Loving Right Now

Each season of life has its blessing, and its fun little rabbit trails of interest... right now I'm daydreaming about the end of school (no more math prep, no more worksheets) and ready for a change of seasons. In the spirit of carefree summer days, here are some of the things I'm enjoying right now...



Painted toenails (with or without flip-flops)



Home-made pickles. For me this is one of those refreshing summer tastes. I use these on my salad and the juice makes a great dressing.



Patchwork skirts (I made an inspiration gallery on flickr if you want to check it out). It is finally almost warm enough to wear skirts, and I'm keeping myself going with a vision of a light, full, funky patchwork skirt in aqua, citron and olive. Totally not what the fashion experts advise, but a woman who has been wearing the same 3% of her wardrobe for months cannot be reasoned with. If you're wondering, these fabrics are by Laura Gunn.

Lovely

My sweet in-laws sent me these. They are the flowers that come by UPS, still all closed up. It really is like magic, you just add water and plant food and you have a bouquet. They are just blooming away!

That Was Random

So this is probably not the post you have all been waiting for, but I was up at 2:41 last night with a strange sensation in my ankles after lots of tossing and turning, so I'm just odd today!

I've been thinking about the last Fringe Episode: ***** SPOILERS*****

1. Continuitwhat?
Um, if the other Olivia looks so different, how was Olivia prime able to so easily flash over in her place last season? Or did everyone in alternate Fringe division just happen to have a change of hair-cut and dress code in the past year?

Also, it was SO much work to bring Walternate over, but then no problem to beam him and Peter back. "They have our coordinates?" Really?

In the much more advanced alternate reality, Charlie still got attacked by a monster, but they couldn't come up with a cure? Guess there's no substitute for Walter prime!

2. Cortexophan
On Polite Dissent it was mentioned that it seemed odd that this drug would look like diet Pepsi. Now we know why: if you happen to see that someone has a brown IV (as Peter does when he wakes up) you think you know what is in it. (Please let it be Cortexophan, please, please).

3. Normally skeptical Peter seems rather docile lately.

4. Poor expendable Cortexophan children. I was happy to see them back (and true to character). Didn't last long did it?

5. Anyone else sad that Pyro-girl didn't even get the satisfaction of taking one bad guy with her?

6. Anyone else feel like a lot more of this episode than usual needed subtitles?

It is spring and I'm easily distracted...

strawberries!



nupps!



drumcarding!

Not A Shawl

This stole doesn't quite meet the technical requirements for 10 Shawls in 2010 (not enough yardage), but I'm not at all sorry that I made it exactly like this.




If I had made it any wider the color repeats would have been shorter across the stole. And as it is I had enough yarn left over to make another scarf half as wide, which will make it easier to give the stole away as I intended.

The stats:
One row Lace Scarf
220 yds /69 grams of my handspun Wensleydale
Size 10 needles
Blocked to 11" by 66"

I did think that I could squeeze in a "true" shawl this month, but the lovely yarn I chose just isn't working with any of the patterns I've come up with. It is a bamboo/silk/merino blend with no bounce, low twist and lots of drape. One way or another though, I will get another shawl going for April.



Just one more shot... I couldn't resist!

Purse Dilemma

My old purse was purchased about 5 years ago and is starting to show its age.

I think I just heard my very fashionable sister sigh, and we can all pause to recognize that five years ago was about 1/3 of her life... anyway, yes, I am an old stick-in-the mud with an unfashionable purse. But now you can rescue me, if not from my fashion sense, at least from having a decrepit everyday accessory... I've been looking for months, and here's what I've got:


Pros: Purse very much like my current one. Small, can be worn across the body with a strap. It even comes in some other colors.

Cons: Boring. I've had a purse like this for 5 years.

See the etsy listing here.

Pros: This one is also small, but has only a short strap. I like the pleats.

Cons: Might find it a pain to carry around when grocery shopping.

Listed here.

Pros: This one I really love the style of.

Cons: I'm concerned that it is too big for me to use comfortably. Would I adjust to a purse 4x the size? Would it make my arm hurt? Would I feel stupid if my purse was cooler than the rest of my wardrobe? What will I do if I have one black purse and want to wear brown shoes?

Listed here.

A Bit O' Green

Happy St. Patrick's Day :)