Bag Lady in a BMW

As I left Tillamook this morning it was the kind of weather others think of when the Oregon coast is mentioned.. damp! Not what we've experienced most of the summer but I'm packed for my 2 month? adventure.
C to C and back.

Cape Blanco State Park

Lloyd’s Blog: Your Amazing Brain

Lloyd’s Blog: Your Amazing Brain

Merry Summer Solstice

Being one of my favorite days of the year ( Just behind Samhain and my birthday) I wish everyone a warm and happy day, full of sunshine (real or in your hearts)!!!
L

Happy New Year
Yes it's worth a second look,
We are settling down in Tillamook (Oregon)
Lots of love and luck in 2012

DYEING TO KNIT SOCKS?

I am ,and lucky for me our first day on the Huntersville NC Target remodel I spotted this across the parking lot.(Actually BHBF did) and I have been bugging Betsy ,the proprietress ,every lunch time since. So last week when she needed an additional guinea pig for a new yarn dyeing class I jumped at the chance.

Here is Betsy and a few of her gals preparing the dyes and then the fun began.

It is an earth friendly dye using vinegar as a mordant and works wonderfully on animal fibers (but not vegetable) called Culinary Colors.

It was fun (alot of laughing and story telling)and we all ended up with some mighty tasty looking yarn.

In a short time we'll be showing off our finished items, but for now we'll just savor the day!!!

FEELING THE WIND IN MY EARS

I am on the road heading from My Mom and Dad's winter hangout in Az desert towards the unknown and the remodel/renovation of our new home/project in Gravity Iowa...
All will be revealed soon!
Wish me luck!

OOPS

In my zeal to actually post something now not 5 months after it happened I called the Painted Lady butterfly a Monarch.

Although not as large or with that crazy long migration story....still very impressive when encountered by the thousands.