Scarf o lace

The local yarn shop

http://serendipityyarnshoppe.com/

hosts a knit-a-long.

Currently we're doing projects from the book

Sock Yarn One-Skein Wonders

by Judith Durant

This scarf (and the mitts shown a few posts back)

were the projects chosen for February/March.

I did them both.

Which let me off the hook for April/May.

Kind of...

Or maybe I let MYSELF off the hook since I wasn't crazy about either project.

And I was working on other stuff.

In any case, this scarf is lovely.

And the yarn was fabulous to work with.

{March 2011}

Kentucky!

A bunch of women

A passel of hats

A herd of horses

And a surprise win!

All of these add up to:

A fabulous time in Louisville, Kentucky.

(or Loo-ah-vull, to the natives.)

{May 2011}

Massage room project: basket

I've been looking at a lot of home improvement blogs for entertainement.

Some of them use spray paint in ways

that us 'normal' people wouldn't usually consider.

So, I decided to give some spraypaint a chance.

Even if its not in an abnormal way.

This lovely basket was left behind during the big move-out by my

Zogg Pilates neighbor.

I called her and asked her if she wanted it.

She said no.

So. I confiscated it.

And turned it blue.

It now resides in the restroom.
{May 2011}

Knitting for kids

I've been having fun using up yarn

by knitting for kids.

This one was intended for a year-old baby,

But I failed to read the pattern completely.

Thus, it turned out big enough for my 7-year-old, going on 8-year-old nephew.

He was excited to learn it was to be his.

And tried it on quite willingly.

I'm very pleased with the way it turned out.

But WILL read the pattern all the way next time.

{April 2011}

Newest addition

My orchid hobby

(or addiction?)

Is growing.

hahaha!

Okay, I just amused myself

by being unintentionally pun-ny.

Please help.

Signed, too much time on Facebook

influenced by others' corny puns.

{April 2011}

Fingerless

No, not me!

The mitts.

THEY'RE fingerless.

They're soft.

They're warm.

And I really don't need them in the summertime.

So, they're in my work drawer waiting for coldness to return.

I have to open it every once in awhile and stare at them.

{April 2011}

Mango goodness!

Can anything be better than a mango

Fresh off the tree

So juicy you have to lean over

To keep it from dripping down your front

And then it drips down your arm

and off your elbow,

Instead?

{March 2011}

Covered trail

I love trails.

I especially love trails with tree 'roofs'.

Auntie Karrot and I had fun trying to capture this one.

{March 2011)

Oxcart!

Costa Rica is known for the beautifully painted oxcarts.

We 'happened' to see one travelling along the road.

In the jungle

We see snakes!

Some harmless.

Some not-so-harmless.


And yet, we still smile as we go.
{March 2011}

Muscatine River Monster

The River Monster

(or Kraken)

has hit Muscatine!

http://muscatinerivermonster.com/

{June 2011}

MotMot

We saw several of these stunning birds

While river cruising in Costa Rica.
{March 2011}

Alien taters

This, my dears, is what happens when you put taters

In the basement

And forget about them.