Have you ever noticed when look at roving that many suppliers show the roving off by twisting it into what look piles of poo? Depending upon what color it is, well, you get the idea.
Tokyo International Great Quilt Festival - Via Alex Anderson. My fave, Cross Section of the Brain in log cabin blocks
http://secure.smilebox.com/ecom/openTheBox?sendevent=4d5451324e6a55304d7a4d3d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link Here is picture of the new sock in progress.
Dearest and I played lumberjack yesterday afternoon. Such fun, back breaking work. Got it all done before sundown.
I just watched every Super Bowl ad that was shown yesterday. I must say that the quality has certainly hit the bottom of the barrel. The standout was the Budweiser “Fences” ad. I was also pleased to see that the FoF ad that created such a stir was one of the lowest in ratings. If you care to take a look and rate them yourself:
http://www.usatoday.com/money/advertising/admeter/2010admeter.htm?bctid=65015190001%20.
My Dearest has already finished reading 12 books! My pitiful list read stands at just 4. I am reading one right now that just isn’t entertaining me at all. Trying to figure out if I should cut and run, start a new book or just slog through hoping it gets better.
Bits and Pieces
Shuttle Endeavour launches from Florida - beautiful launch
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8503690.stm Genes reveal 'biological ageing'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8500761.stm Giant bizarre deep sea fish filmed in Gulf of Mexico - cool
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8501000/8501251.stm The non-existent tags
knitting, NASA, ISS, medicine, animals, books, lumberjack, quilts, product display
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