Spooky

Death and destruction will be covered in this blog post. Since it's Halloween, it seems appropriate.

I electrocuted a mouse the other morning.

I turned on the light over the kitchen sink at o'dark hundred and fierce mouse scratching ensued. The scratching lasted about 3 minutes before complete silence. Ooops, electrocuted mouse in the ceiling plate of the hanging lamp.

See this darling, sweet, adorable little dog? This picture makes it hard to believe she's a murderer! I heard a commotion and yapping out in the yard and looked out the window to see cute little Tinkerbelle laying over a huge rabbit she had just killed. Belle was laying on top of the rabbit with the rabbit's head between her two front paws and she wasn't letting any other dog share her fresh kill! There was blood dripping from her mouth, fur caught in her teeth and her pretty white paws were solid red, covered in blood. Belle has had two baths since then and I swear she still smells like blood. Gross.

A rabbit kill around here means Frontline for everyone. Expensive.

Knitting

I finished my reversible hat. It turned out as I wanted it too, in fact it's already been usurped by one of my brothers so I'll be ordering yarn to make a few more for Christmas gifts. The hat hadn't been washed or block yet in this picture so don't notice all the dog hair on it.

I started a quilted Christmas table runner. The pattern is rated as easy. It hasn't come easy to me though.

In this picture the inner red and outer green border still need to be sewn on and then it needs quilting. I'm disappointed I couldn't get all my stars to have nice sharp points.

I'm happy enough with the big center star. I thought this would be difficult but I found it easier than the smaller stars. I have a pattern and material for another table runner. This one is squares and should hopefully be easier.


Dogs

I attended an agility seminar a few weekends ago. It was fun. The seminar was for beginning dogs and covered lots of fundamentals. Not only was it a great review of the fundamentals for me but it was also  an excellent reminder of all the agility work a person can accomplish with only one or two jumps in a small indoor area over a long Minnesota winter.

Here I am with Rumor. I'm getting constructive criticism on my handling of a difficult tunnel entrance and Rumor's getting treats for doing what her inept handler told her to do even though Rumor was pretty sure I was sending her to the wrong end of the tunnel!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!