FLU & ATC...

For the first time since we were married (in 1973), DH and I were sick at the same time. We had that flu thingy that’s going around (although, at the time, DH swore it was the bubonic plague or some rare disease we picked up from the cats!). Whatever it was, I don’t remember ever feeling quite that run-down before in my life! It felt like the entire dance troupe from Riverdance was stomping through some of their more energetic routines in my head. I’m happy to say that the tour has finally moved on to another city. I am unscathed, too, except that I can’t smell anything. But that may be a blessing in a house full of cats. While we were ill, we had to take turns feeding them and scooping the litter boxes, as well as bringing in the firewood. It was awful. Then, to add insult to injury, Trixie (the littlest kitten), went into heat. Ironically, we had just called the vet a few days before we became ill to arrange for her to be spayed and her brothers to be neutered. We knew we had to separate her from her curious (but clueless!) brothers, so we brought her into our bedroom, and she thanked us by peeing all over the comforter… and emitting the loudest yowls you ever heard! The whole experience was like a nightmare. In one fevered conversation, DH and I talked about what would happen if we died – and wondered who would be the first person to discover our partially eaten remains… Thankfully, we had plenty of supplies in the house for ourselves and the cats so I guess it could have been a whole lot worse…

Trying to get back into the swing of things, I stitched a little ATC in honor of the inkberry holly. I used the embellisher to create the background from scraps of cotton fabric and wool roving.