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A Fond Farewell To A Friend

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“This is just a fond farewell to a friend”- Elliot Smith


We just had to say goodbye today to a dear old friend of our cul de sac and family. Kelso was not just our neighbor’s dog but a very very loved dog by our whole family. He managed to love every single one of us as if we were all his family. Kelso you were so loved, and you will be so missed.

Kelso Tracey 2000-2009

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Posted by Jennifer on 06/22 at 02:48 PM ♥ Comments (12)

Success and other things

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First up I just really need to say thank you. With ALL of your help..buying our bags..clicking that donate button..we raised $958 and i called the vet last week and paid them directly. My dear friends s-ro and michelle really helped in that last push! There was only a little left and the balance due was $0. Amy was able to bring Hannah’s ashes home where they belong a few days ago. I am working on sending you all buttons..i just ran out of envelopes and need to send out the last 2-3.

Let’s see what have we been up to? You wouldn’t believe it’s summer with all the grey, chilly temps, and rain around here. But we braved the rain and went to the Printer’s Row Book Fest which i think is now called Lit Fest or something stupid. Printer’s Row is the neighborhood my friend Joy lives in located in the South Loop.



I saw a guy playing banjo



Sparkly Raindrops



and wood type


Zander’s been doing well with his baseball, except it’s been cold at every game and nearly rainy


and samuel has been just as lazy



Last weekend we went to Rib Fest to see a band nat likes. I think their name was Margot and the Get Down Stay Downs…they were pretty good and she played her guitar with a toothbrush on a song it was impressive. After eating many ribs and enduring far too many drunk annoying people we headed to Chicago’s Blues Fest in Grant Park on Sunday to see the Master himself HoneyBoy Edwards play with Devil in a Woodpile. Look close, i only had my 50mm lens. He’s singing Sweet Home Chicago and is turning 94 in a few days.



Nat likes to drive his Mini Cooper all around….



On Irving Park you’ll find the forrest preserves in Chicago. At sunset if you pull over like in the picture above and look 50 yards OR LESS to your right you will see anywhere from 5 to 15 deer grazing. We like to stop and watch them for a bit, but usually dumb people let their dogs loose to chase the deer, or even worse people go running around and scare the deer. One chased a guy and nearly hit him. I don’t know why people do this. But last sunday evening we stopped and no one was around to scare them. I even took some pictures cause they liked to come really close..so close you can see their fuzzy antlers.




and that brings us currently to this weekend. Which has my sister’s bday AND father’s day. oh boy.

Posted by Jennifer on 06/18 at 08:38 PM ♥ Comments (1)

Helping out…

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Sometimes you just need to lend a helping hand. A fellow knitter/raveler’s basset needed emergency surgery on saturday. Hannah needed her spleen removed because of a tumor had ruptured. This plus bloodwork, plus meds has left Hannah’s human Amy in a pinch. We figured we could help. We will have bags listed in our shop tomorrow that will help Amy out. Any bag in our update tomorrow listed as Bags for Hannah 100% of the proceeds will go to Amy to pay off her vet bill.


If you can’t buy a bag for yourself but still want to help them out you can donate 5$ dollars i’ll send you a special pin. Just click the buy now button and donate if you can lend a helping hand. We did learn this evening that Hannah passed away rather suddenly and this update and donation is in loving memory of a wonderful kleenex eating hound. :(

Posted by Jennifer on 06/08 at 09:11 PM ♥ Comments (9)

Stuff & Things bonus edition now with Alpacas!

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yesterday was our annual trip to Shipshewana, Indiana. We go to the flea market and walk around a bit and then shop at some quilt stores. Usually this is where my sister and i find all our valentine fabric for some odd reason. Anyways here’s some of the adventure…

While stopped at the rest stop (some people in my family have no bladder) we saw these Alpacas in a trailer.


Turns out they were headed to a competition in Cleveland OH.


The are awfully smiley looking little animals. The guy was telling my mom and aunt that they smell your breath so they can recognize you…here’s my mom talking to one of them and he’s sniffing!


Lots of colorful stuff at the flea market:

Avon booth


License Plates


Look carefully…you can buy old soda bottles from the 70s with pop still in them! eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew.


Three things that don’t go together…deer hunter lane, skateboard road & cattle country


My sister and i used to play clarinet! I’ve never seen a blue one before


The Amish know how to make a mean soft pretzel, they are my favorite


After we got home we divided up our haul for the day


And then relaxed in the front yard cause it was nice but chilly outside.

Samuel is getting grey in her ears


My mom shared her sweet tea with samuel and when lucy dog wasn’t looking did this:

Posted by Jennifer on 06/04 at 12:03 PM ♥ Comments (8)