KK Chat -- 24 April 2016

[DesertRose]

Apr 24 19:05:54 *   KK has joined
Apr 24 19:05:56 <Eyikl>   Is Highland dancing like Irish step dancing?
Apr 24 19:05:57 <DesertRose>   Hi KK!
Apr 24 19:06:02 <Eyikl>   HI KK
Apr 24 19:06:06 <The_Bee>   The stage was  waaay far from anyone but the judges.
Apr 24 19:06:16 <The_Bee>   Hi KK
Apr 24 19:06:17 <DesertRose>   That's a bummer, Bee.
Apr 24 19:06:37 <KK>   Was this Highland dance competition, Bee?
Apr 24 19:06:39 <BalanceTheEnergies>   Hello KK
Apr 24 19:07:02 <The_Bee>   The caber toss was pretty far too, but at least the cabers were  big enough to see from a distance.
Apr 24 19:07:20 <DesertRose>   Yeah, you'd have to be a good ways away for cabers to look small. 
Apr 24 19:07:26 <KK>   Why were you so far away from the action?
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Apr 24 19:07:40 <The_Bee>   Yes, KK.  In Antigonish, N ova Scotia in 1973 or 74.
Apr 24 19:07:44 <DesertRose>   Mibbit doesn't like Jemler today.
Apr 24 19:08:10 <KK>   Wow, that was a while ago.
Apr 24 19:08:13 <The_Bee>   Because that's where the stands were.
Apr 24 19:08:44 <KK>   Last weekend, the caber and the other heavy sports were right in front of our stands.
Apr 24 19:09:15 <The_Bee>   I guess only the judges were alklowed up close.
Apr 24 19:09:37 <DesertRose>   BRB, food and tea
Apr 24 19:09:54 <BalanceTheEnergies>   Safety concerns, perhaps?
Apr 24 19:10:00 <The_Bee>   You were lucky, KK.
Apr 24 19:10:37 <The_Bee>   Safety concerns for the cabers, maybe, but why the dancing?
Apr 24 19:11:26 <BalanceTheEnergies>   IDK Perhaps it was deemed too much trouble to move the audience?
Apr 24 19:11:28 <KK>   The Highland dancing was far away from where we were sitting, but I watched country dancing for a while (and we did some at the banquet that night), we watched caber, hammer-throw, throwing the sheaf over the bar, something like shot-putting, kilted races....  Great fun!
Apr 24 19:11:43 <The_Bee>   I did like the parade and concert on the final day, though.
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Apr 24 19:12:21 <KK>   Bee's experience was almost half a century ago.  Maybe practices have changed.  Also, that was Nova Scotia.
Apr 24 19:12:23 <Eyikl>   Maybe they were new enough to the space that they hadn't worked out to put everything when you went, Bee.
Apr 24 19:13:04 *   Jerusha (Mibbit@OWIRCN-0f1b35e1.dsl.bell.ca) has joined
Apr 24 19:13:16 <Eyikl>   Hi Jerusha
Apr 24 19:13:17 <Jerusha>   Hi Everyone!
Apr 24 19:13:33 <BalanceTheEnergies>   Hello Jerusha
Apr 24 19:13:55 <The_Bee>   I'm pretty sure the games were a long-standing tradition by then.  They could have set up the stage closer to the audience.
Apr 24 19:13:55 <Jerusha>   Not many here tonight
Apr 24 19:14:00 <The_Bee>   Hi Jerusha
Apr 24 19:15:33 <The_Bee>   and i CM!
Apr 24 19:15:39 <The_Bee>   Hi CM
Apr 24 19:15:58 <Jerusha>   CM is here?
Apr 24 19:16:10 <The_Bee>   She cameand went.
Apr 24 19:16:18 <BalanceTheEnergies>   Mibbit strikes again.
Apr 24 19:16:20 <Jerusha>   Very quickly
Apr 24 19:16:29 <The_Bee>   I didn't notice she'd already gone.
Apr 24 19:16:40 *   Jemler (Mibbit@OWIRCN-e1451415.hfc.comcastbusiness.net) has joined
Apr 24 19:16:47 <The_Bee>   rehi Jemler
Apr 24 19:16:51 <DesertRose>   Hi Jerusha, rehi Jemler
Apr 24 19:16:56 <Jemler>   I'll be glad to get back to my pc!
Apr 24 19:16:56 <Jerusha>   Hi Jemler
Apr 24 19:17:00 <Jemler>   Hi all
Apr 24 19:17:04 <Eyikl>   hi Jemler
Apr 24 19:17:28 <The_Bee>   still at he home, Jemler?
Apr 24 19:17:31 <Jemler>   It's official, i go home tuesday.
Apr 24 19:17:41 <Jerusha>   Whoopee!
Apr 24 19:17:50 <KK>   Oh, we also had a sheep-herding demonstration on Sunday; the dog was chasing one sheep, who broke away and disappeared into the woods opposite the field.  Don't know if they ever foung it.
Apr 24 19:17:55 <The_Bee>   Yay for Jemler
Apr 24 19:18:04 <KK>   Yay, Jeler!
Apr 24 19:18:18 <Jemler>   Send in Little Bo Peep
Apr 24 19:18:18 <KK>   Jemler, too.
Apr 24 19:18:34 <DesertRose>   I bet that sheep-herding dog was not a happy camper.  Herding dogs tend to take that job pretty darn seriously.
Apr 24 19:18:47 <Jerusha>   What kind of dog was it?
Apr 24 19:19:57 <KK>   Australian shepherd.  And he brought it back once, but then it leaped away and disappeared again.  Later, the dog was herding ducks.
Apr 24 19:20:02 <DesertRose>   LOL
Apr 24 19:20:14 <Jerusha>   How embarrassing
Apr 24 19:20:15 <DesertRose>   I bet the ducks were like, "What in the world is this goofy dog trying to do?"
Apr 24 19:20:23 <BalanceTheEnergies>   
Apr 24 19:20:29 <The_Bee>   Herd dogs will herd just about anyhing, I guess.
Apr 24 19:21:24 <Eyikl>   It wanted to prove to itself it could still herd something
Apr 24 19:22:48 <DesertRose>   Yup
Apr 24 19:22:53 <DesertRose>   Probably, anyway.
Apr 24 19:23:13 <KK>   So, what's everyone been doing the last two weeks?
Apr 24 19:23:53 <The_Bee>   not much. My arthritis isspreading to my knee.
Apr 24 19:23:55 <BalanceTheEnergies>   I've been working a lot and taking Wimsey to the vet.
Apr 24 19:24:10 <Jerusha>   Sorry to hear that, Bee
Apr 24 19:24:19 <BalanceTheEnergies>   Ouch Bee.
Apr 24 19:24:19 <DesertRose>   Ugh, that sucks, Bee.  Arthritis is no fun.
Apr 24 19:24:35 <KK>   I hear you, Bee.  My knees have also been acting up.  Need to walk more.
Apr 24 19:25:15 <Jemler>   You're not too far from the AP.
Apr 24 19:25:21 <Jemler>   Sorry, AT
Apr 24 19:25:34 <The_Bee>   Today was our Honor Out New Members Sunday, followed by Chinese food.
Apr 24 19:26:48 <DesertRose>   I wasn't actually at the event, but at an SCA event this weekend, His Majesty Trimaris found and adopted a kitten.  There are some truly cute/hilarious pictures of the kitten in court.
Apr 24 19:27:00 <The_Bee>   The newbies always get to eat free, but they forgot to put out the donation bowl, so we all got  a free meal.
Apr 24 19:27:07 <Eyikl>   
Apr 24 19:27:26 <Jerusha>   Neat, DR
Apr 24 19:27:42 <KK>   Awww, DR.
Apr 24 19:27:55 <BalanceTheEnergies>    feline cuteness!
Apr 24 19:28:00 <DesertRose>   It's either a really small kitten or the things against which it was photographed are large.
Apr 24 19:29:17 <Jerusha>   The Crown and Kitten - new pub in the kingdom
Apr 24 19:29:18 <The_Bee>   Are the pics on the web?
Apr 24 19:29:21 <KK>   What's the link, DR?
Apr 24 19:29:45 <DesertRose>   Yes, they're online, but I'm not sure if they're viewable if you're not part of the Trimaris Facebook group.
Apr 24 19:29:50 <DesertRose>   Hang on and I'll try.
Apr 24 19:30:33 <DesertRose>   https://www.facebook.com/groups/VivatTrimaris/permalink/10153729524313681/
Apr 24 19:30:36 <DesertRose>   See if that works
Apr 24 19:31:14 <The_Bee>   It works!
Apr 24 19:31:14 <Jerusha>   Very cute!
Apr 24 19:31:29 <Eyikl>   awwww
Apr 24 19:31:31 <BalanceTheEnergies>   And as you say, a small kitten.
Apr 24 19:31:47 <DesertRose>   Yup. 
Apr 24 19:32:12 <KK>   Yeah, 6-8 weeks, I'd guess.  Cutie!
Apr 24 19:32:44 <BalanceTheEnergies>   I wouldn't mind seeing a pub sign with the kitten playing with the orb...
Apr 24 19:32:51 <DesertRose>   There was some commentary about how its eyes are wide open in all the photos and was it using telepathic powers on everyone. 
Apr 24 19:33:10 <Jerusha>   Isn't that what kittens do?
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Apr 24 19:33:17 <Eyikl>   kittens don't need telepathic powers
Apr 24 19:33:36 <Jerusha>   Lost Jemler
Apr 24 19:33:38 <BalanceTheEnergies>   Poor Jemler bounced again.
Apr 24 19:33:44 <DesertRose>   "By the power of Super Cute..."
Apr 24 19:33:54 <DesertRose>   Yeah, Mibbit is being mean to him today.
Apr 24 19:34:23 <Jerusha>   Someone remembers He-Man
Apr 24 19:34:31 <DesertRose>   LOL
Apr 24 19:34:57 <DesertRose>   One of my cousins (slightly younger than I am) dressed as She-Ra for Halloween one year.
Apr 24 19:35:04 <Eyikl>   Or She-Ra
Apr 24 19:35:40 <Jerusha>   I saw on the internet that the battle-cat toy is worth a lot of  money.  I know we had one somewhere....
Apr 24 19:36:01 <DesertRose>   It probably got played with to death, though.  Don't you have three sons?
Apr 24 19:36:22 <Jerusha>   Yep, played with until it was bruised and battered.
Apr 24 19:36:51 <Jerusha>   Toys never stayed in pristine boxes
Apr 24 19:37:02 <DesertRose>   Same with the actual metal toy cars I had and the few Star Wars action figures I had.
Apr 24 19:37:10 <DesertRose>   And let's not speak of the Barbies.
Apr 24 19:37:12 <The_Bee>   no live cats harmed, I hope.
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Apr 24 19:37:19 <DesertRose>   Rehi Jemler.
Apr 24 19:37:23 <DesertRose>   Bad Mibbit!
Apr 24 19:37:23 <The_Bee>   WB Jemler.
Apr 24 19:37:24 <Jerusha>   rehi Jemler
Apr 24 19:37:27 <BalanceTheEnergies>   Welcome back Jemler
Apr 24 19:37:30 <Jemler>   Mibbit does not like me.
Apr 24 19:37:58 <Jemler>   Dr, what was that link? I missed it.
Apr 24 19:38:07 <DesertRose>   https://www.facebook.com/groups/VivatTrimaris/permalink/10153729524313681/
Apr 24 19:38:10 *   Shiral (~Shiral@OWIRCN-e6adf1cc.ca.comcast.net) has joined
Apr 24 19:38:13 <DesertRose>   Hi Shiral
Apr 24 19:38:17 <Shiral>   Hi all
Apr 24 19:38:18 <BalanceTheEnergies>   Hello Shiral
Apr 24 19:38:19 <Eyikl>   hi Shiral
Apr 24 19:38:22 <Jerusha>   Hi Shiral
Apr 24 19:38:22 <DesertRose>   I'm surprised to see you.  I thought you were still in NYC.
Apr 24 19:38:23 <The_Bee>   The RhemuthCastle website offers an alternative gateway to chat, Jemler.
Apr 24 19:38:33 <Shiral>   Nope, Got home yesterday
Apr 24 19:38:34 <The_Bee>   Hi Shiral
Apr 24 19:38:42 <Jerusha>   Did you have a good time?
Apr 24 19:38:47 <DesertRose>   Oh, okay.  So I goofed your itinerary, then. 
Apr 24 19:38:52 <DesertRose>   How was your culture vacation?
Apr 24 19:39:02 <Shiral>   Yes, It was a week of intense culture and high living
Apr 24 19:39:06 <DesertRose>   YAY!
Apr 24 19:39:15 <Jerusha>   Nothing wrong with that
Apr 24 19:39:18 <KK>   How was it?  Did you see Hamilton?  That seems to be the current hot show--if you can get tickets.
Apr 24 19:39:19 <The_Bee>   Are the kitties glad to see  you or mad at you for abandoning them?
Apr 24 19:39:29 <Jemler>   )8 shiral
Apr 24 19:39:36 <Shiral>   Went to both the Metropolitan Opera and the Metropolitan Museum of art. AND the Frick Collection and the Cloisters
Apr 24 19:39:47 <BalanceTheEnergies>   Wow.
Apr 24 19:39:49 <DesertRose>   Busy trip.
Apr 24 19:39:54 <Shiral>   Nope, didn't get to see  Hamilton--all our evenings there were booked
Apr 24 19:40:14 <Eyikl>   Sounds fun but a little tiring.
Apr 24 19:40:35 <Shiral>   But when you get to see four operas at the Metropolitan for the first time in your life....I can't complain!
Apr 24 19:40:44 <Jemler>   Soft kitty, warm kitty...
Apr 24 19:41:00 <Shiral>   Our hotel was right across the street from Lincoln Center
Apr 24 19:41:01 <KK>   Four operas?!
Apr 24 19:41:02 <Jerusha>   One opera would probably be enough for me
Apr 24 19:41:23 <Shiral>   Four. AND a concert with the Bavarian Radio Orchestra at Carnegie Hall mid week
Apr 24 19:41:36 <Jerusha>   That's a lot of culture
Apr 24 19:41:39 <DesertRose>   Okay, I'm a dipstick.  I just looked at my phone and saw a text from half an hour ago from Evie.  She's not at home so that's why she's not here in chat.  She says to say "Hi" to everyone, so "Hi" from Evie.
Apr 24 19:41:53 <Shiral>   Yes, cats were glad to see me. AND yes, it was a tiring trip. But SO worth it!
Apr 24 19:41:54 <Jerusha>   Hi Evie in absentia
Apr 24 19:41:56 <KK>   Wow, that <was> a culture blitz!
Apr 24 19:42:01 <Shiral>   Hi Evie
Apr 24 19:42:19 <Jemler>   The only opera worth anything, Queens A Night at the Opera.
Apr 24 19:42:23 <Shiral>   You know it, KK. The Cloisters were as beautiful as I remember....and I haven't been there since 1972
Apr 24 19:43:46 <Shiral>   LOTS of good restaurant meals, though. We went to one called Bolud Sud, which is owned by the Chef who owns Daniel, which is a 4 star restaurant. When even the BREAD is special, you know everything coming out of that kitchen is going to be fantastic. And it was
Apr 24 19:44:30 <DesertRose>   Yum!
Apr 24 19:44:38 <Shiral>   I did buy the cast recording of Hamilton though, so it's on my iPod. =o)
Apr 24 19:44:42 <Jerusha>   What was special about the bread?
Apr 24 19:45:05 <Shiral>   We saw the premiere of the Abduction from the Seraglio production which was completely delightful
Apr 24 19:45:32 <KK>   That's a fun opera!
Apr 24 19:45:32 <Shiral>   It was delicious, it was arranged almost like a bread artwork, and there were three different kinds
Apr 24 19:45:45 <Jerusha>   Sounds yummy
Apr 24 19:45:59 <Jerusha>   I am partial to good bread
Apr 24 19:46:08 <BalanceTheEnergies>   As am I.
Apr 24 19:46:11 <Shiral>   That was Friday night, and it ended a great week on a high note. Lots of them, actually. =o) Mozart works his sopranos hard in Abduction
Apr 24 19:47:02 <DesertRose>   Every time I hear that expression "to end [something] on a high note," I think of that goofy scene from "History of the World, Part I" during the French Revolution part of the movie.
Apr 24 19:47:18 <Shiral>   We also saw Elektra by Richard Strauss which was fabulous, Roberto Devereux by Donizetti which was spectacular singing in service of a silly plot, and La Boheme which was not star vehicle, but still worked it's magic on me
Apr 24 19:47:57 <Shiral>   We also saw an exhibit of Anthony Van Dyck painings at the Frick, and an exhibit of Elizabeth Vigee-LeBrunn paintings at the Met
Apr 24 19:48:03 <DesertRose>   Cool!
Apr 24 19:48:26 <KK>   Wow, who planned your trip, to crap so much into such a short time?
Apr 24 19:48:37 <KK>   cram!  Cram!
Apr 24 19:48:39 <Shiral>   When the soprano made her entrance in Abduction, she looked like she had stepped out of a Vigee LeBrunn painting, because Vigee-LeBrunn and Mozart were contemporaries
Apr 24 19:48:46 <Jerusha>   
Apr 24 19:48:46 <Shiral>   LOL
Apr 24 19:48:49 <DesertRose>   ROFL, that was a funny typo.
Apr 24 19:48:58 <BalanceTheEnergies>   
Apr 24 19:49:18 <KK>   Er, yes.  Who planned the trip, Shiral?
Apr 24 19:49:19 <Shiral>   The travel agent's name is Carol Rabin, and she's a friend of my mother's. She does this trip to the met annually.
Apr 24 19:49:47 <Shiral>   Back in January, she had a cancellation, so Mom suggested I go, and I did
Apr 24 19:50:26 <Jerusha>   You were with a group?
Apr 24 19:50:36 <KK>   So, did you go on your own, or were family members already going?
Apr 24 19:50:46 <Shiral>   Yes. I was the youngest member of it, but everyone was nice
Apr 24 19:50:57 <Shiral>   Mom and I represented our family
Apr 24 19:50:58 <Jerusha>   Excellent
Apr 24 19:50:58 <Jemler>   My ipads battery is getting low, so i'm gonna bow out. Until next week, from home, good night.
Apr 24 19:51:06 <DesertRose>   Okay, see you, Jemler
Apr 24 19:51:13 <BalanceTheEnergies>   Good night Jemler.
Apr 24 19:51:19 <DesertRose>   Have a good week, and g'night!
Apr 24 19:51:20 <Eyikl>   bye Jemler
Apr 24 19:51:20 <Jerusha>   Congrats on going home, Jemler
Apr 24 19:51:22 <Shiral>   You couldn't get my brother to go to the Opera even once unless it involved grappling hooks
Apr 24 19:51:24 <The_Bee>   glad you came,Jemler. See you next week.
Apr 24 19:51:30 <Shiral>   Night, Jemler
Apr 24 19:51:43 <KK>   Night, Jemler.
Apr 24 19:51:43 <Jerusha>   I'm afraid I might agree with him
Apr 24 19:51:45 <Jemler>   Night all.
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Apr 24 19:51:53 <Shiral>   Hooray, you get to go home? =o)
Apr 24 19:51:55 <Shiral>   Oops
Apr 24 19:52:00 <Shiral>   missed him
Apr 24 19:52:05 *   Evie (~IceChat9@OWIRCN-37c191df.al.charter.com) has joined
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Apr 24 19:52:08 <Jerusha>   He goes home Tuesday
Apr 24 19:52:09 <DesertRose>   He's supposed to get to go home on Tuesday.
Apr 24 19:52:12 <DesertRose>   Hi Evie.
Apr 24 19:52:14 <DesertRose>   Made it home?
Apr 24 19:52:15 <The_Bee>   My brother likes opera and classical music.
Apr 24 19:52:17 <Evie>   Hi, finally made it home
Apr 24 19:52:18 <Jerusha>   Hi Evie!
Apr 24 19:52:20 <Shiral>   Well, Opera is an acquired taste, and not everyone acquires it, Jerusha. It's cool!
Apr 24 19:52:23 <BalanceTheEnergies>   Hello Evie
Apr 24 19:52:23 <Shiral>    Hi Evie
Apr 24 19:52:28 <Eyikl>   Hi Evie
Apr 24 19:52:32 *   Evie waves hi to everyone
Apr 24 19:52:43 <Shiral>   My oldest brother actually is starting to like Opera, but try getting him to admit it!
Apr 24 19:52:48 <DesertRose>   LOL
Apr 24 19:53:45 <DesertRose>   I enjoy it and have for a long time, even though I can no longer come anywhere near singing anything of the sort anymore.
Apr 24 19:53:49 <The_Bee>   When we were planning Mom's memorial service, Ted said she tried to get us kids to like reading and music.
Apr 24 19:54:23 <Shiral>   But it was a tiring week. And I came home to realize poor Francesca really is in rough shape. I knew she was ill when I went, and I warned my cat sitter. But....I don't have any illusions this will end well. =o(
Apr 24 19:54:30 <Eyikl>   You don't like reading?
Apr 24 19:54:33 <Evie>   :-(
Apr 24 19:54:40 <BalanceTheEnergies>   Uh-oh.
Apr 24 19:54:43 <DesertRose>   Aw, poor Cesca.
Apr 24 19:55:10 <Eyikl>   poor Francesca
Apr 24 19:55:13 <Shiral>   I thought it was a problem tooth...but it wasn't.
Apr 24 19:55:26 <KK>   Poor baby.  How old is she now?
Apr 24 19:55:27 <DesertRose>   Do you know what the problem is, or has the vet not given you an answer?
Apr 24 19:55:36 <Shiral>   She's about 12 1/2
Apr 24 19:55:49 <DesertRose>   Not young, but not all that old either.
Apr 24 19:56:15 <Jerusha>   Oh dear
Apr 24 19:56:19 <The_Bee>   Who, me?  I like books that tell me a story.  I read about Cesca on your facebook page,  Shiral.  Do you know if it's cancer?
Apr 24 19:57:04 <Shiral>   She's scheduled to have a biopsy this coming Thursday. But even before that, the very nice vet said she has a tumor under her tongue. He can't know exactly what it is, but he says cancers in the mouth are often bad, and don't respond well to treatment
Apr 24 19:57:17 <DesertRose>   Oh, no.  Poor kitty.
Apr 24 19:57:19 <The_Bee>   
Apr 24 19:57:22 <Evie>   :-(
Apr 24 19:57:26 <BalanceTheEnergies>   
Apr 24 19:57:33 <Jerusha>   
Apr 24 19:57:47 <Eyikl>   
Apr 24 19:57:48 <KK>   Sad news.
Apr 24 19:57:54 <Evie>   So sorry. Hopefully this tumor will be an exception.
Apr 24 19:58:12 <Shiral>   Yeah. And since it's already interfering with her ability to eat, drink and groom herself....I'm afraid she's going to have to cross the rainbow bridge soon. I don't want her to suffer
Apr 24 19:58:15 <Jerusha>   She will be in my thoughts
Apr 24 19:58:30 <DesertRose>   That's sad, Shiral.  That's always a rough decision to have to make.
Apr 24 19:59:00 <The_Bee>   But we know you'll do the kindest thing for her.
Apr 24 19:59:05 <Shiral>   It is, and I wasn't ready to lose her. But her condition has deteriorated even since the start of this month.
Apr 24 19:59:14 <Eyikl>   It sounds relatively easy to remove though...
Apr 24 19:59:15 <DesertRose>   Oh dear.
Apr 24 19:59:58 <Shiral>   She has a hard mass on the lower left side of her jaw, though.
Apr 24 20:00:00 <DesertRose>   How is Dmitri dealing with it?
Apr 24 20:00:11 <DesertRose>   Does he seem to realize she's unwell?
Apr 24 20:00:23 <Shiral>   He's his same goofy self, although he stops and washes the top of her head, sometimes
Apr 24 20:00:57 <Eyikl>   
Apr 24 20:01:05 <DesertRose>   If you do have to have Cesca euthanized, he may grieve.
Apr 24 20:01:26 <BalanceTheEnergies>   Yeah, Wimsey did for a time, after Morshi.
Apr 24 20:01:33 <Shiral>   I have a feeling he will. She's been part of his life ever since he joined the Houle Household
Apr 24 20:01:52 <DesertRose>   Roxanne was really confused when Catarina died.  Of course, Roxie was also 18 years old and deaf and possibly a bit senile herself (and God love her, she was never exactly bright--all heart and no brain, that cat).
Apr 24 20:02:04 <The_Bee>   There'll be an empty place in his world.
Apr 24 20:02:25 <Shiral>   For a while. But I will get him a new companion before too long
Apr 24 20:02:46 <Jerusha>   Two is a good number
Apr 24 20:02:50 <KK>   Their little lives are so short, relatively speaking, but they bring us so much joy.
Apr 24 20:02:54 <Evie>   Luke just walked by the open door, mewed loudly at me, then continued on down the hall.  :-)
Apr 24 20:02:54 <DesertRose>   Yes.
Apr 24 20:03:04 <Shiral>   Yes. I can't be without cats!
Apr 24 20:03:06 <Jerusha>   You have been told
Apr 24 20:03:07 <The_Bee>   It's been nearly a year since Melantha's cancer surgery.
Apr 24 20:03:15 <BalanceTheEnergies>   Yes, I'm starting to worry about Wimsey, as is the vet.
Apr 24 20:03:19 <Shiral>   Hi Luke!
Apr 24 20:03:35 <DesertRose>   Carys is providing her pajama-warming service.
Apr 24 20:03:46 <Eyikl>   hi Luke
Apr 24 20:03:49 <Evie>   He  is busily inspecting the upheaval in DS' old room, which we are currently gutting to make room for a guest and hobby room
Apr 24 20:04:06 <The_Bee>   Are you wearing the pajamas, DR?
Apr 24 20:04:12 <DesertRose>   No, they're on my bed.
Apr 24 20:04:15 <Jerusha>   A hobby guest?
Apr 24 20:04:23 <KK>   Ah, so you get the room back.  Yay!
Apr 24 20:04:34 <Evie>   A hobby room most of the year, and a guest room when my parents arrive in a few weeks
Apr 24 20:04:38 <Eyikl>   Better than the guest being a hobby
Apr 24 20:04:50 <Jerusha>   Or the hobby being a guest
Apr 24 20:04:55 <DesertRose>   But she likes to sleep on my pajamas when they're laid out on my bed.  Sometimes she even does it right before I put them on in the evening, so I get nice, warm (if slightly covered in cat hair) pajamas.
Apr 24 20:05:02 <KK>   And for when DS occasionally comes home to visit.
Apr 24 20:05:02 <Shiral>   Especially since you won't remove their heads and put them on different bodies. =o)
Apr 24 20:05:17 <Evie>   Yes, but that's a rare occasion, unfortunately.
Apr 24 20:05:27 <KK>   LOL, Shiral.
Apr 24 20:05:32 <Jerusha>   The heads on different bodies??!!
Apr 24 20:05:34 <BalanceTheEnergies>   Wimsey does the warming thing with my robe.
Apr 24 20:05:41 <DesertRose>   The dolls, Jerusha
Apr 24 20:05:41 <Shiral>   Think of the Littles, Jerusha...
Apr 24 20:05:48 <Evie>   I promise not to swap out my parents' heads.  :-D
Apr 24 20:05:55 <Jerusha>   Oh, OK.  Whew
Apr 24 20:05:58 <Shiral>   Imagine our relief. =o)
Apr 24 20:06:11 <DesertRose>   Please don't do that to your parents, Evie.  I think EVERYONE will feel better that way.
Apr 24 20:06:19 <Evie>   But speaking of Littles, I've modified Araxie's gown to fit her better. https://flic.kr/p/GsavFK
Apr 24 20:06:23 <Shiral>   Especially your parents!
Apr 24 20:07:04 <Evie>   And with the belt added:  https://flic.kr/p/FwY2ex
Apr 24 20:07:22 <Evie>   KK, you might recognize the table in the first picture.
Apr 24 20:07:42 <Shiral>   I'll be putting up my NYC pictures, soon. I thought of the Littles while at the Cloisters. It's the kind of place where you expect to run into Duncan and Arilan around every corner. No, I'm not obsessed, and don't give me that look. =o)
Apr 24 20:07:51 <DesertRose>   LOL, Shiral
Apr 24 20:08:03 <Jerusha>   
Apr 24 20:08:04 <DesertRose>   You might have printed up a Flat Duncan and taken some pics!
Apr 24 20:08:49 <KK>   Very pretty, Evie.  I especially like it without the belt, oddly enough.  And I do recognize the table.  :-)
Apr 24 20:08:59 <Shiral>   How would I explain that to the rest of the group? Even flat, Duncan would be hard to pack. And alas, our visit there was a bit rushed since we needed to get back in time for dinner and changing for that night's performance
Apr 24 20:09:08 <DesertRose>   Ah, okay. 
Apr 24 20:09:19 <The_Bee>   I also prefer it without the belt.
Apr 24 20:09:28 <Evie>   I want to go to the Cloisters someday.  As it is, I run into Duncan et al. in the weirdest places, including shopping at Sam's Club, where he and Alaric love to make comments about modern tithe barns behind my back.  :-D
Apr 24 20:09:58 <Shiral>   It takes a looong time to get to the Cloisters, but it's completely worth the trip
Apr 24 20:10:09 <Evie>   I made it so it can be worn with or without the belt, and as an outer gown or under a sideless surcoat.
Apr 24 20:10:17 <Shiral>   One of my favorite things on the whole trip was getting to see the  Unicorn tapestries
Apr 24 20:10:39 <KK>   Did you go on the subway or via taxi?
Apr 24 20:10:50 <Shiral>   We had a group bus for the trip
Apr 24 20:11:31 <Shiral>   The subway takes for freaking ever, and a taxi would cost a bomb. NYC traffic was crazy.
Apr 24 20:11:33 <KK>   Cool.  (Gus just arrived on my lap.)
Apr 24 20:11:37 <DesertRose>   Hi Gus
Apr 24 20:11:45 <The_Bee>   Hi Gus
Apr 24 20:11:50 *   Shiral reaches out and scritches Gus behind one ear
Apr 24 20:11:52 <Jerusha>   Hi Gus
Apr 24 20:11:53 <Evie>   Speaking of tapestries, I am waiting on the right photo album to load so I can show you the wide trim I plan to use to make some narrow tapestries for the Littles
Apr 24 20:12:42 <Eyikl>   I wanted to see the Unicorn Tapestries the I last time I went to NYC, but I thought they were at the Met.
Apr 24 20:12:45 <Shiral>   I tried to get a picture of the Unicorn tapestries, but they didn't come out very well.
Apr 24 20:13:23 <Shiral>   The Cloisters is considered part of the Met. I think they used to be at the main museum, but they're at the Cloisters, now
Apr 24 20:13:37 <DesertRose>   BRB
Apr 24 20:13:38 <Evie>   A photo of the trim stall (just one section of it) with some of the wider trim:  https://www.flickr.com/gp/9573389@N08/nxA2Q6    I wanted to get some of the Bayeux Tapestry trim, but they only had it in a cool colors version, and I want the original colors version.
Apr 24 20:14:21 <The_Bee>   beautiful!
Apr 24 20:14:22 <Eyikl>   I think we went to the Met. It was on the southern end of the island, not the northern.
Apr 24 20:14:43 <Shiral>   Yes, it's toward the Southern end of Central Park
Apr 24 20:15:05 <Jerusha>   Very nice trim
Apr 24 20:15:16 <Shiral>   The Cloisters is a separate building, but it's under the financial umbrella of the Met
Apr 24 20:15:17 <Jerusha>   I also like the running hounds
Apr 24 20:15:29 <Evie>   Here we go:  https://www.flickr.com/gp/9573389@N08/2127H4   The small trims are for doll clothing, the horse chasing the stag trim will be used for a narrow tapestry and maybe some bench cushions, and I'm thinking of using the acanthus leaf one for the top of a bed canopy, with curtains hanging beneath it.
Apr 24 20:15:48 <Eyikl>   pretty colors! Are you using all that, or is that just what they had to sell?
Apr 24 20:16:28 <Evie>   I bought the trim in that second photo.  I couldn't afford to buy the entire shop, unfortunately.  :-D
Apr 24 20:16:48 <Jerusha>   Bummer.
Apr 24 20:17:03 <Evie>   Imagine an 8' x 8' pavilion or thereabouts with "walls" completely made up of trim racks, and you've got the general idea of the merchant's stall.
Apr 24 20:17:14 <Shiral>   I told my Mom I wanted the entire Frick Collection. She thought that might be a problem. =o)
Apr 24 20:17:32 <Jerusha>   And hard to pack
Apr 24 20:17:39 <Eyikl>   Just maybe a small problem
Apr 24 20:18:14 <Shiral>   Well, yes although really I'd have to buy the actual Frick mansion. Everything in it is hung and arranged so beautifully
Apr 24 20:18:14 <Evie>   I like to imagine I own our downtown art museum's entire Kress Collection (their medieval art and artifacts), and they are merely housing it for me since I don't have room here to store it all.  ;-)
Apr 24 20:18:19 <BalanceTheEnergies>   ...and the insurance premiums!
Apr 24 20:18:33 <KK>   You didn't buy even a tiny piece of the Bayeux tapestry one?
Apr 24 20:18:51 <Shiral>   Well, we really didn't have the budget. =o) So the Frick Collection remains in NYC
Apr 24 20:19:01 <Evie>   KK, no, but I got the merchant's business card so I can buy some in the original colors.  That one is all in blues and greens.
Apr 24 20:20:16 <KK>   Ack, gotta go. Madam Secretary is in progress, and tonight Game of Thrones resumes.  Should be here next week.
Apr 24 20:20:33 <DesertRose>   Okay, have a good week.  Thanks for coming to see us!  G'night!
Apr 24 20:20:41 <BalanceTheEnergies>   Good night KK.
Apr 24 20:20:43 <Jerusha>   Good night, KK.  Glad you could join us
Apr 24 20:20:43 <The_Bee>   The wide ribbon on the far upper left in the first picture looks like Haldane colors.
Apr 24 20:20:46 <KK>   Nighters, all.
Apr 24 20:20:55 <Shiral>   Night, KK
Apr 24 20:20:59 <The_Bee>   By KK. Thanks for coming.
Apr 24 20:20:59 <Shiral>   Thanks for stopping by
Apr 24 20:21:08 <Eyikl>   goodnight KK
Apr 24 20:21:10 *   KK steps onto her Portal, waves goodnight, and disappears in a shower of green sparkles.
Apr 24 20:21:24 <DesertRose>   Next week is early chat!
Apr 24 20:21:53 <BalanceTheEnergies>   Hopefully I'll be back the week after.
Apr 24 20:21:54 <Evie>   Goodnight
Apr 24 20:22:12 <BalanceTheEnergies>   No promises, what with work.
Apr 24 20:22:27 <KK>   Ooo, right.  And I have to take my mom to a model train exhibition, but I'm sure I'll be home by 5.  She won't last too long with all that walking.
Apr 24 20:22:35 <Shiral>   I have to work next Sunday, myself. =o\
Apr 24 20:22:37 <Evie>   I hope to be here next week, but it depends on how behind I am in getting ready for my parents' arrival.  And the week after that, they'll be in town, so my schedule will depend on what they want to do during most of the Sundays in May.
Apr 24 20:22:43 <DesertRose>   Have fun with the train exhibition.
Apr 24 20:23:23 <Jerusha>   Are they visiting for a month, Evie?
Apr 24 20:23:27 <KK>   I've taken her the past 2 years, and it's always the same, but she loves it.  So I smile and take her, and then she buys lunch.  :-)
Apr 24 20:23:27 <Evie>   Almost
Apr 24 20:23:38 <DesertRose>   That works, KK. 
Apr 24 20:23:41 <Evie>   They arrive on the 7th and leave a few days after DD's graduation on the 24th
Apr 24 20:23:46 <Jerusha>   Nice (on both counts)
Apr 24 20:23:55 <KK>   Yep.  Night again.  See you next week.
Apr 24 20:23:59 <DesertRose>   G'night!
Apr 24 20:24:01 <Evie>   Goodnight
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