I've come to the end of my nearly week-long visit with my friends Mark and James. They live in an 18th century farmhouse in the Hudson Valley with chickens, bees and cats. I was so relaxed I don't even remember what we did during my stay.

I finished my sock project for February, and I made James a weird little bird to go with Mark's.

Here are the two cats: Ursula (left) and Gretchen (right).