I acutally ran.

today on the front porch with new fuscias

some little flowers by the stairs

He is not about to barf, just cold and not happy I am taking his picture

Green dress on me

I wore it to work a few days ago, when it was sunny

I ran!

OK, 10 minutes super slow on the treadmill but I did it. I am going to run outside this weekend. Nothing dramatic though.  I think I can get back into it pretty fast because I have stayed sort of fit.

This is a new skirt I am working on. Fake purple shiny animal skin and gold sparkly fabric.  And yes, I will wear this in public.

Tonight I also worked on the $600 coat and the other project I am doing.  And tomorrow, the rats will die.

Backyard report

Brian did lots of work in the yard.

 Now for the rat trails. The repellant did not work. Today I saw 4 come out at once from under the fence. They also wanted to try humane methods. No dice.  I lost sympathy for them.

one of their litle holes

trail to their home in the neighbor's yard

another hole to get to their house inthe neighbor's yard

This is a nice shot. My dog under the bird feeder.

this is the coat with the lining in

I had a fitting today and she loves it. Now I need to sew the lining (I just basted it), do the hems etc. I am going to have it pressed before I close it up. The wool is so heavy I need to get professional pressing to press the seams open.

this is with the hems pinned up

bird nest being built in the tree in front of the house

We re-started sitting on the porch again today and I saw this (Brian took the photo). It is birds buidling a nest in the tree in front of the house.  Right now they are digging a hole the tree to put it in. It is fun to watch. I know when the leaves come we won't be able to see them.

We named them Fred and Ethel.