Yarn, raven, Dog in sidecar

This yarn is going to be a side to side sweater for DGD.

This big raven was on the deck eating the cat food from their dish and then drinking from the cats water dish. I have 2 outdoor cats and one indoor one now.

He was so noisey I thought that someone was running up and down the deck. When I opened the blinds up I saw this big guy having breakfast at the cat dish. He was HUGE!! One thing to see them on the side of the road or flying over head, but when they are right there 4 feet from you...let me tell you this one was a big, big guy! Even the outtie guys stayed away from their food and water dish that morning. LOL


This picture I took in Kingfield Maine when we had to stop for the parade that was on the highway. We walked up to the parade and I saw this guy sitting there patiently waiting for his owner to come back and finish the ride! They were stuck for 45 minutes with all of us.

I haven't posted in weeks and here I am posting a ton of stuff. LOL

KNIT ON!!

Ankle surgery.

This first picture I took a few days after surgery. I was on the couch, glad it had a queen size bed in it, and stayed there for 8 weeks. The next picture my DH took the morning of the surgery. I had worn that brace for 5 years and it was on it's last leg..no pun intended...lol. After paying $1500 for it, I got my money out of it.

Samantha Marie

Samantha came to us on June 12, 1991. She was from a litter that was dropped off at the horse hovel at my neighbors barn. We had just put down "Sam" and had him for over 15 years. On October 15, 2008 I had to finally let her cross the rainbow bridge and stop her pain. She has a liver disease and was very sick the last three weeks of her life. I took her to the vet on Sept 25 and they did an IV with Vitamin B12 and it was like she was a kitten again. She also had a very rapid heart beat and he gave me medications for that. For the first week after this IV she was great. Now vomiting, eating like crazy, playing with yarn again and back to sleeping with me or on me all day long when I was resting my ankle. Then it started again a couple of days before I finally called and had her put to sleep that next day. We drove to Orono with her and she was like a kitten all morning. But the illness had gotten into her bowels and bladder and she had blood in her urine and stool. She was crying and trying to pee all the time. So it was time for me to be an adult and do the right thing. Samany I sure miss you little girl!

This little girl was my best buddy. She stayed with me all summer while I was laid up recovering from ankle replacement surgery. She would sleep on my pillow at night with her paws on my arm and purr. Or when I was on my side she would climb on my and lay with her nose in my ear purring. She was my first INDOOR cat. I had her spayed and declawed at 6 months. She had double paws front and back.

I told DH that after the other 3 cats are gone I will not get any more. It is too hard to say good-bye. My other ones are 16, 14, and 12 years old. So I won't have them much longer either.

All my cats were "throw aways". I took them in when the people in the apartment houses around us would pack up and move and leave them behind. I hat 14 at one time. All were spayed or neutered and well taken care of.

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Recovery is coming along!!!

Just wanted to let everyone know that I am getting better every day. I will start to put some weight on my ankle next week. Right now I have a knee walker that I am using to get around on. I have had a lot of people comment on it...kids are amazed that an old lady like me is using a scooter!!!

I have knit 44 dishcloths these last couple of weeks, a couple of baby hats for this winter and started another "Mexicali baby" sweater for Sarah. I ordered the yarn from The Knittwitt in Mass. Can't remember the name of it but will post it later with some pictures.

Had to buy a new keyboard as my other one died..that is why there wasn't any writing the the archery pictures. sorry about that.

Have PT tomorrow so I hope to come to town early and add to this blog with some pictures.

And I drove to town today by myself for the first time in 5 weeks! Talk about feeling free toady! I have done nothing but lay in bed for 5 weeks reading, knitting and watching TV. Our cell phone doesn't work that well in the camp so I haven't been able to talk to anyone on that!

Yesterday we heard the news on the local news channel that the mill my husband has worked in for the past 40 years will be closing their doors on Sept. 2. They have lied to the workers for months now...and now they gave them all a one week notice. HOLY SHIT! NOT AGAIN!!!! We went through this in 2003-2004...18 months closed. New owners and now they are of the cost of oil. Promises, promises, promises is all this town had heard. We were praying for another 3 years before they closed, DH would be able to retire then, and now this. Oh well, will keep you posted as to what happens with the mill.

Take care all and

KNIT ON!

POKE & HOPE Archery tournament

My husband and I went to Durham, Maine for this traditional tournament. I don't shoot any more but hope to after my ankle is better.

This tournament was a two day event, but he didn't want to drive back down. There was another shoot in Old Town Maine on Sunday so he went there.

I got to go to a yarn shop, but her prices were so extreme that I didn't get anything. And she wouldn't sell her books unless you bought the yarn the pattern book called for from her. Oh well.