Where Have you Been? (II)
By admin | August 19, 2008
I just really hope there is not a part III! Have I mentioned that I am glad to be home?
So what has been happening? Well, after a stupid work trip full of misadventures that reminded me (as if I needed a reminder) of how much I despise air travel, I finally got home and had a very nice weekend.
Someone had a weak moment and a credit card (again, how does this happen) and this was here waiting for me.
Well not this exactly, but the kit to make it. Its going to be Widdicomb Fair, another holiday gift for a brand new human-in-the-making that someone has in her belly (Lord, not me for cripes sake, someone else, thank goodness). I am loving it, and yes I recall that I have something like 30 wips that I should be working on right now, but this is hugely gratifying (I dearly love the wee carousel horses at the top band of the pattern repeat) and I could really use some gratification after last week.
Oh yes, I had no time to post about it, but the day before I had to leave we went up to the mountains to hike and hunt for mushrooms. We found some lovely chanterelle, a few boletes, and despite the odd and accidental content, this photo is my favourite of the day.
We took the dog with us and she had a blast running around up there, and wandered into my photo of this colorful amanita. Of course I could have cropped her out, but she looks so funny, why would I want to do that?
Hmm, what else? Its someone’s birthday today, and I daresay he had a nice one. Though I did not finish his socks, I did break down and bring home for him a load of very fun camera accessories, his favourite beer, flowers, an ice cream cake, and fixings for a nice meal. Forty is an important birthday, you know.
It cracks me up, the “junky” camera that I now use for work and on which I take all of my blog photos, is the “fancy” one we bought for him about 4 years ago. To me its still fine, though it is just a point and shoot sort of affair. No light meters, adjustable lenses or other tricks. I took this photo on it while in Oregon, not so bad I don’t think.
Its the Ritner Covered Bridge. I discovered that Oregon has many many old covered bridges that have been preserved. Very lovely.
Then there is this photo, which Brian captured yesterday on our afternoon walk, on his new “real” camera. This camera, I fancy that I am not allowed to touch. Actually he would probably let me but I am afraid something will happen, light lightening will strike me and I will drop it, but that I will somehow survive the lightening and live to suffer his distress at me dropping his camera.
Decidedly better. And no that’s not a filter or anything fake - I saw it.
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Where have you been?
By admin | August 6, 2008
Where indeed. No where actually, at least since I got back from Detroit.
I had a great time visiting with family, especially little Addi, who is more than ever a sweetie and the keeper of my heart. Before I left I finally finished her bag, and took it to her.
She was much more interested in the left over yarn, and did many strange and disturbing things with it. Not the least of which was tying up anyone who would sit still long enough. I can’t remember how many times I untangled and rolled it back up into a ball for her. No photos of that though, since I am, as always, an idiot. I did, however, get a photo of her with the toy alpaca I bought for her at the Estes Park Wool Market.
Since getting back I have been running absolutely ragged with work, the shop, trying to keep the garden from dying, and work. Oh yes, and work. Next week I have to leave again, for another whole week, to do some environmental assessments on vineyards (ah, poor me, I know) in Oregon and Washington. The work itself will be fine, (I mean really, hello) even though they are farmland and not actually wineries, they are located in the Wilamette and Columbia Valleys. And we all know how I likes the wine. But I wish it wasn’t such a long stretch of time to be gone, and in August, which is my favorite month in Colorado, and Brian’s birthday month.
Speaking of Brian’s birthday he is getting socks.
Out of Trekking yarn, my favorite yarn for socks for him because the skeins are huge (he has huge feet and if they weren’t I might just run out) and its very durable. I have found that it lasts the longest of any sock yarn for his socks. He might get something else too, besides a nice dinner, but likely not as he has been buying toys to go with his (also new, and seriously fancy pants) camera left and right, and I think instead of more stuff we may plan a trip for this fall/winter. We are considering Europe, even with the dismal exchange rate, but have not decided where yet. Any suggestions?
Despite being so busy I have done some knitting, and have been playing with embroidery.
Another knit blogger posted a funny towel she had stitched and the link to the company who sells the very nifty iron transfer patterns. The patterns totally rock - very cute stuff like fairies and gnomes (that’s the pack that had the mushroom design), forest critters, cats, yoga things, um, lots and lots of stuff. Check em out.
What’s better is I have a wholesale account with them now and am selling the patterns and kits at the shop. Whee!
What else? Hmm. This is embarrassing (What Rona? What St. Brigid?) I also started another sweater.
Someone had a weak moment and a credit card and ordered a couple of kits from Virtual Yarns. Whoops.
This is Sand Dance. I am making the cropped version in this colorway. I also ordered the kit for Valtos but I have already ordered some of a contrast color and am going to make another Sand Dance in the tunic version out of the yarn that came with that kit. You see, I had a certain person in mind and ordered Storm Petrel. Turns out it is not as purple as my monitor showed it and purple was the thing for the person I had in mind. It is however a stunning shade of blue that another person I know will really like. But then there’s the thing about that yarn being a little scratchy. And Valtos has that high turtle-neckish thing going on. Though the Virtual Yarns Hebridean yarn is one of my very favorite yarns, I am afraid it might be too scratchy for most people to have against their neck. So I think I will make Valtos out of a different yarn, and as mentioned, use what came for it for another Sand Dance. Both of them will be holiday gifts - get it starting even earlier this year!
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