Useful

 

 Bleubeard and I have something Useful to share with you today for What's Your Style? which is our theme we are hosting this month at Art Journal Journey.

I had actually planned to share this for T Tuesday last week, but had to show more of my altered playing cards, instead.  At least, I have a few detail shots for you to peruse.

I chose sunflower colored Staz-on, to which I added 91% isopropyl alcohol for the background I added to 110 lb cardstock.  

Everything on this page came from a 1972 book on utensils used in cooking.  These pages showed tea and coffee pots from different centuries.  The text was part of the pages on which these images were found.  I used letter stencils to create the word Useful.

Since sewing paper to paper is such an important and integral part of my blog and art, I felt I had to sew these images to the text.  That is definitely my signature style today.  Bleubeard's style is to sleep while I am sewing in my craft room! 

Bleubeard and I are truly delighted you joined us today and hope to see you  at Art Journal Journey with your own interpretation of What's your style? 

For those of you who are interested in Squiggles, I will now share the details of his illness.  I didn't share yesterday because there were other visitors who don't normally drop by.  

Early last Monday morning, I was awakened by a yowl that was so intense, it shook me out of my sleep.  As an aside, both cats sleep with me, but Bleubeard doesn't let me hug or touch him, except on the top of his head.  No under the chin scritches for him.  However, he has to be in the center of any conversation when someone drops by.  

Squiggles is totally opposite.  He hides from everyone and Scott has only seen him twice in the time I've had him.  Squiggles is MY cat.  He wants to be held, cuddled, have me run my hands all over him, and love him.  He sleeps next to me in my arms.  

When I heard that horrible yowl, I got worried.  Bleubeard ran out of the room.  Squiggles continued this yowl about every ten or so minutes, each time it scared me, it was so loud.  I noticed he was trying to regurgitate something.  

Tuesday, he started to regurgitate white fluffy water.  He did this all day Tuesday, and the yowls continued, although less frequently.  Every time I tried to approach him, he would move to a different spot in the living/dining area.  

He continued to hide from me throughout Wednesday.  I even carried him to the office where his food and water are located, but as soon as I put him down, he hobbled back to the cold living room.  

Thursday I put a bowl of water by his head, because he was no longer moving.  Normally, he would get up and move to a different spot.  Not so on Thursday.  He laid in the same spot and didn't move.  I was sure I was going to lose him.  I was not prepared for that.  I sat in that cold room on the floor all Thursday night, stroking his head and talking to him.  I finally fell asleep on the floor and when I woke, he had moved. He was gone.  

I went looking for him and he was on the bed sleeping.   By now it was Friday and he still had not eaten or drank anything since Monday.  I was quite worried because I knew he could live without food, but not water.  I found a small can of kitten food left from when he was a kitten and he got canned supplements as suggested by the vet.  I opened it and added a good amount of water to the wet food.  I smooched it until it was quite liquidy, then set it next to his water dish.  After a few minutes, he was eating and lapping up the watery mess I had created for him.   I was exhausted and relieved, so I laid down on the couch in the office.  Soon he was nuzzling my arm and he laid with me while I rested.  Next, I decided to tell the world he was going to live, but found I had no phone or internet.

I have NO idea what he got into that caused him to be so sick, but I am sincerely hoping he is going to be well very soon.  The good news for me is he is drinking water and eating.  He is also snuggling.  I couldn't be happier.  I hope the worst is over.