Just a short word about California strawberries. Yesterday they sprayed the first crops with methyl iodide - this is the stuff that they use in cancer research labs to cause cancer cels. WTF? Don’t think I will be buying those ( Read more... )

Looks like a rainy day, again. It is certainly chilly.

Here is a photo update of the progress on the Nina Kicked Up a Notch shawl. This brings it to exactly ½ finished so it is downhill from here.


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The Deep Blue Sea was finished right before I went to bed last night. :) Heres a pic before blocking.


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It didn’t go as low as the weather alert called for - thank goodness, but it is still under zero. Heck, we might even get up to 14 degrees today. I need to go take a picture of some icicles for a new icon ( Read more... )

Talk about cold outside. Just looked at the thermometer and it reads -13. The sun is on the rise so I do hope it heats us up a bit. Burr ( Read more... )

My Dearest sent me this - something special for all of us knitters:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD7eagLl5c4

It’s a late start for me today. I got to sleep in! But I woke up to a note from my Dearest in my email inbox saying that his e-book reissue of Take No Prisioners ( Read more... )

I wonder how many cars did not start up this morning for their owners. It’s one of those battery draining mornings.

Meet our grandson Thomas. Picture taken by daughter’s friend Mel Harper.


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Happy birthday coppervaleFinished up knitting the current section of the shawl and have moved on to designing the next section ( Read more... )

Our new President has gone to work, no moss is going to gather under his feet ( Read more... )

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