Dad's Cat and Other Summer Fun

Summer seems to be drawing to its close, in spite of 90 degree weather today. Our summer acquisition has been Dad's Cat. Now, Dad will not own up to having a cat, calls it my cat. The fact, however, remains that the cat spends most of his day sitting on the rock pile watching Dad. The little black yard cat chases birds he can only dream of catching, intimidates squirrels into hiding in their rock wall homes, and sniffs around the bird feeders and bird houses. Dad won't claim an attachment to the little guy, but he's planning to buy some cat food tomorrow.

Uncle Garth and Aunt Joan are doing well on their mission, learning to love the east. Aunt Joan and I have had some fun experiences, involving our "twinness," even though we're separated by 3000 miles. As is our custom, we've begun to talk to each other about Christmas projects in our daily emails. One day, I described in detail a beautiful Christmas wall hanging that involved the use of a popular quilt design called feathering. I had just ordered a book, so that I could learn the technique. I no sooner sent the message into cyberspace, than I received

her daily email, which said: "I'm going to have to learn how to do feathering on the quilt I'm working on because it's a feathered star." One or two days later, I wrote her a long email about my plans for family Christmas gifts. I felt that Tom and I had come up with a very unique idea, and I was excited to tell her. (Sorry, can't reveal the plan.) Once again, our emails winged past each other in cyberspace, and I received her email, which revealed a plan she and Garth had cooked up, which is exactly like ours!! What a hoot!

Dad's project is finished. Our enclosed back porch!!
My projects include making the squares for Heather's quilt. The angel is brown--a tribute to Heather's little sister, Julianna. I have the little square halfway quilted. The other photo isn't clear enough, but there are six pieces of material. I spotted the material a few days ago and had to have them!! Now, being who I am, I haven't thought through how, but I plan to make them into Kobe's and Connor's quilts. Any ideas to share???

Fall is Dad's favorite season, and we're anticipating a month or two of glorious weather. We hope all of you will anticipate and enjoy as well. We love all of you. Mom

"Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve." - J. K. Rowling