I hiked yesterday. I didn’t write because I hiked, so I was up early and then I came back and was exhausted. Plus I don’t know what day it is anymore. Neither does anyone else, so it’s all good.
Girlchild spent a lot of time spoiling dogs…
They love when she’s home…
Which is good for her too…
Although she put this one in timeout for barking too much…
Legit.
We had one family gaming night…
With kitten involvement…they were fascinated…
With laps and dice and little pieces everywhere…
I didn’t win. I really never win. It’s a good thing I don’t care about winning.
Girlchild left this morning. I’m trying to figure out when to go visit her in Boston. Maybe Spring?
Lots of kitten cuteness. I have no family pictures…just kitten pictures.
Lame. I know.
This morning, my cat (Kitten) ventured out and maybe attempted play with kittens…
Maybe. Hard to say. Yes, there’s a kitten up her butt.
It’s progress. We hope.
Yesterday’s hike was at Santa Ysabel Preserve West, out off the 78…there was ice in a puddle and a tiny bit of snow by the path…
It was beautiful…there were lots of cows…and the Coast to Crest Trail book is as always completely wrong about every hike I’ve done in there…
The mileage was right…just under 6 miles…
I’m just not sure how they calculate loss/gain of elevation, because they said 300 feet and I should have checked AllTrails instead, because I would have brought my poles for the mud alone and this beast of a hill…
Down was worse than up for me. The man will never hike this trail again. Only 1174 feet of gain. Or loss. Doesn’t really matter to your knees.
Snow on the nearish mountains…
Beautiful panoramas…and more cows…
Mama is staring at us quite intently. We did persuade her to go stand by her babies…the original trail went between mom and the calves. Not a great plan.
We visited our favorite dive bar on the way back for sustenance…and then collapsed for the rest of the day.
I quilted a little bit on Friday. Super slow progress…
I just have too much to do. I finished grading 4/5 of the larger assignments.
I’m hoping to quilt more today. I’m also hoping someone besides me will take the initiative on the grocery list/cooking plan today, but that doesn’t look like it’s happening. Basically, I don’t think we would go to the store if I didn’t plan it.
Sigh.
I have videos to compile for my Patreon today, plus a drawing to scan and clean up. But hopefully more quilting too.
This was Friday’s drawing…tech on my mind? Much?
And then last night’s…I started with kittens asleep over there…at some point, one headed for me.
It’s hard to draw with a kitten in your face.
But there it is. Join my Patreon for $5/month and you’ll get a high-res copy of the drawing for coloring or staring at or whatever. Just don’t sell it. One a month. Such a deal. At some point, I’ll make a coloring book, but not yet. Need funding.
The Patreon video this month is about my motivation to get stuff done at the moment. It’s lacking. So I’ll do some pondering and then figure my shit out. As always. Until then, maybe it’s sandwiches every night. Can’t be bothered. Welcome to the new year!
Kathy Nida 