Re-decorating

Every now and then the life has surprises for you. It re-arranges your daily life and puts it all up to the right places.

Our granny got sick. It seems to be the 8th time she escaped the death. It must be because of her extremely rare date of bith. Se was born on 29.2.2000. Again when I took her to the vet I knew the time had arrived. But I was wrong. I am happy we have a smart vet.

So we re-decorated the living room again. We carried the brand new carpet to the attic and brought many old ones down to cover all the floor. We took a mattress onto the living room floor, extra blankets and pillows. We blocked up some of the doorways and all the stairs with furniture.

We abandoned the ordinary style of getting granny out into the garden.

Also in the garden we closed up the free ways we didn't want her to go anymore.

And we built up a fence for her to outdoor safely. At the moment she is too vulnerable and in limited position to protect herself and her territory from free running dogs. She is over 14 years old and can pass away any day. But still the vet saw no reason to put her asleep at this very moment because of this one disease. And the vet was right. She has started to get better. We have did all this craft for her even we don't know will she be alive tomorrow. Some say she is just a dog. I say that's why we have to do it. She is just a dog and can't do it by herself.

She has Idiopathic Vestibular Disease. It was really bad but is getting better with tiny steps day by day. We were told in 3-4 weeks she should be back to her normal doggy life.

PS. See how we have built up BunnyBarn. :)

Decoupage, hearts & nails

 So here they are! Visible but unfinished.

The lids need hinges. Now they are just lids you lift away. In the original use they were just nailed to the boxes to avoid misuse.

I finished GreenHeart...

...and started with another BlueHeart.

What comes to my WoollySecret I am happy to tell that finally today I was able to cut Gynter's nails. I started yesterday and finished today. He was a bit unwilling to do it but I was smarter. He got a proper bouncing outdooring moment. He got very tired and then naughty me took the nailclipper and started the operation. Ha haa!

Jumping around had relaxed him. Training during the outdooring made him tired too. So he noticed it was just easier to let me do it. I asked a lot of respection and understanding what it means. He needed to trust in me and I needed to be worth of trusting especially on the moments he lost his faith.

I need to cut his nails often because they have got really long. I can't cut them too short because there could be some bleeding. When we shorten them little by little the veins pull back and at the end the nails will be short enough and kept in that way.

A Day Off

I had a day off; at home. It's been time since I had really honestly a day off. Even the dinner was easy, so I didn't need to bother much at all. That's why I had such wonderful relaxing crafty time with me only.

I started the day with painting.

We all have our own very special addicts. One of mine is wood boxes. People know it and I love it.

These are old bullet boxes. Just trash and would have ended up to be destroyed.

One had weird lid but that is not a problem.

I used old paints.

I painted them in...

...and out.

I need to let them dry proper.

Still my brains think it all the time. I had to go and find my old decoupage papers... We'll be back in business...

I started GreenHeart and stitched it for some time. This time I use Waste Canvas.

I did also some gardening. It is late spring time and my tulips look like this. They are in time.

This is how my BlanketNo2 looks at the moment.

I prepaired it for the next crocheting moment. New shade picked up.

Big Furry Adventure

On the early morning we had some time to crochet BlanketNo2.

On the evening I was told that Gynter had planned escape from his outdoor fence in the garden. That's why I decided it was time for the next big step. If he wants more, he gets more. Let's see how brave you are my love boy!

Don't you think he has done that before? So, from now on -when ever the weather allows- he gets his freedom as whished.

Back to BlanketNo2

It has been a busy day but still I had some moments to get back to my BlanketNo2 which I have not touched for too long time. Richard Gere and Julia Roberts spent their time with me. No, it was not Pretty Woman; it was Runaway Bride.

Most fascinating thing is to crochet these furry rows.

Today I crocheted these two rows. They are from the grey ball but the shades go from black to blue.

I need to store it in a plastic bag in my basket to avoid the loops to get attached anything.