Had fun making a Gruffalo costume for the latest pantomime performed here. There were lots of positive comments on the outfit, no doubt more due to the wonderful roaring and running about by the first-time actor wearing the mask and suit.
Have discovered that I mostly love the challenge of making weird things for people as costumes, rather than designing the over-all looks for each actor and the play as a whole. After several times of doing the costumes, maybe I've found a new niche.
No success yet in getting the mother dog to the thrown away litter spayed. It takes more than just my willingness to feed her and pay to bring this about. No place to hold her before surgery or after so as to feed her up for the surgery and the healing after. No one is able to take responsibility for this stray, who is likely to be caught and euthanized by the local city council or stoned by people whose food she steals to survive. life is hard some times and in some places.
