April 21st
It’s a secret! I sewed this blanket for Jake and Sara’s baby! When we found out they were going to have a baby, I asked my friend Kerrie if she’d ever done cow artistry. She hadn’t, but within two days she had created all these wonderful pīpī! So I bought the fabric (called cheater quilt because the squares don’t have to be sewn together). Isn’t her artistry amazing? I’m going to give the new parents the blanket as soon as I get the label sewed on this week.
Action daily hummingbird.
April 22nd
I had to include nā pīpī in this shot. Of course I did.
April 23rd
But wait! There’s more!
April 24th
ʻElua daily hummingbirds!
April 25th
Aloha ʻoe, Cinnamon. It was time; our poor girl wasn’t doing well at all, and at 17 years old, we knew the kindest thing for us to do for her was to let her go. It was a hard day.
The vet staff was so kind to us, and they made this box for her so that she could be buried at home.
I comforted myself for awhile by spinning this lovely batt at my spinning guild meeting that night.
This is Shelia January, a well-known spinning educator, demonstrating Irish tension on my Louet wheel.
It helped being there; I told Nolemana I’d stay home if he needed me to, but he didn’t want me to miss the monthly meeting. I didn’t stay super long, but I’m glad I went.
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The hardest decision – to let them go and break our own hearts in the process. (((Hugs)))
I’m so sorry about Cinnamon. But the fact that she lived to be 17 is a testament to what good care you took of her. And she was with people she loved when she passed.
I adore da pīpī quilt, of course I do. And it’s a minor miracle that you had two hummers feeding peacefully at the same time from the same feeder.
I thought you’d like the pīpī blanket! Sewing it was a challenge because of the minky fabric, but I think it turned out okay. And I love when two hummers get along!