OK, so I get that many of you are curious about the animal names, Kitty the deaf dog and all...It turns out there is a method to the madness...Paton has this thing for naming his pets after cars, or race car-related personalities...Kitty the deaf dog is named after Kitty O'Neil, the deaf female stunt car driver and drag racer. The running joke around here is that since she can't hear us calling her (not that it stops us from trying), she won't have an identity crisis over being called Kitty (although growing up surrounded by cats, she's more likely to be sleeping along the top of a sofa than in a doggie bed on the floor)! How Paton got "Geets" from Kitty, well that's a whole other story.
The newest member of our family, Vickie...aka "Dixie", came to us this winter via the West Milford Animal Shelter. Pushing a shopping cart out of the local A&P a few months back, I spotted her beautiful little black and white face on an ad that said "Dixie has spent the last four of her six years with us here at the West Milford Animal Shelter..." I ripped down the ad and took it out to Paton who was waiting in the car. He read the ad and said "Well, I guess we need to go and get her." What's not to love?
I am happy to report that the former Dixie, now Vickie (short for Victoria, after the black and white Ford Crown Victoria's that the police drive around here ) has been a sweet & comic addition to the family...when she blinks, her eyes disappear into the black part of her face, she honks like a goose instead of a meow, and she moves like a little bull dog...slightly pigeon-toed, stocky torso, with short legs...She's integrated really well with all of the other animals, because the shelter kept her in with the "general population" of other free-range kitties...If you already have cats, and can help out another in need...a cat that has lived this way may be just the ticket. Oh, and in case you don't already know, it's adult female cats that really have a hard time getting adopted...and they are wonderful studio companions, IMHO quilts and cats go together...
Here's Queen Vic in all of her splendor, keeping me company in my office window...she knows who's won the lottery!
So a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down...yikes, this "past-booth-memory-lane-thing" is banging on! Here are a few more shots from Fall '04...Oh, and you can tell from the (lack of) lanterns and props on counter tops, that these pictures were taken at various stages during our set up...
The pink & green Bubblegum Garden quilt is by Cheryl Winslow...The Lantern quilt is by Linda Naprstek...
The pink & black Chinese Checkers quilt is by The Quilt Branch...That's M2's Fan quilt and the now famous Bento Box quilt is you guessed it...Tracey Brookshier's...
There's wasn't a great way to get a shot of the back gallery space, so it's in pieces above...The two colorful Dazzling Diamonds quilts are by Diane Weber...and in the middle, the Pinwheel Party & Turtle Club quilts quilts are by Linda Kopisch...
Next time, it's our Spring Market 2004 in Pittsburgh...what a beautiful convention center...and I LOVED Pittsburgh, it reminded me a lot of San Francisco!
Back in two shakes...H2
you knock my socks off thanks for coming by ....so glad I stopped look at your amazing booth and i thought I had energy yu make me look like an old lady...love ya sweet pea...
Posted by: jJJennifer Paganelli | June 25, 2007 at 06:08 AM
Love the view from your window!
Posted by: pam | June 25, 2007 at 07:29 AM
What a sweet kitty -- and very lucky to have been rescued by some apparently very wonderful people! ;-)
Posted by: Thimbleanna | June 25, 2007 at 08:26 AM
I have the feeling the winning of the lottery was mutual for both you and Queen Vic!
I love seeing all of your booth set ups. I've been in love with Lakehouse fabrics for awhile now -- gotta love the bright colors and the fun you can have with them. As a matter of fact, I just finished a project made from last year's DayZ line (mostly).
Posted by: Angela | June 25, 2007 at 09:22 AM
THAT's the view from your window???
Good grief. I'm just gonna go shut my blinds now.
Those animal names make total sense now. You've seen pics of Turbo--the hair that stands up along his back is referred to as his "spoiler" by his dad--the car guy.
Posted by: Elizabeth | June 25, 2007 at 09:26 AM
I love that you adopted an adult cat--very cool. And I am so jealous of your studio view that I might have to go sulk. :-) Kitty looks so happy, it's lovely. ~A :-)
Posted by: Cottage Magpie | June 25, 2007 at 10:25 AM
Ack--I meant Dixie aka Vickie! ~A :-)
Posted by: Cottage Magpie | June 25, 2007 at 10:26 AM
Beautiful kitty! I"m glad you both found each other...
Posted by: rybicki | June 25, 2007 at 12:09 PM
The photo of your kitty is to die-for gorgeous! If I had a view like that from my window, I'd never leave home!
I also LOVE the booth photos - once again, they inspire me to sew....I do, however, miss the "Seat Salt" - LOL!
I promise - I'm done teasing!
Posted by: Nan | June 26, 2007 at 03:41 PM
just so you know, I thought that the Seat Salt thing was so funny that I left it in to see if anyone else would comment!
proofing for typos on the patterns we write, etc is pretty much the worst part about my job here at LHDG !
people who know me, know that I am a detail freak, and yet I just don't have the level of concentration and focus that I did in my twenties. when I was the company wise-ass who proofed my superior's memos and meeting notes and sent it back to them...
of course now that I am my former bosses age, I need that young
whippersnapper to do this for me...! I am praying that I can find this person to help out.
best,
H2
Posted by: Holly Holderman | June 26, 2007 at 03:54 PM