HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

from Huntsville Botanical Gardens Galaxy of Lights drive-thru light display

 Hoping 2013 is a great year for everyone.



Here's a little fireworks display to celebrate (yep, it was from July 4th).

Hat

My daughter saw this knit hat while we were kayak shopping at Bass Pro Shop in Nashville after Thanksgiving. We considered buying it, then decided it would be better if I knit her one.

I didn't have any of my handspun yarns in the colors she wanted, so we went to a local yarn shop where she chose yarns she liked.  We also decided to knit the entire thing in regular stockinette stitch. This is how it turned out.  She likes it. I'm happy.

Christmas Mischief

Me: Pants, where did this tissue paper come from?

Pants: The rabbit did it.

Yogi: What tissue paper?

Lunar and Planetary Conjunction December 25, 2012

Wow! What an astronomical event. All the planets of our solar system and our moon in close proximity. And the world didn't even end. Here's a photo I made of the astronomical phenomenon. Be sure to click on the photo to see it in its entirety.


Our daughter gave her dad the solar system for Christmas. Here it is right here in her dad's lap.

In the small container on the right are Earth, Moon (no frosting), and Mercury. In the larger container are  Jupiter, Venus, Uranus (top row) and Mars, Saturn, Pluto, and Neptune (bottom row). Her dad ate Pluto first because he said it wasn't even a planet, anyway.

She made the planets  from yummy white chocolate and macadamia nut cookie dough and hand mixed the frosting colors to decorate them. We have tried to be good and not eat them all at one time, but only Neptune is left.

Nota bene:  I guess the world did end...somebody ate Earth!!

Peace on Earth

(photos 1 and 2 in the public domain, photo 3 courtesy Greg Skibinski)

More of Same

Here's more fluffy stuff waiting to be carded.

Pretty Stuff

trying this phone app again)

Here are a few batts of wool from all the washing, gnat picking, carding, dyeing, and carding I've been doing for the fiber guild meeting on Saturday. Kool-aid and food coloring were used to dye the giber. It will be interesting to see what colors the other ladies bring.