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Yes, in my front yard...making the cat stare out the window in horrified fascination. It went over to my neighbor's yard and then crossed the street No, I don't know why. :D And here at home, I finally did something with the Ulta wefts I bought a month or so ago I wanted to make Captain Aldwood a wig that wouldn't hang in his eyes and that I could pull back into a queue in the back. Here is the felt base I made-- thinking since it was white, he could wear it all the time without fear of staining his head, instead of having to sit bald in the closet: This is his original wig, which hangs in his eyes-- and also the wig cap shows at the front: So after about 4 hours of stitching weft sections down in rows, and making a not great looking side part, I managed to more or less duplicate the first wig--though his face does show more on this one. I found the synthetic wefts to be stiff, slippery and heavy and not willing to interleave or bend well, or be tied back at all. Th...

Though it's hard to see, those are turkeys, with a pile of puppies in the left foreground. The photo was taken sometime in the late 1920's on a turkey ranch near Sacramento that belonged to my great-grandfather; they raised turkeys, rice and alfalfa. My great-great grandfather came to California for the gold rush--to sell hats to gentlemen in the San Francisco area. (We have a couple photos of him and one of the hat store). I and my siblings are the first generation to move back to the wrong side of the Continental Divide :D. So here's to family, and a Happy Thanksgiving (and Chanukah too) to all who celebrate it! Not shown--cherry pie, apple pie, pecan pie. It was like the kittens with the mittens: (Illustration by K as a schoolchild)