Week in Review

A few weeks ago, Violet's shelf fell off the wall with a big crash. Since then, she and Stace have been working on creating a new shelf, designed by Vi. 

It is now complete, and came out beautifully. 
 

Violet wanted to make sides, to discourage the cats from jumping onto the shelf. She also designed the shape to go with her art plan. One side featured a sunrise, the other showed nighttime, created with an etching tool my mom gave the girls for Christmas.

Violet also got the sewing machine back out, and added lace to these jeans. 

I introduced the cats to Cat TV - it's been a hit. 

(Basically, just put that into your YouTube search, and you'll find lots of options for videos of mice and birds to entertain your cats!)

Evie had to be in the bag! When I posted this photo in a tortie cat group on Facebook, I got over 330 reactions. 

Later, she decided she liked the box better.

This week, I spent time several days helping Christina try to clean the floors of her charity's resource center, after a bit of flooding damaged them. 

I also met up with my other Christina friend for coffee on Saturday morning, and went out with Heather and Maggie on Friday night. It's always nice catching up with friends you haven't seen in months. 

On Saturday, after Cora went to work, Stace, Vi and I went to the annual Art Classic competition, to view the artwork.

Later, Stace and I went to the Catholic church carnival in Newhall, and then to a theatre show.

On Sunday, we went out to visit JT and Jim. Stace helped Jim with a fence project, while Violet, Callie, JT and I had a great day out. We started with a garden center, and then went up Mount Baldy, in the nearby San Gabriel Mountains. 

Violet loves the mountains, and loved being among the big trees near the river. We went into the historic Mt. Baldy Lodge for lunch. Later, we walked around cute downtown Claremont, and Violet bought a corduroy coat and I got tennis shoes at a used clothing store.

We picked up In-n-Out for the guys, and later made our way home. We stopped on the way at a classic diner that features pot pies, recommended by Stace's coworker who lives in the area. We bought these four cold, ready-to-bake pies for the next night's dinner. Yum!