Sunday Cats

Pumpkin the Bee Hunter

It's hard to believe that the little ball of orange fur we brought home on Labor Day,
is turning into such a big tiger!



The weather has been so nice the last few days, I let the cats out with me while I worked in the garden. The late winter flower blooms have awoken the honey bees and Pumpkin is on patrol to protect us from them...







I can't believe I got the bee in the last photo. Click on the picture for a larger image,

it's right around his whiskers.

(No bees were harmed in the making of this blog post.)

Just Zazu

Some pictures of my little Zazu from the weekend...


"Do I smell bacon?"







"The smallest feline is a masterpiece." ~Leonardo da Vinci

We have CROCUS!

I saw my first crocus of the year this afternoon, hiding out with the winter aconite. The smell was heavenly. I didn't realize how fragrant they are. Love the orange color too.

Here's our kitty, Pumpkin, doing his best meercat impression while watching birds from my art table.



Lastly a small cabinet door that I am painting in my folk art style for the PFATT Marketplace. It's going to have all sorts of spring colors and patterns around the frame when I'm finished!

Silly Kitty

Where's that little light on the wall?


It was just here!


I got it!

Kitten update & pumpkin carving...

Just thought I would let everyone know how our kitten, Pumpkin - Jasper - Toots, is doing. I can't believe how big he's gotten! He's been dewormed but still has some really stinky toots. He also still gets called several names. I've been letting him come outside with me and the other cats but he's so excited and adventurous, it's hard to get a proper photo.

Most look like this...



I was lucky enough to get a few nice pictures today...




And Meemee and Zazu are finally starting to make nice with the little guy. Poor thing just wants to play with them all the time!

In other/weird news. Last week I had an LA PR firm hire me to carve pumpkins in Bucks County this weekend for the DVD release of Ice Age 3. I still won't believe it until it happens, it seems like such an odd thing to be doing. Part of the deal is that I have to carve a large pumpkin the day before with a picture from the movie. That will be hard but I think I can pull it off. I bought a pumpkin this weekend and it's probably close to 100 pounds. If anyone is in the area on Saturday and Sunday, I will be at Winding Brook Farm in Warrington, PA. Looks like a nice place. I'm bringing my mom to help.

Believe it or not, I have to carve this design:


On this pumpkin...


We'll see!
Wish me luck!

Saturday is Caturday

I saw this on a few other sites so I thought I would make today Caturday! We've been really enjoying our new kitten, Pumpkin. I'm still calling him Pumpkin but my husband now calls him Jasper and my daughter calls him Toots. It's so hard when you get a new animal and can't find a name that fits.
He loves hanging out with me in my studio. He sleeps on the rocking chair I won in my first pumpkin carving competition, on a mat that I made with pumpkins on it.




Just finished 7 new pendants. Half will go to Etsy, the other ones will be on Ebay. I'd like to try and sell more on Etsy, the Ebay fees are killing me! Also toying around with starting a Halloween & dark art only blog called The Night Mare. I will also post new pieces for sale there.



Working on a lot of things this week. Started a Sleepy Hollow clock. Finishing up a big Sleepy Hollow chest which is spoken for but I will share the pictures when it's finished. I've been invited to another pumpkin carve. This one is on October 10th in Newtown Square, right outside of Philadelphia. Should be fun! I really enjoy meeting people that get as much of a kick out of Halloween as I do. Oh, and tomorrow we are going to Longwood Gardens so check back for some pretty pictures tomorrow!