows how tired I've been lately.

Surprise Surprise

A midnight surprise
DeeDee had a single puppy last night, then another one this morning. We're surprised. We didn't think she could actually be pregnant again. The timing didn't match up and she had gotten slightly heavier but nowhere near 'large'. We had been holding off again on spaying her because we weren't certain. Mark thinks there might be more but with such a long time between these we're not sure what to think.

Mark also counted the kittens. There are four: a Pogo-ish stripe, two greys and an orange. Pogo is being a good mommy cat, and has been extremely interested in Esme's crying now that she has kittens with similar noises. She came up the other night when Esme was crying and looked really close at her, and all around her, as if to say 'Do you have one of my kittens up here or is it really YOU making that noise?'


Grey kitten
with Pogo-ish stripe behind
This makes seven babies total in this house (including Esme). Sounds like it's Spring.

Tuesday

Pogo has at least three kittens, maybe four. They are moving around in the box but it is dark under the bed and we haven't wanted to move the box yet. We are going to count them today. I've gotten the custom doll orders done, and am working on some other projects down in our basement. Esme is taking to the solid foods well. She had sweet potatoes and applesauce yesterday. Right now she is happily cooing at me from her swing chair.


One of the custom dolls
for our toy shop