Rupert's Journey

  While I was watching the grammy awards on TV I made Rupert some clothes for his journey.

I thought the bow tie idea from your comments was a good one obviously.  He does look a bit like an artist in this outfit don't you think?  It takes a secure happy man to wear a bow tie convincingly. 

Here he is adorned in his full wardrobe.

I cut your comments out and taped them to some colored paper to put in the box with Rupert.  I think my friend will be delighted that people from so far away have this connection to her.  I also added your location.

If any of you read The Piano Lesson from a much earlier post you might find it interesting to know that Stacy lived on the same street a couple of doors down from the piano teacher and she knows all the "fictional" characters in the story.  She even knows the unseen visitor  that the black maid helped out the back door.   (Yes, I'm old enough to remember the time when some people had black maids ~ for you folks abroad this wasn't necessarily a bad thing at the time because there really were very few jobs, if any, for black women)

I continue to believe that it is these little things in life that we do are the most important.  Without fanfare but from our hearts we reach out and touch others to make this world a better place.

I challenge you all to practice a random act of kindness this week!  I would love to hear about it.  I'm sure others would too.

This is on my mind

Meet Rupert! I finally finished giving him a face and filling him full of love.

 I wanted him to have an appreciative home but wasn't sure where he would go.  Last night I got a call from an old friend from my childhood.  She is very ill and I thought a little surprise might cheer her up so Rupert has been nominated for the job!  I haven't seen my friend in years and I would like very much if you kind people could send some well wishes along with him.  Her name is Stacy.  You can leave a comment here or send me an email however you would like.  I will copy your words and put them in the box with Rupert.  A nod to Brendie for the name!  Thanks so much for stopping by and as always  much gratitude to Rhonda at:

http://down---to---earth.blogspot.com/

Rhonda if you are listening....I'm going to take another step toward sustainability and make my own liquid laundry detergent   soap ~ thanks!

Birthing a Bear

After a lot of help I managed at last to give birth to my first sewing project that involved a pattern.
I'm pretty amazed it turned out this well......

Looks like I have the sepia button active on my phone camera, but he's still cute!  So cute he is simply irresistable!

WHAZZAT?? A Toy?  For ME??

Here I come!

No Uno NO!!! He isn't yours!

Whew!  Lil Bear is saved....

And safely awaiting his next adventure!

He definitely needs a name.  Maybe some eyes?  A nose?  What do you think? 

This is on my mind

First things first...Thanks to Rhonda for hosting and all she does. My blogging skills have finally progressed to providing new readers a link back to her wonderful site!

http://down---to---earth.blogspot.com/


I have warmer weather on my mind!  I'm preparing for camping trips!

That's a trailer hitch that will go on the front of my truck so I can push my camper in the garage.  I have a bum shoulder and pushing on gravel just won't be a good idea for quite some time.  When it isn't being used I'll add some patriotic decoration....

God Bless Everyone and have a great day!

He is BACK!!

I had given him up for dead but but in the past week my little squirrel friend has returned.  I had kept nuts out for him or whoever might replace him.  I was thrilled to see him out there one morning.  Within 3 visits he was trusting me again to lift the window and hand him a nut.

I didn't get a picture of his tail this trip but I saw that it had an open wound on it.  Squirrels need their tails for a number of reasons and this little guy's life is only complicated for only having half of his tail!  The wound looked healthy and I look for him to recover.

This was taken back in the summer.  He knocks if I haven't left him something to eat on the sill.  It is much more important to feed him when the weather is like this....

I'll be sure to leave both soft and hard shelled nuts on the sill.  After he eats his wife comes by and has a bite and takes some back to the nest.  Today they will be cuddled up in their nest because the wind is howling.  Most of the eastern USA is in the midst of a winter storm.  We, luckily have escaped this one and just have rain and wind and perhaps a little later some snow.

Isn't he cute?