My Lighthouse Painting is Finished!

"Lighthouse View"

I'm gonna be BUSY tomorrow volunteering at "Cat Independence Days" at the Humane Society so I thought I'd go ahead & post my new painting now. 

This is my little version of the Eagle Bluff Lighthouse located in Peninsula State Park in Door County, Wisconsin!  Wow ~ that was a mouthfull!  Of course I added a few felines to it!  I'm really happy with how it turned out!  It might be hard to let this one go. 

We got to see this gem on our trip there last month. Beautiful!!!  We saw the most gorgeous sunset one night there over Green Bay!

Ohhhh...I wish I was there now!!!

"Lighthouse View" is up for grabs on EBAY right now!  Click HERE!

BACK & Playing Catch-Up!

Eagle Bluff Lighthouse

Mom & I stocking up our wine cart!

Cute goats on the roof at Al Johnson's

Cana Island Lighthouse

Cave Point State Park

Gorgeous Bluffs by Green Bay

Beautiful Harbors

I MISS WISCONSIN!!! 

We had the most wonderful vacation week in DOOR COUNTY! 

It's absolutely GORGEOUS & the weather was PURRFECT ~ nice & cool 60s & 70s.  Ahhh...it's hard coming back to Kansas & adjusting to humid upper 90s!  sweat...drip...

I won't bore you with a bunch of stories & pictures but I'd like to just make a quick list of some of my FAVORITE things about our trip!  Here they are...

 Our lovely rental home in the woods of Fish Creek

Watching the deer come to the feeder in our backyard

Making s'mores & roasting hotdogs over our fire pit

Hiking the shoreline & wooded trails

Eagle Bluff Lighthouse & climbing to the top of Cana Island Lighthouse

Fish Boil at the Old Post Office restaurant in Sister Bay

The "Haunted Door County" Trolley Tour

Door Peninsula Winery & Stone's Throw Winery

Taking the car ferry over to Washington Island

Cherry Train Tour on Washington Island

Cherry Swedish Pancakes at Al Johnson's Restaurant - yum!

The goats on the roof at Al Johnson's - so cute

Relaxing on the beach at Whitefish Dunes on Lake Michigan

Seeing a mama & baby racoons in Peninsula State Park - so sweet!

Beautiful sunsets over Green Bay

Cherry-stuffed French toast at the White Gull Inn

So many neat shops & restaurants!

My favorite shop-Kitty Korner!  (more on that later)

Lovely COOL weather & flowers everywhere!

Quality time with my family

Well, that list turned out to be pretty long.  I could add several more things to it actually but I'll stop. 

Since I got home late Saturday I've been in catch-up mode.  I opened the SHOP back up Sunday & have had several orders in the last few days (yay) so I've been busy packing, shipping, updating & now I need to get busy CREATING new things for the shop! 

Today I'm spending some time catching up on all YOUR blogs, getting some inspiration & commenting.  All this "networking" is hard work isn't it? - ha!  People keep telling me to Twitter & I've been meaning to but ... good grief ... I have a hard enough time keeping up with my blog, shop, facebook & everything else.  Whew!  Someday soon I will give in & join the world of tweeting.

This post is getting long enough!  Thanks so much if your reading has made it down this far!

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY!!! xox purrrs

It never fails!

Just when you're about to leave for vacation one of the cats gets sick!  ARRGGH!

They just have a way with timing don't they?  I think maybe they do it on purpose to try & keep you home.  Anyway, poor Zoolou made a yucky deposit in the litter box that had a bit of blood in it so that prompted a call to the vet & luckily I got her in right away (with her stool sample).  After an exam & poop test Dr. Bill thinks it's just a bout of colitis.  She has a few pills to take & should be fine.  Whew! 

Silly cat's never been sick a day in her life (aside from hairballs).  I was all panicky there for a few hours.  I couldn't imagine myself leaving for a whole week knowing my cat was home sick!  I always worry about our pets a little even when they're NOT sick!  Thankfully, I know she'll be fine & I can enjoy our family vacation.  She is not acting sick at all as you can see from the photo!  In fact, she & Markie had a pretty wild rough & tumble play session just this morning!  Darn cat!

SO...about our vacation!  We're headed to a little town called Fish Creek in Door County Wisconsin!  Door County is the little peninsula that sticks out on the northeast side with Lake Michigan on the right & Green Bay on the left.  It's dotted with quaint little towns all around the coastline & filled with gorgeous state parks & scenery!  Hiking, biking, beaches, lighthouses, fish boils, ice cream & relaxing are on our list of to-dos!  Oh & eating lots of cherries!  Can't wait!