Oops! I Hit It Again.....

For those of you that open this and find only photos, I apologise! I got the photos loaded and accidentally tapped a button with my right pinkie finger. It published. I can't figure out what button does that and why.

This morning I was working on the back of the sofa. Evidently, not fast enough.

Tessie climbed onto the seat and started grabbing the thread. I kept having to tug at it to keep going....

She watched, clicked her tongue and told me, "You're not doing it right! You are way too slow. If I were doing it, the sofa would be done by now and I would be sitting on it.".

"Tessie, you are sitting on it." I said.

She was clearly in an argumentative mood. "No, I am kneeling on it and feeding you the thread, to keep it from tangling.".

"I suppose that you could do it better and faster?" I asked.

"I suppose that I could!". With that, she grabbed the thread, leaped over the back and started weaving...

Hey! Who am I to argue when someone else wants to work while I go do something else?

Since she took over, I cleaned out the fridge, fed the birds and squirrels, took out some garbage and cooked a turkey breast.

The only problem is, I don't think that she has gotten even a row done. She keeps ripping it out and redoing it.


I am going to let her keep going for now. It is keeping her busy and out of my hair while I do big people things, as she calls them. I just hope that she doesn't wear the thread out.

I will kick her out after I am done writing. Tomorrow we should have a finished sofa for you to look at.

I did eight more of the Zentangles last night. The little ones for the printer's drawer go pretty fast.

I got the top three done and then started on the left of the second row. Yup. I screw things up sometimes too. I didn't like the start, so I just went on to the next one. That's the nice thing about these. It's no big deal if you mess one up.

I tried out some colored pens in the icky square. The pens bleed. I won't be using those on the tangles. I wouldn't anyway. I want all of the ones in the typesetter's drawer to be black and white.

So far, I have been a bad influence on six of my friends. They have all tried it and are now confessed addicts to Zentangle.

I used to do these and mandalas in college. I just didn't have a name for the tangled ones.


Now I don't have to say I am doodling. It is a legitimate art form!

I guess that I should go see how Tessie is doing with her tangling. I do hope that she finished the sofa.....I can dream, can't I?

See you tomorrow.