Sunday at rest...

So, a busy weekend. I got another face cord of wood split and all of the leaves I wanted to bagged up and off the yard. Today was a lighter day - morning at my nephew's hockey game, then to the Wadsworth Atheneum for the Festival of Trees and Traditions, and the Gustav Stickley collection on display there this month. The trees were very nice, with a few interesting standouts. There was one quilted wreath that stood out for me. Got a picture of that for my grandfather, whose quilting is amazing.

The Stickley collection was small, but interesting, as it moved from his earlier works, which are more functional, sturdy and solid examples of the Arts & Crafts style, to later works where he began collaborating with others on relief inlay that ornaments the pieces without taking away from the clean lines of the pieces. That later work interests me the most, as you can see the interrelation of these works and thinking to the style of the Art Deco movement and Frank Lloyd Wright (or at least is seems that way to me).

A nap in the afternoon, followed by idle anime viewing in front of the fire. My left forearm is still bothering me, despite light use today. I've probably done something to it with all the wood splitting. The two possibilities that come to mind are both bothersome - if the pain hasn't subsided in a couple days, I'll have to get it checked out.

Other than that, Digby (the orange tabby) is recovering nicely from the surgery he had this week to remove a polyp from his sinus cavity. Damn thing was the size of a walnut, which for a 6-month-old cat is pretty big. He's breathing like a normal cat again, and when he purrs doesn't need to keep his mouth open. To add insult to injury, we had him neutered while he was there - so he came home with three less walnuts than when he left. The other two go in on Tuesday, and hopefully, that's the last of the vet bills for a while.