Sheep Shots: Nature at Its Finest

Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Nature at Its Finest

The girls love the great outdoors, but being older and wiser, they stay close to home while soaking up the sun.

Here's Penny, the 13-or-so tortie in her usual spot. If she can't be leaning on the Other Half, she likes the bricks. (Can you say warm?)

Sparky's sticking close to home, too. She must realize that dinner will be served soon!

She's about 10-and-a-half (please don't tell her she isn't a kitten any more).

Sparky is a Japanese bob-tail. She lost the "classic" figure when her little high maintenance mind had to go on mood elevators. Common side effect: weight-gain.

It would take 3 of Penny to equal one of her, weight-wise. Penny's petititude was a big surprise. Our last tortie tipped the scales at 18 pounds! That's a lot of cat!

Final installment (until the knitting) of the dye experimentation. Birch is on the left, marigold's on the right.

In real life, both are more intense in color. Marigold is fairly evenly colored, birch has the look of a kettle-dye, ranging from a paler yellow green to almost neon. I am pleased.

I think that they are going to need some neutralizing in the odor department though. The marigold is very funky smelling! Vinegar didn't touch it. Maybe fresh air will.

No, wait, the cotton's still soaking up color. There will be more pictures of dyeing!

// posted by Ann @ 8/08/2006 03:50:00 PM

Comments:

Funny, marigold is darker yellow than birch.

More dye pix, cool! I was just reading about the Phoenicians extracting purple from dead sea somethings.

I just discovered that the other neighborhood cat that wants to live with me is named Cleo (for Cleopatra) and is 24 years old. Now I feel REALLY bad shooing her back across the street after she had dinner.

# posted by

Carrie K : 12:56 PM

wow ann, great yellows!

# posted by

vanessa : 6:04 AM

well ann--you have learned my lesson--with natural dyes expect nothing and be happy with what you get. If you want a shock try black-eyed susans! Dark dark red dye...green silk. If you want purple try black hollyhocks if you can get your hands on some...good luck!
rita n/

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