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    May 2006



    Swatches on Parade

    Tuesday, 30 May 2006 8:02 P GMT-08
    This is the next-to-last (planned) entry in the truly frightening "march of the WIPs". Today we will review the swatches in progress.

    WIPs and Holi-daze

    Monday, 29 May 2006 2:07 P GMT-08
    Today is Memorial Day in the USA, when we remember the sacrifices of all our war dead.  The first observances were in 1868, when people put flowers and flags on the graves of the Civil War dead - decoated them, so to speak - and the day was firs

    Soapbox

    Wednesday, 24 May 2006 8:33 P GMT-08
    I'm pausing the WIP enumeration today to get up on my soapbox.  Something pushed me over the edge today, and the following is what bubbled over.  Guess I must have been ruminating on this for a while, huh? It’s soapbox time again. T

    WIPS - Shawls

    Tuesday, 23 May 2006 7:41 P GMT-08
    Continuing the march of the WIPs, here are the shawls: Clockwise, from 6 p.m.: Creatures of the  Reef ready to be cast on (I need a couple of quite hours, no cats, and lots of stitch markers).  In lilac, as chosen by my mother-in-law.&n

    WIPS - Socks

    Monday, 22 May 2006 8:45 P GMT-08
    Yesterday we removed the top layer from my enormous overstuffed knitting bag, and found 5 sweaters in progress. Today, we've excavated a bit deeper to find the sock WIPS in all their glory: Count 'em, please!  Yup, that's 9 socks in progress

    WIPS - Sweaters

    Sunday, 21 May 2006 2:57 P GMT-08
    Wow, it's been a long time since I posted.  It seems like the early part of the week is OK, but from Wednesday on I just try to make it to the weekend. The last time I posted, we were getting ready to look into my seriously overstuffed knitting

    Once more, with pictures!

    Tuesday, 16 May 2006 7:18 P GMT-08
    These are the pictures that belong with Monday's post. First, the green hills of April 21 or so.  It was a cloudy day, and the rain stopped later that week..

    Where Have All The Photos Gone?

    Monday, 15 May 2006 7:10 P GMT-08
    Today I actually remembered to transfer photos from the digital camera to the computer, to resize them, and to save them for uploading.  So where are they? When I upload them to Blog-City, exactly as I have for the past 14 or 15 months, nothing

    Extremely Random Tuesday

    Tuesday, 9 May 2006 8:27 P GMT-08
    1. Why do I keep writing posts that require pictures, and then leave the camera (with pictures) where ever I'm not?  I have several such posts ready to go if the camera and I are in the same place. 2. It seems we've gone directly from

    Things I Enjoy

    Tuesday, 2 May 2006 9:43 P GMT-08
    Inspired by Erica, and also because I keep forgetting to take pictures of knitting, here's a  list, a meme of sorts. 10 Random Things I Enjoy: Working in a garden when the weather is just barely warm enough, the ground is just soft enoug

    Cooking

    Monday, 1 May 2006 11:59 P GMT-08
    You Are an Excellent Cook You're a top cook, but you weren't born that way. It's taken a lot of practice, a lot of experimenting, and a lot of learning.It's likely that you have what it takes to be a top chef, should