The blue and white star top is almost finished. I just need to add the partial stars along the edges so that I have straight edges and one quick border and it will be finished!! I was contemplating appliqueing the top on to the borders and keeping the uneven edges, as I rather like that look, but the heat wave that’s starting promptly made me reassess! It will be too hot to even have a small quilt top draped over my lap while I applique. They’re saying today we may even hit 43C with the humidex.

I am NOT complaining about the heat! I love the heat. Particularly after the extremely long winter and awfully cool spring we’ve had. I wish there was a way to bottle the heat and save it for the winter! I will enjoy every minute of this. Of course I say that knowing full well we have air conditioning that I can turn on in a second if it gets too warm. I do feel terribly sorry for those in the city who don’t have a/c as this weekend promises to be a real scorcher!

I have had a few comments about Lester getting the lion’s share of the spotlight lately (fitting, right — the lion’s share for a kitty we call our house lion?) so figured I’d better explain a bit. Lester has a heart condition, hypertropic cardiomyopathy, as a result of which he has had two small strokes, the first just over a year ago. Given that, we are thrilled when we see him so active and interested in things. We have been incredibly fortunate that he has responded so well to the meds and is as active as one could hope an adult kitty would be.

Never fear, Smudge gets an equal amount of attention. Unfortunately, most of the photos of Smudge are when he’s sleeping or half asleep as when he’s awake he’s quite active and the photos would be incredibly blurry.

This photo cracks me up — the two paws draped ever so casually over the edge of the kitty bed and that look on his face!

Smudge is our cuddle cat. He loves to curl up on your lap or in your arms and have a nice long snooze. Of course, a 20+ pound cat in this heat on one’s lap is going to be rather uncomfortable — but that’s what air conditioning is for!

I hope everyone has a super weekend. I’m going to soak up some heat!