T Stands For Birthday Boy

Before we begin today's birthday celebration, I though I should show a few gifts I have recently received.  I've had some for several weeks, and feel bad that I never photographed them, and properly thanked the gift givers.

Although I never got around to making any Halloween cards which I had intended to make, I received two, one of which I got nearly a month ago.   These now grace my library table in the living room area.

I received a darling card from my friend RO! at In the know with RO. I hope you will visit her, because her computer has died and she has limited access to one right now.  Show her the love you feel and feel her pain.  Thanks RO for the card and the black cat, too.

The handmade card came a few days ago from our T Tuesday friend Sharon of Foxy Stamping.  This one not only included yarn, it was very dimensional with the sentiment sticking away from the rest of the card.  Thank you SO much Sharon.

The rest of my gifts are displayed on my dining room table.  I guess you could say these are FILO (or First In, Last Out).

I received this darling card from my dear friend Cindy of Pink Bird Studio fame.  Her abstract mixed media art is out of this world.  Thank you beyond belief, dear friend.  Lok at those postage stamps, too.   They weren't canceled, but the nice postal person has stopped using that horrible magic marker on them after she learned I use them in my art.

I received this beautiful eco card from Barbara of Stringing Buttons fame.  She graced me with one of her eco dyed cards she made this spring or summer.  It's even more beautiful in person.

The reason I hadn't shown it before was because, as you can read, she sent me a few needle felting needles.  I promptly put them someplace safe where they would not stick me (you can read that they are extremely sharp).  I had planned to show them on my blog, but when I went to photograph them, I put them someplace SO SAFE even I can't find them now!  Once I do, I'll share them.  For now, I'll just thank Barbara for her gift and continue hunting for the needles.  BTW, she also sent me another gift I hope to use in my art very soon, so I'm keeping it/them under wraps at the moment.  At least I know where they are!  Thanks again, Barbara.

I remembered last week that I had not shown this incredible gift I won over two months ago.  It took forever for me to receive it from Australia, so it may be why I didn't photograph it when I won it on Aussie Annie's blog aptly named The Journey is the Start Here.

This unmounted red rubber is finely detailed and I hope to use the pine trees soon.  Isn't it a beauty?  Thanks for this Annie, even though I realize you are on holiday at the moment.  Now let's turn our attention to the face of our blog.

Today is Bleubeard's birthday.  I thought he was turning 19 today, but I've been wrong for two years.  He is now 18.  No matter what I did to entice him with a special treat, he refused to allow me to photograph him.  So I'll bring back a post from a couple of years ago.

It's time to throw a party. In fact, a very special party.  It's a party for the special guy in my life, and I wanted to share photos of his big day.

Not your normal cake ingredients, but Bleubeard is not your normal party honoree.

It was time to replace his regular food bowl with party pieces.  As an aside, when he was a kitten, he used to stand inside that food dish and eat his food because his head was too small to reach over the rim.  Just to give you an idea of the size, it is the largest dog bowl you can buy and is at least 12 inches in diameter.  Since his food is different from what I feed Squiggles, I can leave his for him, but have to ration Squiggles' since Squiggles is a piggy and would overeat if I allowed that.

You can see how small his party plate is in comparison.  His "table" is set, although I chose to lose the napkin, and it was time to wait until he woke from his nap to sing happy birthday to him and give him his once yearly treat.  Note Bleubeard's and Squiggles' water bowl is my chosen drink this week.

Fancy Feast is on top, and was a mess to try to get out of the can.  The can of Friskies is on the bottom and I think he prefers it.  The Greenies are swimming in juices around the edge of the plate, while the Omega 3 holistic treats are pushed into the top.  I added the candle, but had the good sense not to light it.

I managed to get him to turn toward the camera so I could get a photo of his face, rather than the other end.  I admit, that collar has seen better days.  First one side of the plate, then

the other, proved he was hunting for the best food.  Note that several of the Greenies were already gone, but none of the Omega 3 treats had been touched.

While Bleubeard took a short break, I managed to remove the candle so he could eat without putting his eye out.

All that excitement and eating took about thirty minutes, during which time I took over sixty photos.  It was fun seeing him have such a fun time at his birthday party.  But he was soon full and went off to clean himself and do other business, while I

wrapped his leftovers, which I then refrigerated.  It was a special treat, because I used Press and Seal, a hoarded product I don't normally allow outside my craft room.

It's now time to share your own drink related post this week.  It can be photos, a place you visited, movies, postcards, books, sketches, mixed media, drawings, paintings, tags, ATCs, scrapbooking, or other art that is digital, hybrid, or traditional, as long as it in some way relates back to a drink, any drink.  Please share below and the birthday boy (Bleubeard) and I, along with the rest of the T gang will be by to visit.   Please link only your T post and not your blog in general.  Old photos are acceptable because they may be taken any time, not just on Tuesday, and not just this year.




I would be remiss if I didn't mention this is the final T post in October, so please don't forget to dig up your Second on the 2nd, a post that can be about anything as long as it is one you have published in the past.  I hope I provided enough lead time this month.