I have been interviewing contractors to help me with my mouse problem. They all sound convincing, but I worry that once the paw's in the door, its just more staff meetings and mouths to feed.

Tommy thinks a mouse quilt would produce sweet dreams.

Snail party.

Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.

Tommy's Christmas eve.

Woven.

Crescent swirls.

Percent pattern revisited.

Percent pattern.

Embedded boxes.

Puzzled.

Here's my best (and only) Halloween pattern.

Pink panda toss pattern.

Rounded rectangles revisited.

We had a storm blow through this morning. Happily, I took a chainsaw with me on the trip to the dentist because I needed it to clear a tree out of the way. More happily, no chainsaws, drills or other power equipment were required in the dentist's office.

In a blink of an eye.

Layered crescent flowers.

The raccoon and the weeds are in the playoffs to see who gets control of the garden. My money is on the weeds.

Pink flamingo dance pattern.

Flamingo dance.