Heading to new beginnings.......

isn't it amazing that at any point in your life you can hit a new beginning that breathes life into everything that you are doing and trying to achieve?  And this happened this week....

A relationship that I thought I had lost has been revived and there is forgiveness from both sides and a new understanding of family.  Then another friendship that I thought was strained became as it had always been and I can believe in that again.  Then, following on from the stress of the visa renewal the bank came through and all the things I want to do in the next few years are now possible.  So here I come world!!

Caper is proving to be an absolute delight.  I miss Bandit very much, and Maggie, but this little lady is just wonderful.  I did some research and found that she had been at the kennel with Heartworm Project (www.heartwormproject.org) for a whole year and that she is only about eighteen months old - so she came to the kennel at about six months old.  She is a little pudgy and still a puppy, but so easily trained and willing to do what I want her to do - she loves her crate and took only two nights to get house trained and is now running with me on a loose leash and able to wait in doorways and in the car.  Very impressive. 

 

The picture is a little bit blurry, but black dogs are so hard to picture.  Her ears are usually pricked up but she was so 'what are you doing new mom?'.

 

 

This quilt is a bit of a sad story.  My new landscaper asked me to make a quilt for his 25th anniversary to include silver and earth tones.  We made this quilt and spoke to him on the day, since we had not heard from him, and he had had a stroke.  I hope that this story will have a happier ending next week.

 

So 'Oodles of Sensations' has been given a new lease of life with a lot of crystals.  Crystals do not show up in a photo so I cannot show you how spectacular this quilt now looks.  So let's see how it does at AQS Grand Rapids!!

 

Reinar and Jill - I am working on your quilt!!

 

The new design/blocking wall - J.P. got her DIY on and this is the result - thank you so much!!

 

And this is the chaos caused by the new design/blocking wall - J.P. (the other one) I hope you are ready for tomorrow!!

So - that is enough for tonight - we have plans for mystery quilts and other things in the near future, as well as other exciting things on a much more regular basis.  Caper says 'Hi' and could you please let me out to go potty.  Nature calls!