Henry knows all the comfy seats up high in the fir trees. It was time to get off ground level. So many dogs were being walked in the nearby path. Up he climbed until he needed a break from the exertion. Just in time, he found his cot in a high-up perch and lay down for a midday nap.
I think I see an eye. I definitely see his right front foot. Count his fingers! His right (?) back foot is sticking up into the air. Apparently his bed is too small for him.
And of course there is the telltale-tail….
I was baking this morning and wanted to put some walnuts into my banana loaf. I found them in the freezer next to a big bag of hazelnuts from last year’s harvest.
Should I substitute hazelnuts for the walnuts? Crispin would like some, I’m sure. So I used the walnuts for baking and put some hazelnuts out in the woodshed for Crispin.
He loves them! See how he gets right into it?
“These are so yummy. Who would have thought I’d get a taste of hazelnuts before this year’s crop is ripe?”
“I’m just so tickled to have found this treat waiting for me. Would you like a bite?”
“No? Okay, that’s fine by me. I’ll just have to eat it all myself.”
“I’m just wondering if Anneli went without breakfast this morning. Her hands are shaking so much, the video clip is all over the map.”
Rufous spies some newly planted grass seeds strewn liberally on black soil.
“A meal for me?” he wonders.
“Nahhhh…. I’m sick of the same old, same old. I’ll wait ’til they feed Crispin his sunflower seeds and invite myself for lunch.”
“I’ll leave you a few … if I’m not hungry anymore,” says Crispin.
I brought some hazelnuts out to the squirrels and put them by the post in the middle of the woodshed.
Crispin helped himself, and then nearly choked on his food.
“Yikes!” he mumbled through a hazelnut. His teeth chattered.
“Wh-wh-what’s Henry doing here?”
“I heard about all the free food,” Henry said.
“I’m comin’ up there to get me some of that, and you’d better be gone if you know what’s good for you.”
But Crispin had already stashed away most of the hazelnuts, and only a few sunflower seeds were left.
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Watch as Henry roots through the wood chips and dirt to try to find leftovers. Notice his fingers and the toes on the end of his long feet. But he’s a dainty eater when he does find a morsel.
Having eaten his fill of leftover sunflower seeds, he climbs a tree to look for a safe place to have a nap. Must check out the now-vacant birdhouse on his way up.
When he gets beyond the birdhouse, watch how he looks down and then decides to risk a little jump to the next branch for a new grip. He’s fussy about which branches to pull himself up on. One is rather skinny and dead, so he contemplates it only for a split second before moving on to a thicker branch.
And up at the top he found a very fat branch that provided a cozy platform for him to have a nap in the sunshine, out of reach of lower level dangers.
Another sewing class; another bag.
This one was not quite as easy to make as my usual straightforward bags, but I like how it turned out and I’ve learned a few new things. These handles stitched onto the side of the bag hide the stitching of the outside pocket.
This was a different way to add handles to a bag, but as you can see in the next photo …
it also has D-rings sewn into the sides for clipping on a longer strap if I want to carry the bag over my shoulder.
Inside the bag, I have a pocket for my phone and my keys, or whatever else I want to have handy so it doesn’t get lost in the depths of the bag.
The zipper is one of those that you buy by the meter and cut to the length you need. You just have to be careful not to lose the zipper pull before you get the zipper sewn into the bag.
Now I’m ready for a short trip where I only need to travel light. Not sure where I want to go when the best place is home, but who knows? I may think of something.
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