While I was pondering where the dickens my summer went, I remembered there was this other thing I knitted. It was a blanket called Intarsia Mountain, a test-knit for the super cool, super nice Heidi of Hands Occupied. It was sort of large-ish. Ok, it used seven skeins' worth of yarn in 10 colors, I … Continue reading Large-Ish
This morning I got up, all excited by the nice gentle warmth in the air (believe me, it won't last past mid-morning), went to the window to greet the day...and got an eyeful of smog. See it hanging there around the mountain? Ickies. I had to, had to, had to submit a job application before … Continue reading Bright Brown Morning Sky
Today dawned dark and cloudy. I am so excited: the forecast high is 73ยบ. After weeks of pretending that highs in the 90s are fall, we may get some real fall. I did not fully appreciate changes in the weather when I lived in Illinois. There, it's really rare to have exactly the same weather … Continue reading It Was a Dark and Stormy Day
