Special thanks to Mouse for my newly modified sidebar avatar!
Scout’s launching a new sock (and more) club – read all about Scout’s Indie Swag Club, which is going to have a very limited number of members to start with. You can sign up Wednesday, September 13, 9 pm EST. Anyone want to take bets that all the memberships will be filled by 9:10 pm?!
Celtic Kelly is starting a Fall Equinox to Winter Solstice knitalong involving tweedy yarn – check it out!
Reading
Men and Other Mammals by Jim Keeble. Interesting twist on British chick lit – would you call it “lad lit”?! Not a life changing book, but I did read the whole thing at least. (Why, yes, I am utterly lukewarm on this book!)
Cue the Easter Bunny by Liz Evans. I think this is probably the most recent book about British PI Grace Evans. I much enjoyed this and wish the first book from the series would hurry up and get here!
Dating Dead Men and Dating Is Murder by Harley Jane Kozak. The only two books (so far) featuring LA greeting card writer Wollie Shelley. I am eagerly awaiting another book! Bless the serendipitous browse through the actual physical library – I usually come across some great stuff.
Ok, back to the Harlotation on Sunday in Eau Claire. We saw many more folks than I’m going to remember – so please forgive me and leave details in the comments! Vicki Knitorious (with Deb of Wound Too Tight here),
Jeanne of k3tog (really, she isn’t always so serious – trust me, and check out the cool striping yarn she dyed),
CursingMama and Mr Motorcycle (so brave to come along),
Beadslut (ohmigod, she has a decent picture of me!), KnittyMama and KnittyBaby, Catherine of Yogurt and Granola, Jess of Mikknit, kmkat,
Christy of Purling Away, Stephania of Moraie Knitting, Kelle of Knits and Giggles, and many, many more…
And now for something completely different, I thought I would try to illustrate the size difference between Chaos and Mayhem… Note that her collar hangs loosely on her neck… and that her tail is the same length as Chaos’ tail. Poor stubby-tailed Chaos!
She really looks like a minature Chaos – are they related?
Those collars! *dead from the cute*
Awwww…I love the one of them eating. I love their tails. 🙂
So damn cute. Seriously makes me want to go get a kitten. Has Chaos stopped trying to kill her now?
I love the aerial shot of the babies.
I hadn’t realised just how stubby Chaos tail is!
But it doesn’t detract from his overall splendour.
And after seeing May, I want a kitten, but,
No, I will be good, I already have two kitties
There’s no room in bed for another one!!
Will you stop making me jealous? I’m so sad I missed Harlot.
But those cats–those are seriously cut cats. I’m cheering for May–don’t let that Chaos be the alpha cat, May!
Poor, Chaos! Don’t worry, your tail is beautiful.
Hey, how come you’re not wearing a handknit like some others?
omg mayhem is sooo cute and teeny tiny! I may need to join her team, sorry chaos!
So cute! I didn’t realize how little Mayhem is. Yes, a picture of you!!
Love the crunching picture. See how Chaos’s head is inclined to her? He’s on the alert, ready to bat her in the head or steal her cookies at any second. She, knowing her tail is the most beautiful, worries about nothing.
Aww they are so cute! May’s tail is very long 🙂 I wonder if she’ll grow up to be bigger than Chaos…
Nice photos of the knitbloggers.
OMG, Chris, that’s one of the best pictures I’ve ever seen of myself! Quite a rare accomplishment — thank you!! ; )
Absolutely LOVE the picture of Chaos & Mayhem side-by-side. How nice that they can BE side-by-side — our young male was causing quite the ruckus at our house this morning!
Glad you had fun. I tried to contact Harlot to see if we can get her close to us, but got no reply. Maybe I need to search again.
What little sweet kitties. Chaos is still trying to get used to her, huh?
A little girl cat *should* have a long, graceful, sleekly beautiful tail!
Geez, so well behaved when they eat. Not like the free for all, each cat for himself like it is here…
That’s such a cute picture!
Chaos –
My human recently watched the movie “Austin Powers.” Get your human to bring it home, and pay careful attention to all scenes involving “mini-me.”
Are you thinking what I’m thinking?
May Your Catnip Always Be Fresh –
Cricket
Nice comparison shots! It’s going to be really interesting to see what kind of shape May has when she is older! Two black kitties – so alike yet so different! Is she loving you up yet?
Haha, funny – you snuck me into a picture when I wasn’t looking. Was that intentional?
I like those collars! What Chaos lacks in tail length, he makes up in size. 🙂 Great picture.
Love the double kitty photo.. I’m glad they can at least be in the same room together. My cat is too anti-social for a kitten.. I’ve tried once in the past after my little black Shadow passed on.. but she wasn’t having ANY of that.
I love the crunching picture! And the collars? I posted a picture a couple weeks ago of Chappy’s puppy-collar inside his current collar . . . he’s gotten so big . . .
I’m so happy to see a picture of Vicki! And the kitty picture. Well, if they’re eating side by side then I would say things must be going very well.
thanks for the pictures! I hope to meet Vicki someday soon, and hopefully many other bloggers……(fingers crossed)
The picture of Chaos and Mayhem eating is too precious! They must be getting along better, or at least during mealtimes!
Poor Chaos does have a stubby tail! Love the new avatar, will the second kitty get bigger as May grows?
OH! Love the picture of the kitties!!!
That is a nice picture of you – your hair looks GREAT!
The picture of the two kitties eating is so cute! Seriously, so cute!
i think it’s awesome you adopted another black kitty. Looks as if Chaos is getting used to his little sister!! How could he not? She’s SO cute!
Nice picture Chris. Thank you very much. Is this to get back for the bellybutton shot? 😎
Yay, black kitties! Yay, large black kitty that appears to be adjusting admirably to the competition! Yay, Harlot! Yay, Yellow Dog Knitting for bringing the latter to us!
In the interest of honesty, perfection, and anal retentiveness, I need to correct the identifications for your last group photo above. Starting with the woman in the light blue sweatshirt and going clockwise round the table, we have Nancy, Colleen, and Mary, all blogless knitters, the first two of whom I introduced to the concept of La Harlot and pursuaded to come with me to hear her; my son Matthew (http://haslp.deviantart.com/), whom I coerced into driving us (4 hours of knitting for me!) by promising he could go shopping while we Harloted; and me.
btw, I happened to get a rather nice shot of you when I was photographing the women who were sitting next to me. Watch my blog ;-).
OH OH OH!!! I go away for 4 days and you have a little MAYHEM on your blog! No advance warning or anything? well, okay there was that one teensy comment…
SHE’s ADORABLE. Oh Poor Chaos! I love her. She’s too cute, and he’s going to adapt. well. EVENTUALLY.
(((hugs)))
(and head scritches to C & M)
That is one sooooooooo cute picture of Chaos and Mayhem – wonderful!
Oh! the cuteness! The girls check in on you 3 every day now, and are relentless in asking for another kitten. The answer is still “no.”! It’s hard to hold out!
Chris- Au contraire- stubby tailness does not indicate virility. Kitten-Chow will tell you that.
Isn’t that nice, their having dinner together.
The kitties are so cute! That really is an awesome picture of you ya little hottie!
Speaking of cat tails…my first cat Walter had a stubby tail. Hubby counted the vertebrae once, and Walter had 12 while our calico Gidget had 17! He would wag it like a dog because it wouldn’t flicker gracefully, and it wasn’t long enough to curl around his body. We’ll have to check on Tony’s…all we know it that it is long enough to wrap completely around his body!
Aww too cute, too cute!!!
Has Chaos dropped his guard slightly or did Mayhem manage to get some chinchilla pee???
You’re right—that is a nice photo of you 🙂
The new little gal is too cute, and it looks like Chaos is getting used to her, right??
I was going to ask if yo uwere going to change the avatar! Cute! She really is his mini me! Ack!
Tell Chaos size isn’t everything ;o)
aww how cute is the tail thing 🙂
He really is a massive boy, maybe he was supposed to be a dog…… 🙂
Great looking ne avatar, love the picture of Chaos and Mayhem. That is a good picture of you, looks like you all had a great time.
I love kitty and doggie crunching! It is one of my favorite sounds 🙂
OMG, Chaos and Mini-me!
Must.
Dye.
To.
Match!
WAAAAAAH! I need a new little kitty too! Stupid man I share a mortgage with…
Oh my goodness, that last picture of the two kitties is precious.
What a cute picture of the babies! BTW – did I tell you yet that I’m totally jealous of your Harlotian adventures? I am.
Such beautiful collars! That shot of Chaos and Mayhem is beautiful – presumably they’re getting on a bit better now?
Harley Jane Kozak used to be an actress. Although she’s not the reason my Harley is so named, she IS the reason that her middle name is Harley. I’ll have to look for her books.
If May grows into that tail, she’s going to be able whup Chaos! 😉
geez — edit my comment to say that Harley Jane Kozak is the reason my cat Harley’s middle name is JANE!!!
That last shot is priceless!!