Monday, September 3, 2012
Sweater progress
I finished the ribbing for Joe's sweater! This is maybe the fifth time I've reached this point or beyond, but I'm determined it will be the last. I'm finally knitting on the right size needles, and with un-kinked yarn. I need to finish this sweater so I can move on to another project.
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Spring Break
The last few days have been busy and tiring. My son and his wife came to visit for spring break, and we had a wonderful time. I helped her learn to knit, and he played the cello. We talked about vampires--she's taking a class on vampire literature--and watched a movie of The Raven that they had worked on last semester for one of her classes. So nice!
The last few days we worked on a project to move a lot of crushed rock in the back yard to clear space for a vegetable garden. And not only did we move the pebbly rock from the space for the garden, but we cleared a space that had been filled with larger pointy rocks to move the pebbly rock into. Twice the work--but we won't have to walk on the pointy stuff now. And a large area of the back yard is cleared, waiting for planter boxes to be set up. Hooray! I set up one 4x4 box, carefully spaced 2 feet from each wall in the corner of the yard, filled it with dirt, and planted a few peas. Then I came inside and realized I had planned to plant something along the side wall and I hadn't left space! It remains to be seen whether I'll leave the box as is or move it. I'm far too tired to make such a decision today.
I went to the library this afternoon and looked through their knitting books selection. I found one called Vampire Knits! Checked it out so I could tell my daughter-in-law about it. Some of the patterns look nice, others silly. Fun stuff!
The last few days we worked on a project to move a lot of crushed rock in the back yard to clear space for a vegetable garden. And not only did we move the pebbly rock from the space for the garden, but we cleared a space that had been filled with larger pointy rocks to move the pebbly rock into. Twice the work--but we won't have to walk on the pointy stuff now. And a large area of the back yard is cleared, waiting for planter boxes to be set up. Hooray! I set up one 4x4 box, carefully spaced 2 feet from each wall in the corner of the yard, filled it with dirt, and planted a few peas. Then I came inside and realized I had planned to plant something along the side wall and I hadn't left space! It remains to be seen whether I'll leave the box as is or move it. I'm far too tired to make such a decision today.
I went to the library this afternoon and looked through their knitting books selection. I found one called Vampire Knits! Checked it out so I could tell my daughter-in-law about it. Some of the patterns look nice, others silly. Fun stuff!
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Red Yuccas
Yesterday on Freecycle I found a posting for some red yucca starts. When I first came to New Mexico I noticed these lovely plants, smaller and more graceful than their traditional cousins. So I responded, and today I came home with four of these lovelies, now settling in in my front yard. One replaced a bush that had died. Others filled in bare spaces. I'm very excited and happy to have them!
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Communication
Communication is tricky! This cartoon reminds me of a class I took last year, where we spent an awful lot of time figuring out what was in the shared mental space of participants in a conversation.
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