I like the composition of this photograph. At first there is just a field of green, then the Katydid picked out against the leaves, then the gap in leaves and the insect staring into the beyond, one antennae reaching down into the void. Is it going to jump? (Well, it is a Katydid.) Is it going to jump before I can snap the photo (luckily no).
My folks gave me a formed cat tunnel house (we call it a cat donut). Izzy liked it once I put a cushion in, but then stopped using it for some feline reason. When the kitten showed up, we moved it upstairs and my eldest had the fantastic idea of unzipping it to make smaller hiding spaces. Thor decided it was the best hiding space, and when we moved his food down to the floor, he also stopped pitifully crying when we left the room. Phew.
It also makes a great exercise surface since Thor has developed a love of the red light game (RLG for short, aka cat laser toy). As he becomes more comfortable in his new space, he is also settling into the center well of the cat house instead of hiding all the time.
I decided to rearrange the office/music room, which was a good thing because I’d been tucking things in there for five years and had forgotten I’d stashed most of it. Some was worth keeping, much was not. In the purge, I found a shower curtain that I bought as a background screen in the COVID years to hide the clutter from Zoom calls (oh yeah, I’ll admit to it). Well, this curtain also fits great on my wire shelving unit. Same height, nice bit of wrap around. Yes, I’m still hiding things behind a curtain, but it is a pretty curtain.
Our foster kitten is doing well. He had his first official trip to the vet; he has had his first round of kitten vaccinations, has been dewormed, and is getting ointment for his eye goobers. He has discovered a favorite hiding/nap spot, but comes out when we come in. He has leapt joyfully into play, and has been receptive when we substitute a toy instead of fingers. His favorite thing right now is a spring toy. His purr is like thunder. The vet paperwork names him Thorn (since I pulled him out of a thorn bush), but we affectionately drop the “n” and call him Thor (or little man, or kitten, or … we use a collection). To keep his dander down, we’ll use a waterless bath foam and brushing, and a few days after his shots, he’ll get his first flea treatment.
My youngest gave me a box of yellow to orange dyed merino wool and I decided to spin it up separately rather than blend it (so many choices with these bundles of colors!)
I like the small bundles of wool because they transport easily; I can walk with the roving loosely around my fiber hand, or I can pop the fiber into a container in my purse so I can spin while waiting.
Critters and Craft 