This was yet another pretty good weekend. There were lots of walkies, we stopped in at my old house to turn on the AC so the place wouldn’t become a closed-up moldy disaster in the current heat wave, we had a good gaming session, I dyed some wool, and I finished up my little green stripey shrug thingy (it’s drying on the front porch today and should be ready for pictures this evening!).

The cats had an important Sunday afternoon meeting in the Upper Conference Chamber. I assume they were deciding who would barf on the couch next.

Shastes was apparently relegated to a non-voting role. (I got this box from someone else. I did NOT write “Fraigle” on it, I swear.)

Ada is the one cat of the five who really likes being outside, so we picked up a harness and leash on Saturday, and on Sunday afternoon we hooked her up and took her outside. She’s a very mellow cat and didn’t mind the harness at all, but for an animal who’s taken many unauthorized tours of the garage and attic, she was strangely reluctant to move beyond the front door.

Eventually she started exploring the porch.

Some petting from daddy reassured her that all was well.

Soon she realized that there was Exciting Stuff to see beyond the front steps.

She wandered around the sidewalk and then proceeded into the yard. We watched bemusedly as she crept around at the limit of the leash and nibbled away on grass stems.

About 30 minutes later, we watched even more bemusedly as she horked up a stomachful of grass and food on the living room carpet. I didn’t take a picture of that.

It was a good day to dry wool outside; I dyed around a half pound of Shetland in 2 colorways. One in deep blues, greens, and purples, the other in russets and purples and browns/bronzes. I’ll probably post fiber braid pics later on.

I can’t wait to spin these; I spun up a batch of Shetland for my mom’s “fiber club” and it was lofty and soft and spun itself, really.

I also made some pretty kickass grilled beef kabobs with zucchini, red onion and orange bell peppers.

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