Since Aunt Tillie has been away for a couple of weeks, Dad decided to take himself to a movie Sunday night. What did he decide to see?
Dad: "I went to see that war movie, you know, Something Thunder." Me: "Tropic Thunder?" Dad: "Yeah! That’s it! What a crazy movie-what the hell was it about? I [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Dad at the movies…
Posted in Other Stuff on August 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
WIPs…
Posted in Knitting! on August 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I seem to have quite a few! The Must-Have Cardigan (Paton’s Street Smart booklet) is coming along. Now that the weather’s cooler, I don’t mind knitting it. I had 16 rows of the back done, then ended up frogging the whole thing. I’m now at row 17, and I’m happy with it so far.
The [...]
Red Sunflowers…
Posted in Other Stuff on August 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
or maybe Sunset Flowers is a better name?
Here it is…
Posted in Uncategorized on August 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My very first (and so far only) skein of yarn that I dyed myself…
The true color is closer to the top photo, but it’s a little yellower than that in reality. Now that I know it’s relatively easy & I’m not covered head-to-toe in dye (and neither is my kitchen), I’ll be doing this again [...]
My first yarn dyeing attempt!
Posted in Uncategorized on August 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been thinking about trying my hand at dyeing yarn, thanks to the enablers at various Ravelry groups devoted to that very thing. I knew it was meant to be when I went to my local supermarket last week, and found some good-sized Granitewear enamel pots on sale. They’re meant for cooking corn (hence, the [...]
Pickles!
Posted in Uncategorized on August 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My first batch of homemade pickles! I used Ball Simple Creations Kosher Dill Pickle Mix for the recipe. It was very simple – Just add the spice mix to water and vinegar and bring to a boil. Slice the pickles, put them in the prepared jars, then pour the hot mixture over them. Then [...]
Sunflowers…
Posted in Uncategorized on August 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
…make me happy.
