Elk and Pink Elephants

A couple of pics of a herd of Elk trying to cross the highway on my way to work, we were in the midst of a severe winter storm, there should be mountains in the background. The drive home was even worse with a total white out, driving 20 m/hr and my flashers on and still couldn't see a thing, took me 2 hours instead of 40 minutes.
And then I'm honored to have Sue Spargo put my Pink Elephants on her blog.

A CAT & A TOTE

A housecat that is, a stray, that showed up just before KT died, has worked his way from outside, to the bunkhouse, to the storeroom, and now to a heating pad in the livingroom, he's so sweet and big, at least 20 lbs. and our other two cats hate him, the hissing hasn't stopped and he just goes on with his business, knowing what luck he has found, despite the not so warm welcome from the rest of his kind.

And then a tote, had one block left over from the Pink elephant quilt, so I made a tote.

UFO

Hate to call unfinished projects that, sounds out of this world or something, the single applique block is from an old BOM from Jan Patek, Berries or something, decided to make either a wallhanging and be done or maybe a lap quilt if I add one more border. It's needle turn applique and all vintage Brannock & Patek fabrics, except for one small piece that I received from a Yahoo friend, the color was perfect.

Tough these past few weeks for Jim, two broken teeth in two weeks, waiting to have this one pulled on Tuesday, he use to kid me about he would never be bald or fat, think he forgot to mention the toothless part. And so it goes with him, the disease is pulling his jaw muscles tight, no amount of meds have helped that so far and he refuses to wear a mouth guard, so toothless it might be.

SEVERAL FINISHES

Finished a tote I needed to make for a friend, paid me a few bucks for it, all the material is vintage Brannock & Patek. Not pictured, but finished it off with a tie closure and a vintage broach.

And then finally, the Pink Elephants, ended up using a short piece of yarn for the pull string, and had to bring it up and under one of the pieces of the wool to keep from splitting the material, sometimes one thread in a material will run when you use that big of a needle. Now if the kid just doesn't swallow a bead.