I've been so wrapped up with work and school this semester that I have barely posted at all - I have been reading everyone else's posts though, as, well, I'm nosy, and I like to keep track of what's going on in my town.

I thought rather than bore you with details of my paper or of what's been going down at work (which other than Marjane Satrapi coming to speak, it hasn't been anything super exciting), that I would post some pictures that I've taken recently.

I took this in Huntsville. My husband and I drove down there on Friday, which was a bad idea thanks to the bad weather - but we really liked what we saw of the city. We're planning on going back later this spring.

Also on Friday, in the morning, this bird was visiting in my yard. As I've mentioned, I have two dogs - neither one noticed the bird. I have no idea what kind of bird it was, except that it was really big and could fly. Maybe it was a turkey? but I thought turkeys were rounder.

I started, and almost finished, a quilt this weekend. I'm making it for one of my aunts who is ill. My hope is that the bright colors will be a mood lifter for her. And yes, that is a Hello Kitty sewing machine.

One of the best parts about spring is new fabrics for spring. I'm thinking of trying to make skirts for my twin neices out of that blue fruit fabric - I think it would be super cute.

And since no post from me would complete without pictures of my dogs, here are a couple I've taken recently that have made me laugh -

For some reason, I love putting scarves on her head. Maybe it's because she doesn't try to take them off. Maybe it's because she looks so silly.

Instead of posting a picture of Hartley, I thought I would post a picture of one of my cats, Lord Alfred Douglas:

We usually call him Bosie, like the real Lord Alfred Douglas' nickname. Unfortunately, Bosie Catt is just as much of a bossy as the real Bosie. Next time, I will find a nicer person to name my pets after...

Anyway, there's been some other things - our garden is started. I caught one of our other cats, Myra Ellen, trying to eat the cilantro that I had started. It's prompted us to watch her more closely - she's the same cat that once ate an aloe plant, so we know that she loves most plants (she's also the reason why we don't have any houseplants).