The other, Myrah, is a skittish tabby who bolts at the slightest loud noise.

Misha is the protector. Since Max was little she has watched over him like he was one of her own. When the carriage was pushed down the road, she trotted ahead like an ancient bodyguard. Max will pet her occasionally - a careful smoothing down on her forehead.

Poor old Myrah, however, he tantalizes half to death. The cat runs when she sees him coming but he chases her down and corners her, gets her in a tight body lock and either drags her around - only because he knows she hates it, I’m sure - or pulls her tail, throws her in a room and shuts the door. I’ve never quite figured out why. Maybe just because he can. Amazingly the cat has never nipped or scratched him. Tolerance. So when I saw this image by Mo Manning, I had to have it. Not totally satisfied with the coloring and haven’t yet made it into a card (Sending a hug your way. . .) but here it is.

Are they not the perfect fit? I think Mo must have a Max in her house!

The ‘look’ , by the way, is Max explaining why he shouldn’t have to put the cat down.

Today he told me he wanted to have a pet pig. So I told him all about when his Uncle Gerry brought home a pig.  I didn’t share all the details. I didn’t tell him about how the pig was fattened up for slaughter. Funny thing was, when the day came, nobody could bring himself to stick a fork in ‘Gordie’ - self included. It may well have had something to do with the fact that the pig had a name. Anyway, Gordie did give birth to this short story. Have a read if you have time. I’m hoping I didn’t go overboard with the dialect and that it brings you a chuckle. Cheers.

Jean

Came across the term ‘fussy cutting’ on someone’s blog a little while back and just loved the phrase - don’t know if it’s original to that particular person or if it’s a phrase common to the craft.  No matter, I love it. Fussy cutting -perfect description for some of the work behind so many of the cards and layouts I see so many of you do. And certainly perfect for this one. Don’t know why on earth I’d choose a card with ‘fussy cutting’ for a card swap - I have to do twenty plus - but I’m hoping everyone will like it. I do.

Soooo - challenge for this fortnight: Let`s see a little fussy cutting on your card or layout.

Be sure to sign on with Mr. Linky below. Mr. Linky closes again in two weeks, Sunday, September 5th - can you believe it, the summer is almost gone! -at which time I’ll draw for a little candy. Have a great week and thanks for coming back!

Jean

On the way home we caught the setting sun in Back Harbour.

And I want to thank my scrapping buddy Kelley for handing along a toybox her children no longer had use for.  Here it is in the corner of the playroom, making it so so much easier to tidy everything up at the end of the day. My DIL loves it! Thanks Kelley!

Just one of the cards we did:

I’m back on the two week schedule. Not sure how much longer I will keep this up. It takes a little work and dedication and I’m afraid that I fell down on the job a couple weeks back and perhaps may have lost some of the faithful few.

We will have a last ‘kick at the cat’ so to speak and see how it goes.  So for the Challenge #17 - anything goes - post your favorite work between now and August 22nd.

Off to see the sights again - going home Tuesday so must cram in as much as I can. Will post Mr. Linky later today!