Well did you? For some of us, we got an extra hour of sleep this morning….for me not so. The cats didn’t realize that the clocks fell back an hour and that it wasn’t time for me to get up and serve breakfast. All they knew is that they were hungry! Guess who is the boss around here? Sylvester relishes everything that I serve him down to the last bite. Now if her royal highness AlleyCat has not given her paws of approval on what is placed before her…she literally runs out of the kitchen voicing her displeasure!

For me it was an extra hour of stitching last night as I burned the midnight oil keeping my little stitching fingers very busy. So many canvases to stitch and more time please!

In case you were wondering about this canvas…the clock is a snippet from this Alice in Wonderland Collage by Lani.

I love these collages that Lani does as it is “compartmentalized” into a handful of  smaller canvases! I took this canvas to Bedecked and Beadazzled a few years ago for a class with Brenda Hart. Haven’t been able to stitch on this lately, but I have learned over the years that it isn’t always about finishing…it is the journey, it is the learning process about new threads and new stitches and finally it is doing something that you love surrounded by your friends. I love this collage so much that I have Lani’s Wine Collage, Buddha Collage, Kitchen Collage and oh well you get the idea…

I will spend the day stitching away today as I work on another one of the Bakers Dozen of Cupcakes by NeedleDeeva. I have a few other things to work into the rotation, namely the cat canvas that I took from the Fab Four back in August. I also want to stitch on the canvas that Tony wrote this amazing stitch guide for me. So I thought that I would finish a cupcake, spend a few days stitching on something that is not a cupcake and then back to another cupcake. You know my deadlines are always looming.

I just want to thank everybody who left such wonderful messages welcoming us back! I know that I missed sharing the antics of Sylvester & AlleyCat and all of my stitching adventures soooooooooooooo much. A special thank you to Dale and her blog Canvases Be Gone for welcoming me back in grand style. Thank you Dale! Thank you to Christopher and then to Laura for getting the blog back together again.

I came across this quote yesterday by Pam Brown that is so true…

“Cats can work out mathematically the exact place to sit that will cause the most inconvenience”

This picture of AlleyCat says it all as she took over my stitching spot on the couch. and until next time…keep on stitching