Cats from the Wilkins-Foster Compound

Our good friends Etta and Jeff have two lovely daughters

and two hilarious cats. Etta managed to catch both of

them while yawning.....take a look at these pics....

Ignatz mid yawn.............
Gracie behind Ignatz...almost looks like she's yelling at him...
That's it-just had to share Etta's pics...

Dinner at the Burton's

Russell and I had a fun evening last night

at Rosie and Rays house. We ate and laughed and

drank some wine and laughed some more!

Scott and Cindy joined us and we all had

a great time......below are some wooden hand

carved Santas that Scott and Cindy made.

This year they were being sold at the

Real Mother Goose store in downtown Portland!

We are lucky to have a few....

Here's little Lily. She was found abandoned on the street

hungry, dirty and now very happy to be in such a good home.

Lily joins Tiger....they get along and play well together.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Zan and Auntie Kath make a T-shirt quilt

My sweetie pie niece Zan wanted help in making

a cozy quilt out of some of her favorite

and memorable T-shirts....

we really didn't have a plan...

but it turned out really cool...here are a few pics..

We are laying them out after having sewn a few pieces together..

this is after cutting the shirts into squares...
It's pretty random still....we learned a lot
about how to do this....and how NOT to do it!

But in the end we finished it and it looks great!

Yay Zan and Auntie Kath!

Merry Merry Christmas!

Merry Merry Christmas.....

Have a very Meowy Merry Christmas!

Our neighbors cat Lucky loves to

visit us. Here he is behind our trio

of little Christmas Trees.....

Annual Ross Griffin Christmas Gift Exchange Party -Part 1

Once again we kick off the Holiday Season

with Ross Griffin's Christmas Gift Exchange

We all make 8 handcrafted gifts and get together

at someone's home to eat, laugh,drink,laugh and

select 8 gifts to take home .

This year I hosted the party and we had a blast!

Be sure to read Part 2 after this to view the videos

I made during the party!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone!

Kathe Brady made these delectable Chocolate Chip cookies

wrapped up in a cute bowl

and topped with a hand quilted ornament

Before we began to choose our gifts-we had to place

all our goodies on or around the table.... The first item I chose was the lighted and decorated

little tree in the background.

Sheila Wilson brought the trees......

There were so many items to choose from....

it was difficult to choose.... Kathy Reilly made these quilted fish-they didn't last long! We all had such a good time- seeing friends we haven't seen since the last party....time flies...

Kathy R , sis-in-law Julie and Jeanie (sp?)

obviously having a great time!

Sheila making her choice....

Here I am with one of my selections-

Julie Reilly made these very clever carriers

for hot or cold dishes....

Linda Graham also chose one of the food carriers...

Nanette and Jeanie trying to choose....

Valerie looks over the gifts

while Becky selects one of Chris Nolde's grocery bags.

Valerie chose one of Linda Grahams knitted mufflers...

Chris Nolde and her food carrier....this was a

very popular gift....actually everyone's gifts were

so creative .... it made it hard to choose...

Jackie chose one of Chris Nolde's grocery bags... Valerie was inspired by her trip to Sweden-

she hand painted glass plates and made gingerbread

cookies using Swedish cookie cutters...cute little horses..

All in all - we all had a great time-thanks everyone !!!!

Annual Ross Griffin Christmas Gift Exchange Party-Part 2

Kathy Brady was the hit of the party

with her hula hoop demonstration!

Rosie had made excercise hula hoops

for the gift exchange - and wow!

Take a look at this little video!

Nannette shows all of us a new way to put on a muffler....

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone!