Saturday Sky, Kitty & a Swatch Oh My!

So today is Saturday Sunday and yesterday in addition to taking advantage of the yummy 50% all yarn sale that Florrie had going on down at Deluxe Yarns I took some photos of the sky... and some other stuff. :D

Post was started yesterday, but due to weird no rain electrical storms that made the power flicker and feeling like hell I had to shut the computer down and go stare at the wall and make faces at the cat.

Here's a colorful Reno Sunset as seen from my comfy backyard. (Clickety Biggety!)

These next several photos feature TKK as well as the sky. She is such a good photography subject. :D

Kitty with a blue sky background - Clickety Biggety

That's her bone in the background. She STILL loves that thing.

Later in the evening The Honey and I were tossing around a ball and she got all excitde and started chasing it. Ya know I think my honey's desire to have a doggie and my kitties desire to please us and play with us is making her more puppy like everyday. She's an old kitty so she can do whatever she likes, including act like a puppy if she must. *L* It was crazy cute to see her run after the ball though. When she finally got in she sat on it. *L*

You probably noticed her lack of fur in that photo. I shaved her Friday. Couldn't take the fur anymore.

She's a very patient kitty and enjoys being shaved. Purring the whole time. It's weird over here.

But in a good way. ;^)

Well mostly. We do have a crazy bird situation going on. More of a Bird Gang Situation really. o.0

For the last several weeks every time we put TKK outside and she's alone or ten feet away from us this crazy ass bird tries to attack her. The first time it happened the honey didn't believe me. She was walking over to me from the fence and this bird swooped down and took a dive at her. TKK jumped and flipped around in shock. I called out to the honey and told him what had happened. He said birds don't attack cats. Then a little later it happened again. Only this time crazy assed bird brought along a few friends. o.0 Since that day TKK has not been allowed outside on her own due to this crazy shit. Too weird! Also the honey has seen it a lot more and is now ready to kill the damn bird. Nobody messes with our wittle furface and gets away with it. This is war. He chases the bird away when he see's it and TKK has taken to trying to lure it over. I think she believes this is some kind of kill it yourself birdie delivery system. She knows a snack is involved somehow. *L*

The weird thing is that the lead bird is always the same one. It has a feather sticking out oddly on it's right side when he sets down on the tree or fence. I'm calling him Spike. Here's a photo of the offending bastard.

I'm mostly peace loving and all that shit, but this bird is living on borrowed time as far as I'm concerned. Leave my cat alone, ButtMunch!! o.0

I caught her meowing into the wind. I think she might be telling me to go get her a birdie snack. Too cute. ;)

Finally here's the swatch to my current project. I finished the swatch and took the photo on Tuesday the 29th.

When I started the swatch I was planning on doing sweater pattern A. The pattern called for a size US8 needle, so I swatched on a 9 since I'm a tight knitter. I didn't like how the fabric looked even though I got gauge, so next I went to an 8 to try. Well I meant to. In actuality I grabbed a 10. Then my gauge was WAYYYYY off.  So I went to the 8, not understanding how my gauge could be SOOOOO off. When I  went to measure my swatch this time it occurred to me that  somewhere in there I decided to go with sweater pattern B which had a much smaller gauge than pattern A.  *sigh* It's not easy being this brilliant.  The new pattern called for a US size 6, so I tried it with a 7 and got gauge. *L* I like the fabric I'm knitting up much better and the overall patten a lot better for my very own sweater. *Super Happy Otter Dance*

I cast on for my Neck Down Pullover Tunic Tuesday night and am loving it muchly so far.

I still need to weave in my ends and wash the one I did for the Dulaan project. This week I will finish up all that and box my stuff off to mail. :D

Comments

[Cookie]

Welcome to the burbs!

Birds harass cats all the time, honey. Is that a scrub jay? They are usually some kind of trouble.

I love that cat! Did I tell you that Jenn wants to shave one of hers? She may need a little advice on how to. ;^)

The grass looks great!

Happy swatching/sweatering!

[Dave Daniels]

Ha ha ha Her meowing into the wind is TOO cute.
It's interesting, too, that her skin is the coloring of her fur.

[Stacey]

That looks like a nasty ass starling - is it black (males) or gray with YELLOW eyes. I mean evil yellow. I have those crazy things here and they swoop at my shep.

What a beautiful sunset. Thanks for sharing!

[Devorah]

Your kitty is so cute! Good luck with the sweater, I can't wait to see your progress on it.

[Barbp]

The picture with TKK meowing into the wind looks to me like she's skydiving and loving it!! Too funny. Nasty old bird. I just picked up some Mission Falls Wool, your cotton looks wonderful. Have fun now that you have that pesky gauge thing solved.

[Joan in Reno]

If the bird is grey with white wing patches when it flies and a long tail, it's a mocking bird. They are notorious for bombing cats. They harrassed one cat and it flipped over and grabbed the bird on its next run.