May is ending!

The borough is extending the water line down the street past my house in anticipation of the the street being redone. So they are outside my house making a lot of noise!

I happened to look out the kitchen window and this is what I saw! Lucy, being silly!

Bobbie, Daisy and Lucy in what we call the Penthouse. They are our feral ladies, and the Penthouse is on top of their heated houses. They are spayed and have had their shots. I'd like to eventually invite them in.

Sly checking out my progress!

Temperature afghan, up to date!

Temperature scarf, also up to date!

My beautiful great niece graduated college! She's here with her Dad Kevin, and grandparents Frank and Charlotte. We're all so proud of her!

Lunch at the diner! 

Ralph and I just had our 46th wedding anniversary! It sounds like forever, but went by in the blink of an eye. 
 




 
 

It's done and over with

The buyers signed the papers Friday, and the house that I grew up in is no longer in our family. I'm sad and relieved, and it's totally surreal. This weekend being the first Mother's Day since Mom died doesn't help. Hopefully the new owners will love the house and make great memories there.

My camera and google weren't communicating, so I couldn't post the weekly pix here til now!

Minted Macaroon, which insists on photographing as blue, when it's blues and greens. 

Temperature afghan, looking good!

Temperature scarf, as long as the ottoman!

Northern Lights. I actually stopped working on the first three after I took these pix, and I'm working exclusively on this. Four ongoing projects was too much, so I want to finish this, then go back to the daily temp afghan and scarf, with minted macaroon as my main project. 

Heather made this for me for Mother's Day! The wood is from shelves from my childhood bedroom, and the roses are carved from wood. She's so crafty!

Amanda made me this beautiful shirt on the serger! I'm so glad she's getting use from it!

Rain, chilly and dreary all weekend, and more coming tonight. We need the rain, but still. 






 

Paper signing day

My wonderful brother Mike and I are co-executors of my mom's estate. Today we go and sign the papers selling her house, and the buyers will sign next week and we'll be done with it. Talk about the end of an era! It's so bittersweet- we all lived in that house from the time we were born til we  grew up. 

And when we were first married, Ralph and I and later Mike and Donna lived in the apartment over the garage. 

On a happier note, I had a productive week up til yesterday. Yesterday it was 90 out, and too hot to craft.

Temperature afghan looking good! Up to date as of Wednesday.

Temperature scarf is longer than the ottoman!

I love Northern Lights! It's going to look great on the back of the chair in the living room!

The camera insists that spearmint is all blues, but it's really blues and greens. I'm calling it my main project, and it's halfway done.

Silly Sly is hanging out dozing in his food dish, just in case someone should come along and want to feed  him!

We're having a few days of awful heat- 90 today! Ralph got hammocks for the feral cats, and Daisy is loving it! 

We went to a presentation by Princess Cruises last night with Frank and Charlotte. There was a couple there who've been on 71 cruises, and another couple with 50+ cruises! We figure they must be independently wealthy! It was a very nice presentation, very informative, given thru AAA.