MN-Vixen

I've been thinking quite a bit about the Chad Love Lieberman sitch here on dA http://major-thief-hunters.deviantart.com/ and it's had me thinking about the difference between what CLL has allegedly done (theft, plagiarism, fraud) versus what artists do. Many years ago I saw a birdhouse quilt square up at Keepsake Quilting in New Hampshire. Of course, this was back in the day pre-internet, and I was just leaving the shop heading back to SW Pennsylvania where I lived at the time; couldn't take a picture and there was no way I could look the pattern up later. So I quickly drew one of the squares and then headed off home. Over time I took that b

I don't normally do this, but ... The Hubster (~Wandering-Lemming (https://www.deviantart.com/wandering-lemming)) and I will be participating in the 4th Annual "Pins for Pets - Bowl for the Fix." Pins for Pets raises money each August to reduce pet overpopulation in our state (Minnesota). This year, all proceeds raised by Pins for Pets will go to the Minnesota Spay and Neuter Program, or MN-SNAP. MN-SNAP has a mobile veterinary unit that travels around the state and provides free/low cost spay and neuters to low income families and rescue groups. MN-SNAP will even spay and neuter feral cat colonies! MN-SNAP has only been in existence for a couple years, but they are keeping incredibly bu

So we had a helluva storm here on Saturday morning. Power was out for about 5.5-6 hours on Saturday morning with 90-degree-F heat that afternoon on top of high humidity. About 9 am Lemming-Zack and I grabbed the dog and walked over to my parent's house and made some breakfast. (We couldn't drive because the garage windows are sealed and the door has an electric door opener ... no electricity, no getting to the car! Later that morning we discovered water in the basement. Not a horrible amount (less than a gallon all told), but it did require some clean up and prodigious use of a squeegee (thanks to Lemming-Zack). Needless to say, my plan to q