crazy doggies!

have some videos of the dogs running around crazy and playing biteyface

rolly polly molly


run run run


biteyface


you can get dizzy trying to keep an eye on them!

molly in the leaves, and puppy too

despite her stitches, molly was happy to roll around in the leaves




wiggle wiggle






molly, buried in the leaves


happy doggy!


puppy was happy to join her, running around thru the leaves

puppy and his tennis balls

silly doggy rolling on this tennis balls


happy puppy


always with his tennis balls

new yarn!

how i track how many hours i put into the baby afghans

i make little hatch marks for each hour. and when my wrists only allow me a half hour, then i make a little '5' over on the right. when i get a second half hour, i scribble out the 5 and make a regular mark.

the free yarn i picked up at bundles of love charity, to make new afghans with, that i then donate back to them. white, red, scrap blues, and scrap greens.

and a nosy puppy investigating...

sweetpea vs endive

sweetpea vs curly endive


i've gotten endive seeds three times and they're not the same as what i can rarely get at the grocery store.


sweetpea doesnt much like the homegrown varieties i've found so far. she really likes the grocery store curly endive variety


she'll eat all of this


i need to find the right variety of curly endive to grow for her. thus far i'm not having much success. its frustrating.

afghans and booties by mom

these are the afghans my mom donated to bundles of love

this one looks a little trippy/hypnotizing in the photo because of the variegated yarn


but its really just a simple ripple afghan


a ripple afghan made from scraps




a blue ripple afghan (that puppy couldnt resist resting his chin on)




a cupcake afghan




and a pair of baby booties

blue scraps baby afghan

scrap blues afghan, made from all the tiny leftover balls of yarn at bundles of love


this one took 23 hours to complete. the longest i've spent on a baby afghan in a while. usually they're under 20 hours.


i track the hours because bundles of love charity (where i donate the baby afghans to) asks how many hours are donated.


fringe


i think it turned out pretty nice, and used up all those little balls of yarn, yay!

i found the pattern on pinterest - https://www.pinterest.com/pin/335447872217002966/
instructions are here - winkieflash.nl/patterns/groovy-ghan-en/

brussels sprouts leaves

i pulled the extra leaves off the brussels sprouts.


the dogs like eating the stems of the leaves. molly eating.


puppy eating


quit with the flashy thing

molly pictures

molly, impatiently waiting for dinner


love me love me pet me love me


settling in for a nap


napping by my side

mollys lump and surgery

the lump after our first visit to the vet where they drained it with a needle.




but the lump refilled with puss within a few days, despite antibiotics.


its hard to photograph a lump in black fur


so she had to go back to the vet and have surgery to remove it


they shaved a much bigger section of fur this time. freshly home from surgery, first thing she did was flop over and roll on it.


so she got to wear a tshirt to keep the leaves and grass and dirt off her wound.


puppy shadowed her for a while.


she couldnt settle when we got home. she'd lay down somewhere for like 5-10 minutes, then get up and walk around. go lay somewhere else. and again. and again.


she didnt mind the tshirt at all though.


she laid under the porch steps for a while.


its one of her 'go-to' places when she's upset or worried. the tub is the other place.


she was able to reach her stitches with her back leg to scratch. but i discovered that if i moved the knot in the t-shirt to be in the way of her leg, then she wouldnt scratch at it.


i was sitting on the steps. she came to sit next to me for a while.


but still couldnt settle and was up and about again


then she went back under the porch steps. she finally settled there and slept for a while.


after a while she woke up and came inside.


and needed some loving and reassurance


she crawled up in my lap, and checked out my laptop


but decided to sit next to me instead