me being busy

Signs of Spring are all around. I love spring! I love the sun shining in my front room window. I love the sound of birds chirping when I first wake up in the early morning. I love watching the Robins search for food. I love the smell of green grass, plants and weeds popping their heads out of the unthawing ground. I love watching the children laugh and romp around. At school there is a big lake!! When I headed home on Friday there were dozens of kids out in the middle of it stomping around laughing and loving it. I thought back to the days when my boys would be covered from head to foot in mud or water. If there is a pool of water or mud it is a magnet for children.

This is three of my boys when they were younger playing in the mud! Oh those were the days. Now it is my grandchildren in the snow, mud and water but at least their parents are the ones who get to spray them off with COLD water before they come in the house.

Bryan with his kids playing in the snow!
A couple of weeks ago I was able to have all my grandchildren together all at once. It is fun to see how they play together.

Aren't they the cutest kids in the whole world.

I have also been busy working on my quilts and wall hangings. I had to move my desk at school and I didn't like looking at the brick wall so I made a wall hanging to hang there.

This next wall hanging is one I did for Michael for his future "Man Cave" I wanted him to remember his time in South Africa.

Now but not least is our adventure with the Tom Cat. There are several Tom cats around the area that travel through my yard. Well, one of them decided he liked the space between my old roof and the new roof built above it. He would climb up the piece of wood that was in front of the new door that hasn't been installed yet and get up there. One day I was sitting outside in my swing and I heard this meow coming from above my head. When I looked I saw these two eyes looking at me. Mike shewed it away and moved a few things thinking it wouldn't be able to climb back up there. Boy were we wrong. At the beginning of the new year Mike had a young fellow come over and finsh framing in the roof and porch area. A few weeks later on a Sunday morning I was in my pantry getting something out when I heard this meow. I thought to myself, "Oh no, that cat is up in the craw space and can't get out. I called Mike and of course he came right over. He tried for two hours but couldn't catch it. He thought it went down into one of the areas where he couldn't reach. Well, to make a long.... story short. A few days later Mike put a cage up there with a can of tuna hoping to catch it. He would check perodicaly to see if it was caught, but nothing. Then NINE weeks later he checks again, by this time we thougth for sure the cat would be dead and decaying (of course I imagned the horrid smell I would have up there not to mention the magets when it got warmer)but to his surprise the cat turned around in the cage and looked at Mike. It gave a pethetic meow. Mike brought it down and we let it out of the cage. It took off in a swagger. I am not sure how it survived without food and water for nine weeks but it is amazing needless to say. Even though I don't care for cats I am grateful that it is not still up there.
So here is a picture to prove the cat lived.

You can see all the insulation he clawed up trying to get out. I am happy to report that I have seen it several times walking along the fence line out back so it is still alive.
Well that about sums up the excitement for the past few weeks. Until next time...