First off: It’s my birthday. I love birthdays, mine included. I, also, love writing about knitting on Wednesdays so I can hardly miss today’s yarn party with Ginny. But there are many children hanging around offering in their best clothes (kinda hilarious as I don’t like dressing up myself) and brushing their hair for me (for […]
26
Sep
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25
Sep
We’re home. We’re unpacked. We’re settling in. And as much as I love coming home (after loving being away), there is a time of adjustment coming back. We have plenty of things to be getting done. Projects to start. Projects to finish. Lots of fruit in boxes. And, not least of all, a school year […]
24
Sep
A day of preparation: laundry loads, baking for the road, packing bags; one last trip out for the perfect souvenir (despite the fact we’ll be back next year); 11 and a half pounds of organic blueberries, picked just “this morning”; an early morning ferry, grandpa and grandma walking on with us for parent’s sanity and children’s […]
20
Sep
We seem to have a new tradition – or at least a slightly enhanced version of an old one. Each year when we come out this way, trading mountain backdrop for ocean, we take a day to drop down to Victoria to visit one of Dan’s oldest friends and his family (now firmly among my […]
19
Sep
Last fall when we took this trip west I overpacked. Needles, wool, patterns….I brought high hopes along with heavy bags. I even brought my ball winder in case a skein emergency struck. I never unearthed super vacation knitting powers and brought a lot of wool home (aided my a generous donation from my mother-in-law’s stash). […]
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