The only problem I have with taking on a big and varied project, is that each discovery made, each nugget of information acquired and each new thing learned all open up tons of possibilities in addition to the ones you’re already considering.  Where do you draw the line - thus far and no farther!

I’m working on it :)

Remember the tree chart in this post?

Another possibility occurred to me…

I will have to play with them both to see if one or the other works better in situ.  Right now I’m thinking a combination of both might be appealing!

The scarf - she grows :)

I’m finishing up the third ball of yarn and I think another 100 yards after that should just about do the trick.

I realized the other day that Pop, the remaining gerbil of our original three is three years old.  At least that’s my estimate of her age based on her size and apparent age when we brought her home.  That’s ancient for a gerbil and, while she has slowed down a bit, she’s still doing quite well, climbing into my hand every night with eagerness and alacrity for her pumpkin seed :)

Cocoa also gets a bit excited about her evening treat - in fact a couple of nights ago she was so excited she dropped the seed which promptly vanished in the bedding and cardboard confetti on the bottom of her tank.  Then she panicked.  So I got her another seed, of course.  I’m well trained, I am :)

Finally, the next incarnation popped into my noggin a couple of days ago.

This is certainly not the yarn for this project, but it was available last night when I wanted to see how things might look.  I’m not sure this is the cable either, frankly :)  But definitely cabled blocks would provide a ton of possibilities and design ideas.  And, of course, there are a dozen things circling around in my head, clamoring for attention…

Jade got us up earlier this morning than we would have preferred by insisting she was starving and then, when that didn’t work…

...tuning into kitty TV, channel 2 and trying to engage in the audience participation part of the program.

Hope you’re all having a good week!