I’m back up on my feet again (so long, flu!) and getting stuff done. I managed to run errands, went back to Kaiser for MORE testing, took MacKenzie to the vet again, and managed to cook some yummy meals to set me up for the week. Oh, yeah, I am back to knitting, too.
Knitting
My favorite yarn store posted a picture on Facebook showing off the new February yarns… there is a plum that I want desperately and some red looks pretty darn good too. Beautiful yarn. Must have it now!! Tomorrow it will snow, so I should have my yarn, right?!!
Garden
The orchids continue to grow their flower stems and some of the buds are starting to look promising. I gave everyone a nice misting and fertilizer this week, so I am counting on them to produce some bloomy fabulousness.
One of the other orchid plants is a monster and I need to move it into a better location as the stems carrying the flower buds are almost into the grow lights. I think that this plant will produce rose gold blooms… can’t wait to see them! Next week I will get up some pictures of this plant.
Books
This week was an audible book one as I listened to Tom Hanks perform the Dutch House. This was a good book, but not a great one. There is this fabulous house that captures, alters, and anchors the lives of generations of occupants. The people leave the house, but they never really ever get away, and even though the story sort of just goes on and on, I was completely captured and my days were filled with knitting the cat and listening to Tom Hanks tell about the families captured by the house.
Yarn, Books & Roses 
It’s as if you’re knitting a full body cat suit for MacKenzie:) It looks amazing!
Your flowers are gorgeous!!
It is almost Mackenzie’s size; just a little smaller. He’s a big cat, so it really is the size of a normal cat.
I was momentarily startled by your life-like version of MacKenzie. My gosh, you’re good at this. I’m glad you’ve finally kicked the flu to the curb. I’m home recovering from major foot surgery so I’ll be off my feet for six weeks. The only plus is more time to catch up on blogs that I enjoy like yours.
And that look! You know what they about “if looks could kill”: MacKenzie has it down in spades.
Six weeks is a long time! I was once in a walking boot for three months, but I was able to drive and get around for most of it. Heal up quickly!!
I can’t wait to get the ears and eyes onto the cat; it should really look like MacKenzie then. He is a cat that drips with attitude; you are so right about that look!!
We have three cats, each with a unique personality. I can’t imagine life without them.
I’ve been in a walking boot for months, but alas, surgery was necessary if I wanted to fully heal. I had two shredded tendons, a collapsing muscle wall and an ankle that needed shoring up. I hope to be back on both feet, relatively pain free, or at least much better off than I am now.
Oh, no. That is one sad ankle!! I do hope that the repair lets you get good function back. It is so frustrating when you can’t walk!!
MacKenzie is really struggling now and the vet has started mentioning “quality of life” to me. I’m just stricken to be nearing the end of my time with him. It’s so hard to know when when to let go. Like you i struggle to imagine life without him.
My heart goes out to you. Knowing when it’s time to make the right decision still doesn’t make it any easier. What a sweet boy.
Glad to hear you are feeling better! Your knitted MacKenzie is amazing!
I’m so happy to feel like myself again!
MacKenzie is a beauty!
MacKenzie: Yes I am! You may send me cookies…
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I’m so glad you are feeling better, I was worried when you were too sick to knit. Wow MacKenzie sure does have a fuzzy tummy, is that year round or just his winter coat to protect his tummy from the snow? You orchids look beautiful, I’ve not fed the one I got for Christmas so I need to look in the garage for the orchid food.
I was pretty darn sick there for a couple of days, but did better than the last time I had flu. So glad I had the pneumonia vaccines last year.
I think that his tummy fur is longer for winter but he is brown year round. He had a lot of interesting stuff going on with his fur; so fun to gri to knit it.
Your knitted MacKenzie is amazing! Real MacKenzie is adorable as always, if a little indignant looking 🙂 Your orchids are so beautiful! You really have a magic touch with them 🙂
Thanks! The real MacKenzie was grumpy with me because he can’t nap on my legs while I’m using the computer. He figures that I live to serve his needs which includes being a full time cat bed for him.
I’m finally getting good orchid results after keeping them for years. The big improvements happened after I installed grow lights on a timer. Getting them to bloom is more chancy as it requires big temperature swings in the fall. This year i got lucky as we had warm days and cool nights.