pretty kitty on vacation

My 10year old kitty, Bessos, is missing. She has taken little "vacations" before, once she was missing for five days and came home during a storm. This time she's been missing only three days and although I'm 99.9% sure she'll come home, I am more worried than usual because it's so hot out. We've had temps in the mid to upper 90's and heat indexes up near 110. Anyway, send good kitty vibes this way please and let's hope she's somewhere cool and safe and will return soon.

Lace & pickles

Ah, finally, some knitting. This is a lace top I've been meaning to finish for some time now, three years or give or take. I think this will be the summer it gets done. Here is the finished product.



...and while we are on the topic of lace, here is another project that I've been putting off. It's a lace pattern I've created to look like a spider web and in the center will be a name. It's for an art show this September so it will be a wall hanging when all said and done. If it gets done, and if it turns out the way I plan. It's turning out to be a big pain in the ass, but I know once it's done it'll be worth it. I'll be sure to post when it's finished, no matter what the outcome is.



On a pickling note, me and my husband put up two jars of cornichon pickles last weekend and we'll be doing more this weekend. Our cucumbers are growing like crazy, I have to go out each night to pick them, and missing just one night means giant cukes. I can only hope our corn does this well. We'll be able to do a taste test in three weeks, and of course I'll have up-dates and the recipe, if we think it's worth sharing. This is our tester year, we're searching for the perfect pickle.

We've been slightly under the weather, last weekend and this week, but I think we're on the mend and just in time too. The garden is in it's second harvest - the rest of the potatoes came out today, along with half of the onions, and of course the cukes. Tomatoes are just about ready and it might be time to plant some carrots, beets, and beans. After a week of being kind of sick I'm feeling a little ambitious, so I don't know how much of that planting will really get done.

I went to the local knitting group today, hadn't been in over a year, but it was good to be back and I promised myself I'd try to go more often. It's a good group of gals.