Our two new cats have sorted themselves out now, although Coco does not respond well to suitcases being brought out, nor to us moving a desk from room to room. They wrestle and sleep together, push each other around in the sun and provide us with a lot of entertainment. Chantilly loves us to throw her Toy so she can race after it and fetch it back. It is often brought back to bed after her breakfast, while I try to sleep on.
This week the glass splashbacks were put in, concluding the work on the kitchen. Except for some ceiling items... but we needn't worry about them, just need to source a nice ceiling grille for the extract fan and get the painter back to patch a few starter holes. Everything in the kitchen seems to be working just fine, very happy to say.
Here is the happy young man taking his new quilt off to Japan with him - we all wish him the best and hope his years of teaching over there will be really rewarding. Now for the next one... I wonder which one?
This is the delicate face of our newest resident. Chantilly is a silver tabby Oriental girl who is sweet natured and playful. She has lots of toys and shares them and all the baskets around the house with Coco the Bengal cat. When it is not eating time or playtime, it is basket time. Most of which will be spent sleeping. However, wrestling is a favourite occupation too. It's a lovely sight, our gold and silver in harmony.
Since we learnt that one of our favourite young people had got into the JET program and would be off to Japan later this month, I have been busy getting his quilt together. Piecing takes no time at all but this one involved lots of hand sewing, making it indeed a very personal quilt. He is absolutely delighted with it, always a marvellous reward. The quilting will follow, done by Shaw-ly Sensational, the quilter being the mother of another of the young man's friends. Yes, it is a small world and we love the overlapping nature of friendships and interests that we have built up between us all.
I have always been obsessed with creation and colour. These days I play with glass and fabric as much of the time as I can. The rest is taken up with a little paid architectural work, family and playing with our two cats.