lisaviolet's diary

Tuesday, November 20, 2018

catstuff
02:21 PM - 11/20/2018

The topic: Opie update
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I've been syringe feeding him A/D for more than three weeks with the hope that whatever is wrong with him can be overcome by his immune system.

Yesterday, I realized, it can't. Reality hit home. It hit hard. He's not eating much on his own, but I found he will eat Tender Liver and Chicken Feast (Fancy Feast) from the can. It has to be in the can. He has a hard time otherwise. I'm sure he prefers eating by himself to having food squirted into his mouth. I fed him more than he's eating by himself, but it was getting to the point where he flinched anytime either of us touched him. That's no way to live out what's left of a life. So, I'll take his can of food to him every few hours, stand guard so that cats such as Ronnie don't reach out a paw and pull the food away.

Today, I watched him in a chair on the patio. His head hanging over the edge. Just like Richie had been doing.

It won't be long.

opie catstuff

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Back in February, I assembled the Heirloom Christmas Tree from SVGCuts. I took some photos, but not as many as I usually do and I'm kicking myself in the butt for that. I wanted to get this up before the holiday season, in case anyone wanted to make one for themselves or as a gift.

Anyway, here's what I have. (I'll be making another one in the coming weeks, the paper is cut and this one is a green tree which I hope to give to my vet's office).

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In the process of folding the tree pieces

The slow process of gluing the pieces together

Down to the the final assembly step. Having already glued them in sections makes this part easier.

Looking inside of the tree.

The outside of the finished tree.

The tree in the background with the "bulbs" added and the tree base with the lamp in front.
The tree base assembly was pretty basic. Not a whole lof of things that can go wrong if you follow Mary's tutorial.

And the final product.

How it looks in the dark with the light on.

I have multi colored bulbs for the green tree and have an idea for inking the edges in white (Mary did this with one of her trees), but I'd like to have it be a little thicker, like real snow. I need to do some testing to see what I can come up with.

Anyway, it was fun, albeit challenging, to put together. I'm looking forward to the next one.

svgcuts holiday heirloom tree craftstuff christmas

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November 2018