Sunday afternoon and the kittens

Some time ago I told you about the arivial of the kittens and my hives in response to them.
As Paul Harvey would say..."Here is the rest of the story"

For the last 6months or so we have been feeding a group of stray cats that live  in the gas station parking lot. When we first starting the feeding program there was a Mama cat with several kittens. One by one they were adopted or moved on. Then we were down to Mama and kitten. We named the kitten Fuzzy. We named Mama...well, Mama. We are so clever.

We tried for months to trap, catch, lure and capture  Mama and Fuzzy. We even tried getting a " dip" net on a long pole. Much to the amusment of the gas station customers, that did not work either.
So as things go, Fuzzy grew up and began her own family. When Fuzzy's kitten was four weeks she brought her out into the world.  We were able to catch the Four week old kitten. I took her home and named her Ivy.
Heeeeeerees Ivy

That is our dog Honey with her new kitten.

Then then other shoe dropped..Fuzzy was pregnant again. But this time we caught her!!!
Ivy is 14 weeks old and her younger siblings are 3 and a half weeks old.

Here they are.A blur of black!

If you know anyone who wants a kitten, let us know!

Kittens and ribbonwork update

Yesterday was busy. Went to the doctor and then went to the vet with my sisiter. The smallest of the kittens is breathing hard and doesn't eat as well as the other three kittens.

We were afraid the vet would want to put the baby to sleep, instead he said she was too small to really evaluate and he wants to see her again in four weeks.

They are getting SO cute, there eyes are starting to open and they look more like cats! I am in love!! I will give you the background story of the kittens in another post.

Here is the latest ribbonwork. I love to work with newly dyed ribbon! The dying process is hard and takes a long time and is super messy. When I get to use the ribbon it seems like a reward.

I have a favorite piece, do you?

Also I wanted to thank Mary for the wonderful blog interview at http://fleurdelisquilts.blogspot.com/2011/07/etsy-shop-profile-lambs-and-ivy-designs.html
She has a wonderful blog, stop by for a visit!
I had the camera on the wrong setting...I guess you noticed LOL!

Here is a better picture