racoons

I think racoons are cute.... from a distance. The masked bandits are marauding on MY backporch.... they have the whole backyard to play in... but they want to play with MY birdfood.

So, If said racoon really wants to eat the nice marshmallows in the metal cage, they can have them. But the mashmallow price is a relocation trip into the nearby swamp, (several miles from my house). This is a yearling, and is number 4 this year that has been reloclated.

The metal can behind the save-a-heart trap is the birdfood; and about 3 foot in frount of the racoon is the sliding glass door.

slippers and fish

These are mom's slippers. I knited them flat, then sewed them up (seam on heel and toe) and then felted them smaller around cut to fit insulation board. Mom sent me foot tracing so I could get correct size. The slippers are waiting for an application of the plastic-dip for the sole to make them more water-proof and anti-slip.

These are gold fish. I started by thowing 20 or so 'feeder' fish in the pond. they grew big. (start at 1" long, now about 7" to 8"long) It is hard to see in the picture, but the red fish are the same color as the 'red-orange' crayloa crayons. It interesting to watch the fins on the fishes, some fins are white, some fins are orange, some are small, some are 'fan' shaped. I have been feeding the fish a handfull of pellets every moring, now the fish think that anytime some-one stands by the pond they will get fed.