Reading can be both yummy and mysterious.

Even cozy mysteries  need a villain.  In the Cat Quilt, this block is the "villain" --  

Goldie and Tri feel he's a cozy villain and would even curl up with him -- If they were allowed to sleep on this quilt. 

Just finished reading The 27-Ingredient Chili Con Carne Murder.  This is the last of the 3 Eugenia Potter mysteries, The Cooking School Murders, The Baked Ben Supper Murders and The Nantucket Diet Murders.  Virginia Rich was working on this novel when she died; it was finished by Nancy Pickard.  I do wish there had been many many more in this series, especially since its heroine is a "mature" lady, and not in a nursing home. 

And the Chili sounds yummy -- my bosses are reminding me that it's their dinner time.

(Who needs an alarm clock when there's a cat or two in the house?)





A Quilt Showing Goldie at Work

What a perfect wall-hanging to show how Goldie spends his mornings.

It's so exhausting that he really needs his after-lunch nap.  And, of course, I must join him.   

Currently watching

 Downton Abbey -- Very much like Upstairs/Downstairs.  Love the setting, the time period and the characters as well as the plot.  The last time DH & I were in London something was being filmed on a corner near our hotel.  We were told it was for a BBC series -- wonder if this is it?  The characters were wearing costumes of this era.

My other "must watch program", other than the nightly "fix" of Jeopardy, is Blue Bloods.  I adore Tom Seleck, and all the family crew members are great.  

Now we just need a mystery that features a cat and a quilter as the stars.  Or even a group of senior citizens such as those in "Bingoed" and "Papoosed" written by Patricia Rockwell.  

Good Day for

sitting by the hearth - or cuddling on the sofa with two cats and a good book. 

Years ago I participated in a block swap.  The theme was Cats -- cat fabric or a cat pattern.  

This is from that swap -- a Log Cabin with cats.   The center patch of red  represents the hearth fire. 

Quilt historians found that the Log Cabin design became popular in 1863 when the Union army was raising money for the Civil War by raffling quilts. President Abraham Lincoln grew up in a log cabin. The pattern may have been a symbol of loyalty to him as head of the Union. 

Just Finished

Scotched by Kaitlyn Dunnett.



photo from http://www.kaitlyndunnett.com/

a fun read. set in modern-day Maine.

Lumpkin, above, looks alot like Goldie although Goldie is gold not gray as Lumpkin looks in this photo.