Now this is more like it!!!

The Mustard Seed has a Farmer's Market on Fridays and I brought the Grandchildren one Fri. for a visit to the donkeys/goats and chickens. We also have a great playground.

Well, that Friday a woman had a bevy of Pug puppies she was selling. Two different litters. There was one all black one but he must have been off somewhere when I took the photo. Josh was in heaven; Ellie was a little unsure and Logan was not going to get into that mess of puppies no way no how. You can just she his orange crocs at the top of the photo and that's as far as he got. He wears those crocs everywhere. I had a pug once (the pug from hell) and now I Know Why I bought her cuz they sure are cute when they are babies and at the time I needed to nurture something. This woman said, she thought I got a bad one. I sure did.

Now this weather is lovely. Carver has been hoppin downtown. They had several articles in several papers regarding their shops and people showed up in droves all three days. Wow! I met a new neighbor today too. Her house is on the Historic register and she has a gorgeous backyard. She had it open to the public today. She has Beautiful plants and she's a knitter.

I pulled out the yellow shell I was working on - it was too big, so I started a new one. I'm using some leftover Merlin for this cute Nymph Tee published in Winter 2008/spring 09 issue of Knitscene.

Its start a new project week. I started a pair of short socks from the Drops magazine No.111 using some self striping sock yarn I had. I'll get photos up eventually. Then I saw a great afghan on Mason Disxon blog. It's a moderne log cabin blanket. I loved it and found some Brown Sheep cotton I can use for it. I'm so all over the place right now. Reign me in somebody. My creative juices are flowing.

I just finished a great book called the Moonflower Vine by Jetta Carleton. It's a New York Times bestseller. The story is a rediscovered classic, unforgetable saga of the heartland families. It's a good read and tells the story of a family in western missouri during the first half of the twentieth century. How the bonds of love hold a family together through thick and thin.

That's what summer is about, reading, knitting (crafting), planting and enjoying these lazy days of which we have few.

Did I miss summer????

Boy, has it been cold at work this week. Not fun! Also, got a bat in the house probably because he thought it must be Fall. Everyone's confused. I was crawling into bed and just getting comfy when the dog perked up and looked like she was expecting someone ??? Suddenly a bat came sailing through my room - I screamed - it left - I shut the door and went to sleep. I'll deal with it in the morning.

Morning, no bat to be found - walking around tentatively - left for work - came home - still no bat to be seen - friend came for dinner - eating dinner and this creature comes crawling across the kitchen floor - OHHHHHHH! EEEEEE! I hate the sight of those things. Hit it a few times, threw it outside and it must have been just stunned because it is gone later. We were feeling bad about the beating but it's them or me!!

Did some dye work a couple weeks ago: It's all for sale! Wants some ?

email me - aqua is 5 oz. each $15.00/ea

Green - 6 oz.

$16.00

Red/brown -6 oz - $16.00

Shipping $3.00

Took a field trip to "Yarn Garage". Have you been there? You have got to go! It is loaded with every kind of yarn you can imagine. It's just heavenly! Steven knows his stuff - has great patterns, buttons, everything!!!!

Hummingbirds attack woman in garden center

Seriously, I was walking through the garden center at 7:15 am and I felt something brush my hair, I thought at first it was a drip from a pipe but then I noticed this little thing frantically flying around trying to get out of the green house. It was a hummingbird who actually dive bombed my head. I opened the doors so he/she could escape and it did eventually.

Must be the time for critters - "Crazy Aunt Purl" in california found a baby possum on her door step and it was injured. You have to read her blog to see what all she went through to save this possum.

Look what came in the mail? This is from Sweetgeorgia yarns. They have a Fibre Club and this is Blue Face Leicester - the colorway she explains is from a restaurant in Vancouver, "The Foundation". It's the odd fern green chairs against pale aqua walls and warm woods. I cannot wait to try it. You can join this club at: www.ravelry.com/groups/sweet-sweetgeorgia or just go to their website http://www.sweetgeorgiayarns.com/

This is a fun little treat for me. I have been doing some dyeing also: I am spinning the peachy color now and have the other two for sale - $2.00/oz. email me if you are interested.

Great spinning weather outside!