the cat and the princess

The pop-up play book Katy the Cat

by Lucy Cousins

was very popular with our grandchildren.

I bought it when the eldest, now 11, was still very small.

The second one often played together with his sister,

and the third one will play with it (no doubt)

when he's a bit bigger ...

I wanted to give felted figure making

another try :

Katy the Cat (Kaatje Kat) would make a good model.

I started with what was left

of the long fibred sturdy wool that Gabi had given me

to try and make some animals,

which worked really fine !

The humble beginnings

All the important bits were first made out of Gabi's wool

and later covered with the coloured "bergschaf" wool

I got from Hawar some weeks ago.

Hi Katy, are you there already ?

Well, still very soggy and soapy and fááááár from finished !

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In the meantime I had noticed

that there would be another "Princess" tonight

(I have missed at least four of them this year !)

I don't know her proper Latin name

but because she blooms at night

(with a very sweet and heavy fragrance !!!)

she is often called the "Princess of the Night"

The bud is rapidly growing in a good week or so

from 1 cm to this 28 cm

When it points upwards I know it will bloom that night

This night !

So this time I had my camera ready

Within the hour it fully opens

Voilà : a heavily perfumed pretty princess