Update on the Big Bugger

While in Switzerland, I did some stitching, too. Well, a lot, actually,but given the lots and lots of little stitches one needs for this, it looks less:-)
Anyway, I did fill out the central medaillon field, hurray! I also did some work on those endless borders.

Back from Switzerland again !

I have been away , holiday-ing in Switzerland (my favourite destination, as I always really recover and de-stress out there.
Here you can see part of the view from the terrace in front of my apartment, it is part of the garden, actually and adjacent to the woods(on the back of where I was standing while taking this pic). It is really quiet, the only sound one usually hears is that of the two loud "brooks"-actually rivers in their teens and as noisy as any teenager- and the light being clear, at might you can see the Milky Way. It is lovely.

This is Pontresina, where I usually stay with a glacier valley  behind it.

One of my favourite digs,Gasthaus Spinas,seated in a small valley.It is only open in summer, nobody lives in the valley, there is only the brook (the Beverin) and the woods, quiet and lovely, good for a  nice and easy walk if one is so inclined.

Filisur, North of the Albulapass, is a very pretty village. This is how it  looks from the railwaystation. I usually make sure to have a coffee out there each year( can't always make it, of course)-another favourite dig!!!

If you want to see more pics , just go here (I am afraid they will look much like 2010, but never mind, one can never have enough of a good thing,can one?

I am back home now, washing has been done and I will soon be in normal mode again, I suppose. I am awaiting something by post which I hope to share with you in some weeks(sorry.., giggle)

In the meantime I took loads of foodstuffs (well, actually chocolate and other nice thingies) with me-bless the car- and the kitchen is LOADED!!!!

bread and cheeses for the meece

Last week Linda sent me some lovely little cheeses and breads for the meece. As you can imagine, fruits and vegs are "life size", but things they make themselves, are certainly mouse-size, so had to be small!!

This is Lindas pic, before she sent them off/ As you can see, the mice HAD already been nibbling at them, even before the food got here....

This week I distributed them over the house; some of the kids made off with hot cross buns to the bedroom; the guys playing in the attic nicked some bread and cheese; mousketeer will be spearing either cheese or an apple as soon as he has made up his mind and the little jam thief has also taken some cross buns. What is the world coming to....

This is the breadcar, full of breads !

Goodbye my little friend

This afternoon Isaid goodbye to my beloved little furbaby, Floris, the brave little kitty who held out  so long against his sarcoma. I had him on heavy painkillers because I suspected a nerve problem in his left front paw, but when I noticed yesterday that his right pupil was bigger than the left one, I suspected a cerebral metastasis, too. He did not have much of a problem with it, but I know I could not have kept it in check much longer.

He still ate relatively normally and just before the vet came he drank a load of my milk :-)
(Thank heaven my vet makes housecalls for this sort of thing)

Again I want to thank the vets of Utrecht for their dedication and help; we all did the best we could for him and I think he had an extra year free of trouble because of his treatment at the faculty. Thank you Jolle, thank you Bas,thank you to Ilonka, Willemijn and others who took care of him, and also thank you to the kind vet who took her time this afternoon to see him out


Goodbye my friend.

The scullery is working ( I hope)

Momma mouse got nearly desperate! So much cooking to do for a big family and nowhere to wash the dishes. So after much asking now she has her  sink and it has been installed and is fully operational. I also gave her a set of bins for soda, soap , sand and salt, indispensable when you need to wash up.

Still, I am afraid the little guy with his chemical experiments will be in trouble any time now if/when his mom gets wise to what he is brewing out there.

OK, sink will be drying

in the scullery; I decided it could be done. I also stuck up some little shelves , also courtesy of Petite Properties( or do you think I am so handy????) Will fill those up later, the glue that keeps them on the wall has to dry thoroughly.

Since the sink does take some place- and it is rather dangerous out in the scullery , anyway- I decided the little clown had better evacuate to to the attic.

Little baby werewolf is waiting for him there, so the two have stuck a friendship. Werewolf hasn't really got the worst deal, since there is loads to eat in the attic, too! Besides, clown brought his peanuts and  popcorn , so they will be having a great time together.

Scullery sink for mouse house

Heh, finally , my mamma mouse can wash up her lots pots and  pans! Yesterday a lovely sink kit from Petite Properties arrived and yesterday evening and today I spent with Floris making up the kit. His contribution exists in opening one lazy eye from time to time and  happily purring away. The whole assembly is drying right now and I will  be able to put it in on Sunday or so.
I filled the sink with dirty plates and dishes , and then with liquid fimo, after which the whole caboodle went into the oven. A piece of cotton  is hanging over the side and a cocktailstick suggest a brush.