October Bird Towel, San-Man Oct.7
Baby's 1st Christmas, Victoria Sampler Oct.6
Peter Name Tree, M Designs Oct.4
2008 Santa, Prairie Schooler Oct.2
September Blackwork Biscornu Sept.29
Dark Bay Horse, Sporting Masters Sept.27
Schoolgirl Lessons, Little House Ndlwk. Sept.19
September Bird Towel, San-Man Sept.1
Snow Puppy, Cross My Heart Aug 27
August Blackwork Biscornu, San-Man Aug 20
Always & Forever, Little House Ndlwk. Aug 13
Americana Birdhouses, San-Man Aug 11
August Bird Towel, San-Man Aug 2
Le Petit Fleur Biscornu, Praiseworthy Stitches July 30
Cherries, Little House Needlework July 17
Meow Missing Letter, San-Man July 3
Tennessee Heart, Victoria Sampler June 29
Hip Hop Black Cat, SamSarah June 27
July Bird Towel, San-Man June 23
Hop Frog Missing Letter, San-Man May 27
June Bird Towel, San-Man May 24
BeeKeeper's Cottage, Elizabeths Designs May 19
May Bird Towel, San-Man April 30
Palomino, Sporting Masters April 27
April Blackwork Biscornu, San-Man April 19
Bluebird Missing Letter, San-Man April 16
Strawberries, Little House Needlework April 13
Cedar Waxwing, Brown House Studio April 10
Eggs, San-Man Originals April 7
Red Paint, Sporting Masters Mar.29
April Bird Towel, San-Man Mar.18
Sun Dragon, Teresa Wentzler Mar.15
Kentucky Heart, Victoria Sampler Mar.5
March Blackwork Biscornu, San-Man Mar.3
Purrfect Bookmark, Cat's Whiskers Mar.1
February Blackwork Biscornu, San-Man Feb.28
Oh Christmas Tree, LNS class Feb.24
March Bird Towel, San-Man Feb.23
Dapple Gray, Sporting Masters Feb.21
Peace Cardinal, San-Man Feb.16
Animals Rule!, Catherine Jordan Feb.8
February Bird Towel, San-Man Jan.30
January Blackwork Biscornu, San-Man Jan.29
Bay Colt, Sporting Masters Jan.23
Redbird Ornament, San-Man Jan.15
2007 Santa, Prairie Schooler Jan.12
Don't Bug Me, Sweetheart Tree Jan.7
Drive Safely, Heart in Hand Jan.2

2008 Stitching

UFOs
-Evening in the Park, Chatelaine--51% done
-Dragon Feathers Afghan, Fanta Cat--50% done
-Italian Garden, Liz T. Diehl--33% done
-Companions, TW--20% done
-New Zealand Map, Heritage Stitchcraft--2% done
-Flower Power, Crossed Wing--1% done

WiPs
-Animals Rule, Catherine Jordan--100% done
Resumed 2/2, Done 2/8
-Majestic Eagle, Dimensions--70% done
Resumed 3/6,15 hours in Mar.; 30 hours in May; 25 hours in Aug.
-2008 Mystery, Papillon--69% done
Started 1/30, Progressing...done thru pt.9 as of 9/19
-Holland Landscapes, Chatelaine--42% done
Started 5/31, Done thru Pt. 5 as of 10/10
-Breaking Dawn, Kustom Krafts--2% done
Started 1/13, On hold....
-Attic Window Quilt (gift)--2% done
Started 5/28

Series in Progress (rotate monthly)
-Elizabeth Designs Cottage series
(3 of 12 done for appliqué quilt so far)
----Bee Keeper's Cottage Started 5/9... Done 5/19

-Hearts of America, Victoria Sampler
(have 16 of 50 states done for a quilt so far)
----Kentucky Heart Started 3/4, Done 3/5
----Tennessee Heart Started 6/28, Done 6/29
----Ohio Heart

-JCS Ornaments
(have 3 dozen or so left to stitch from the 2003-07 issues)
----Cedar Waxwing (2003) Started 4/7. Done 4/10
----Snow Puppy (2003) Started 8/22, Done 8/27

-Halloween quilt
(5 projects done for crazy quilt in 2007, 2008)
----Hip Hop Black Cat, SamSarah Started 6/25,Done 6/27

-Little House Fruit series
(5 of 9 done for banner in 2006, 2008)
----Strawberries Started 4/11, Done 4/13
----Cherries Started 7/12, Done 7/17

-Name Tree banner
(2 of 8 done for banner in 2006)

-SanMan Blackwork Monthly biscornu series
(9 of 12 done-3 were in 2007)
----January Blackwork Started 1/24, Done 1/28
----February Blackwork Started 2/26, Done 2/28
----March Blackwork Started 3/1, Done 3/3
----April Blackwork Started 4/17, Done 4/19
----August Blackwork Started 8/18, Done 8/20
----Sept. Blackwork Started 9/28, Done 9/29
----Oct. Blackwork
----Nov. Blackwork
----Dec. Blackwork
-San-Man Calender series
(10 of 12 done-4 were in 2007)
----Peace Cardinal (Feb) Started 2/15 Done 2/16
----Eggs (March) Started 3/31, Done 4/7
----Bluebird Missing Letter (Apr)Started 4/14, Done 4/16
----Hop Frog Missing Letter (May)Started 5/25, Done 5/27
----Meow Missing Letter (June) Started 6/30, Done 7/3
----Americana Birdhouses (July) Started 8/9, Done 8/11
----Dog Missing Letter (Aug)
----Halloween Row (Oct)

-Dinky Dozen bird towel series, San-Man
(11 of 12 done-2 were in 2007)
----February Towel Started 1/29, Done 1/30
----March Towel Started 2/22, Done 2/23
----April Towel Started 3/16, Done 3/18
----May Towel Started 4/29, Done 4/30
----June Towel Started 5/23. Done 5/24
----July Towel Started 6/22, Done 6/23
----August Towel Started 7/31, Done 8/2
----September Towel Started 9/1, Done 9/1
----October Towel Started 10/6, Done 10/7
----November Towel

-Prairie Schooler Santa ornament series 1989-present
(17 of 20 done-15 in previous years)
----2007 Santa Started 1/8, Done 1/12
----2008 Santa Started 9/30, Done 10/2
----1991 Santa
----1992 Santa
----1993 Santa

Separate New Starts
-Drive Safely, Heart in Hand Started 1/2, Done 1/2
-Don't Bug Me, Sweetheart Tree Started 1/4, Done 1/7
-Redbird Ornament, San-Man Started 1/15, Done 1/15
-Bay Colt, Sporting Masters Started 1/16, Done 1/23
-Dapple Gray, Sporting Masters Started 2/8, Done 2/21
-Oh Christmas Tree, LNS Class Started 2/23, Done 2/24
-Purrfect Bkmark, Cat's Whiskers Started 2/29 Done 3/1
-Sun Dragon, Teresa Wentzler Started 3/11, Done 3/15
-Red Paint, Sporting Masters Started 3/18, Done 3/29
-Palomino, Sporting Masters Started 4/20, Done 4/27
-Le Petit Fleur, Praiseworthy St. Started 7/17, Done 7/30
-Always & Forever, LHN Started 8/2, Done 8/13
-Schoolgirl Lessons, LHN Started 9/14, Done 9/19
-Dark Bay, Sporting Masters Started 9/20, Done 9/27
-Peter Tree, M Designs (gift) Started 10/3, Done 10/4
-Baby's 1st Christmas (gift) Started 10/5, Done 10/6
-Needle Guardian, Teresa Wentzler Started 10/11
-Winter Bird Delight, Praiseworthy Stitches
-Trellis, Workbasket

Finishing/Framing (pro framing not included)
-Afghans (1)
Dragon Feathers
-Biscornu (3+ to do)
January Blackwork Fin.1/29
February Blackwork Fin.3/3
March Blackwork Fin.3/4
April Blackwork Fin.4/19
Le Petit Fleur Fin.7/30
August Blackwork Fin.8/20
September Blackwork Fin.9/29
-Ornaments (35+ to do)
Redbird Ornament Fin.1/15
Oh Christmas Tree Fin.2/25
Baby's 1st Christmas Fin.10/6
-Pillows (3)
Cat Lovers Heart
Dog Lovers Heart
Needlepoint Sampler
-Other finishing (16)
Drive Safely Fin.1/4
Animals Rule! Fin.2/9
Purrfect Bookmark Fin.3/2
Peacock Repose
Blue Christmas Bookmark

Cassi, our only girl kitty.....

Leo and Pixel...they think they are brothers!

Here is Lad....our blue merle rough collie.


And this is Ari, the tuxedo tabby, in August of 2006. One of the last pictures of him before he began to decline. He died December 19, 2006 at the age of 15 years, 8 months. He lived with diabetes for 6 of his nearly 16 years, but was still alert to the end. He's waiting at the Rainbow Bridge for me now, bossing the other cats and giving the dogs what for. Peace Ari.

"I was born upon thy banks, river/ My blood flows in thy stream/ And thou meanderest forever/ At the bottom of my dream" -H.D.Thoreau.

"...Man, who even now finds scarce breathing room on this vast globe, cannot retire from the Old World to some yet undiscovered continent, and wait for the slow action of such causes to replace, by a new creation, the Eden he has wasted".
-George Perkins Marsh (1864)

"In wilderness is the preservation of the world."- H.D. Thoreau

"The conservation movement is a breeding ground of Communists and other subversives. We intend to clean them out, even if it means rounding up every bird watcher in the country." -John Mitchell, US Attorney General (1969-72)

"Proud to be a subversive bird watcher!" -StitchinKat

From the Take Action section of the website www.climatecrisis.net

Want to do something to help stop global warming? Here are 10 simple things you can do and how much carbon dioxide you'll save doing them.

Change a light Replacing one regular light bulb with a compact fluorescent light bulb will save 150 pounds of carbon dioxide a year.

Drive Less Walk, bike, carpool or take mass transit more often. You'll save one pound of carbon dioxide for every mile you don't drive!

Recycle more You can save 2,400 pounds of carbon dioxide per year by recycling just half of your household waste.

Check your tires Keeping your tires inflated properly can improve gas mileage by more than 3%. Every gallon of gasoline saved keeps 20 pounds of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere!

Use less hot water It takes a lot of energy to heat water. Use less hot water by installing a low flow showerhead (350 pounds of CO2 saved per year) and washing your clothes in cold or warm water (500 pounds saved per year).

Avoid products with a lot of packaging You can save 1,200 pounds of carbon dioxide if you cut down your garbage by 10%.

Adjust your thermostat Move your thermostat down just 2 degrees in winter and up 2 degrees in summer. You could save about 2,000 pounds of carbon dioxide a year with this simple adjustment.

Plant a tree A single tree will absorb one ton of carbon dioxide over its lifetime.

Turn off electronic devices Simply turning off your television, DVD player, stereo, and computer when you're not using them will save you thousands of pounds of carbon dioxide a year.

Spread the word! Tell everyone you know about these simple ways to Take Action!