Forest Falls California.
Friday, August 10, 2012
{This Moment}
A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you're inspired to do the same, visit SouleMama leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see.
Forest Falls California.
Forest Falls California.
Saturday, June 30, 2012
1st DAY of LE TOUR DE FLEECE
Well today June 30th is the first day of Le Tour De Fleece. Many spinners over at Ravelry will be spinning during the Le Tour de France.
I am on team Crown Mountain Farms. I have very ambitious plans.
Klaus over at CMF helps all of us team members to have a gift of fiber.
He sent us the fiber of our choice. I wanted a nice blue so he sent me Copenhagen Blue. It is a semi-solid, the fiber is BFL.
The first fiber I am working on is CVM/Romeldale. I love this fiber. Soft and long. I prefer long fibers. The color is called Tramat.
Yes these are my shasta daisies growing in my yard. I love daisies.
So here is a group photo of the fibers and colors that I will be spinning.
I will list the fiber and color going clockwise starting with 11:00 the dark red fiber. That will be #1.
All fiber is from Crown Mountain Farms and is 4 oz.
Here goes.
1. Corriedale Top- Chinon (red)
2. Cormo Top- Annunaki on Tramat (rust, dk green & lt. green)
3. Cormo Top- Secret Garden (browns & greens)
4. South African Top- Celtic Glow (green & lt. brown)
5. Heinz 57- Sumer (green)
6. Jacob Top- Season of the Witch (blacks,green,purple)
7. Debouillet Top- Eternity (purple)
8. Polworth Top- Nirvana (lavender)
9. BFL (blue face leicester)- Copenhagen Blue (blue)
CENTER fiber LEFT TO RIGHT
10. Perendale Top- The Fifth Element (orange)
11. CVM/Romedale Top- Tramat (blue green) gift from Klaus for the TDF
Here is my fiber journal entry.
So I have 23 days to spin all this fiber. June 30 to July 22.
Wish me luck.
And always with God in my heart.
I am on team Crown Mountain Farms. I have very ambitious plans.
Klaus over at CMF helps all of us team members to have a gift of fiber.
He sent us the fiber of our choice. I wanted a nice blue so he sent me Copenhagen Blue. It is a semi-solid, the fiber is BFL.
The first fiber I am working on is CVM/Romeldale. I love this fiber. Soft and long. I prefer long fibers. The color is called Tramat.
Yes these are my shasta daisies growing in my yard. I love daisies.
So here is a group photo of the fibers and colors that I will be spinning.
I will list the fiber and color going clockwise starting with 11:00 the dark red fiber. That will be #1.
All fiber is from Crown Mountain Farms and is 4 oz.
Here goes.
1. Corriedale Top- Chinon (red)
2. Cormo Top- Annunaki on Tramat (rust, dk green & lt. green)
3. Cormo Top- Secret Garden (browns & greens)
4. South African Top- Celtic Glow (green & lt. brown)
5. Heinz 57- Sumer (green)
6. Jacob Top- Season of the Witch (blacks,green,purple)
7. Debouillet Top- Eternity (purple)
8. Polworth Top- Nirvana (lavender)
9. BFL (blue face leicester)- Copenhagen Blue (blue)
CENTER fiber LEFT TO RIGHT
10. Perendale Top- The Fifth Element (orange)
11. CVM/Romedale Top- Tramat (blue green) gift from Klaus for the TDF
Here is my fiber journal entry.
So I have 23 days to spin all this fiber. June 30 to July 22.
Wish me luck.
And always with God in my heart.
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Boy Was I WRONG
I was so wrong about May being the month to blog. That is what I said in my last post.
Problem is, I only made one post in May & June. Yes this is still June. But it's almost July.
So summer is upon us here at Casa de Carol. We seem to be pretty busy around here. We are swimming and going places. I am knitting a lot too.
So onward with the photos!!!
This is what I am working on right now. It is a sock in the pattern "Sign of Four" by one of my favorite designers Knitspot aka Anne Hansen.
Yes I see the fly on the sock. I didn't see it till I uploaded the photos to my computer. Ewwww.
The garden was planted and we are already eating veggies from it.
And we are eating blueberries here in So. Calif. I think this is a special blueberry bush.
Swimming with friends.
A celebration of my aunt and uncle for their 60th wedding anniversary.
Can you believe it? Sixty years. They are the best couple. They love God and keep him in their relationship.
The Celebration was at Laguna Niguel Regional Park. It was a beautiful day.
Well I have a lot of knitting to show you. I will do that in a separate blog post.
Have a nice day and keep cool.
Thursday, May 3, 2012
May is the Month to Blog More!!!!
I really got behind in my blogging. Each time I thought to post a blog I would think of a million things that I needed to update like my knitting and it just seemed like too much.
So I will do a little each day to catch up.
Here is Charlie. We have had him for a a couple months now. He had put on some weight and he is sweeter than ever.
His favorite place to sleep is on the back of the couch. He gets himself so wedged into the cushion that he almost slides down between.
Bob is 1 1/2 years old now. He is growing and we had a fun day on our walk to the park. It was drizzling on this day but Bob doesn't care.
He has a nice big schnooz. I love it. This is a hat I knit. Madeline Tosh DK.
Pattern is by Anne Hanson, Matterhorn hat. I did a few mods to make the brim heaftier.
You can see that it was a cloudy day. It did start to pour on us on our way home.
My house is up by those mountains.
Bob did give me a black eye a few weeks ago. He jumped up as I was bending down.
On another walk to the park it was a warm sunny day. Bob is my walking buddy.
My next post I will update some yarny and knitting things.
Have a great MAY. Felic cinco de mayo!!!
So I will do a little each day to catch up.
Here is Charlie. We have had him for a a couple months now. He had put on some weight and he is sweeter than ever.
His favorite place to sleep is on the back of the couch. He gets himself so wedged into the cushion that he almost slides down between.
Bob is 1 1/2 years old now. He is growing and we had a fun day on our walk to the park. It was drizzling on this day but Bob doesn't care.
He has a nice big schnooz. I love it. This is a hat I knit. Madeline Tosh DK.
Pattern is by Anne Hanson, Matterhorn hat. I did a few mods to make the brim heaftier.
You can see that it was a cloudy day. It did start to pour on us on our way home.
My house is up by those mountains.
Bob did give me a black eye a few weeks ago. He jumped up as I was bending down.
On another walk to the park it was a warm sunny day. Bob is my walking buddy.
My next post I will update some yarny and knitting things.
Have a great MAY. Felic cinco de mayo!!!
Friday, April 6, 2012
{This Moment}
A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you're inspired to do the same, visit SouleMama leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Introducing Charlie kitty
We have a new member to our family. Here he is.
We wanted so much to have a second house cat.
On Jan. 4th I had brought home a kitten a few months ago. He bit me when he got scared and saw the dog. He bit so hard that his canine tooth went through my thumbnail. That wasn't the worst of it. What was worse was his other canine went through the joint of my thumb. My thumb swelled up twice it's size. I went to Urgent Care and got an antibiotic shot in my hip, a tetanus shot in my arm and a prescription for oral antibiotics.
Cat bites are nothing to play around with. If you are bit go see a doctor. The bacteria in the mouth of a cat can put you in the hospital. I had many employees at the Vet's office tell me of having to go to the hospital and have IV antibiotics and a drain put in for the infection.
Here is my thumb.
During the week that we had Norman I could see that he was sick. I took him to the Vet and they did a test on his stool for parasites. The test came back negative. The Vet gave me a big list of what could be wrong with him and that they could take blood and start doing a lot of testing on him. Well I am on a very tight budget and as much as I hated to return him I did. The animal shelter had a return policy if I returned him in 3 or 4 days.
I gave them all the medicine I had paid for for him.
I looked at the other cats that needed homes but I didn't see any that wanted me so I went home cat-less. It was a hard decision but I knew that they would have the resources to help Norman get better.
I waited over a month but the desire to have a 2nd cat kept tugging at my heart. When Peanut was in school I went back to the animal shelter, just to look. :-) That was Feb. 10th. 2012.
There were no kittens which was ok. There were so many beautiful cats. Most of these cats were there because their owners had lost their homes and they had moved to places that didn't accept pets. It broke my heart. I even cried for these cats. They were all in cages. It was clean, each had food and water with a blanket or towel to lay on but I knew that they were use to roaming in a nice home and sleeping on a couch or their owners bed. Now they were stuck in a little cage.
Some of the cats were very friendly and would reach out. I loved on each and every one.
Some of the cats were curled up in their cat box but they were not sleeping. Their eyes were open with a blank stare. It was just so sad.
I had narrowed it down between 2 cats that I liked. One was a 18 month old Tuxedo and the other was all black. They both had good personalities. But there was something about the tuxedo cat. He would cock his head to the side and look at me with his big eyes. He would reach out with both arms and never let his nails come out of his paws. I decided I wanted the tuxedo cat.
So I made the arrangements and paid. I couldn't take him at that time because he had to be neutered. I had to wait the long weekend and then I could pick him up from the Vet.
He is a little camera shy.
We tried many names for him. We tried Horice, Jasper, Samson, and some other names. He didn't respond to any. Then we tried Charlie and he perked up. I think he liked it.
Charlie show us your handsome face.
Aww come on Charlie, everyone wants to see you.
Here he is.... He has an upside down heart on his nose.
He loves to sleep on beds.
He even has managed to jump up on the refrigerator.
He is the sweetest kitty in all the world. He is very loving and playful. He loves to be with us and follows us around the house. He is clean and is very respectful with Coraline our other kitty. She is the boss you know.
See how she just gives Charlie the stink eye and he submits?
And see how Coraline smiles about being the alpha kitty.
But Charlie is cool. He will be larger than her when he grows up but he is a gentleman.
I am in love with him already.
We wanted so much to have a second house cat.
On Jan. 4th I had brought home a kitten a few months ago. He bit me when he got scared and saw the dog. He bit so hard that his canine tooth went through my thumbnail. That wasn't the worst of it. What was worse was his other canine went through the joint of my thumb. My thumb swelled up twice it's size. I went to Urgent Care and got an antibiotic shot in my hip, a tetanus shot in my arm and a prescription for oral antibiotics.
Cat bites are nothing to play around with. If you are bit go see a doctor. The bacteria in the mouth of a cat can put you in the hospital. I had many employees at the Vet's office tell me of having to go to the hospital and have IV antibiotics and a drain put in for the infection.
Here is my thumb.
During the week that we had Norman I could see that he was sick. I took him to the Vet and they did a test on his stool for parasites. The test came back negative. The Vet gave me a big list of what could be wrong with him and that they could take blood and start doing a lot of testing on him. Well I am on a very tight budget and as much as I hated to return him I did. The animal shelter had a return policy if I returned him in 3 or 4 days.
I gave them all the medicine I had paid for for him.
I looked at the other cats that needed homes but I didn't see any that wanted me so I went home cat-less. It was a hard decision but I knew that they would have the resources to help Norman get better.
I waited over a month but the desire to have a 2nd cat kept tugging at my heart. When Peanut was in school I went back to the animal shelter, just to look. :-) That was Feb. 10th. 2012.
There were no kittens which was ok. There were so many beautiful cats. Most of these cats were there because their owners had lost their homes and they had moved to places that didn't accept pets. It broke my heart. I even cried for these cats. They were all in cages. It was clean, each had food and water with a blanket or towel to lay on but I knew that they were use to roaming in a nice home and sleeping on a couch or their owners bed. Now they were stuck in a little cage.
Some of the cats were very friendly and would reach out. I loved on each and every one.
Some of the cats were curled up in their cat box but they were not sleeping. Their eyes were open with a blank stare. It was just so sad.
I had narrowed it down between 2 cats that I liked. One was a 18 month old Tuxedo and the other was all black. They both had good personalities. But there was something about the tuxedo cat. He would cock his head to the side and look at me with his big eyes. He would reach out with both arms and never let his nails come out of his paws. I decided I wanted the tuxedo cat.
So I made the arrangements and paid. I couldn't take him at that time because he had to be neutered. I had to wait the long weekend and then I could pick him up from the Vet.
He is a little camera shy.
We tried many names for him. We tried Horice, Jasper, Samson, and some other names. He didn't respond to any. Then we tried Charlie and he perked up. I think he liked it.
Charlie show us your handsome face.
Aww come on Charlie, everyone wants to see you.
Here he is.... He has an upside down heart on his nose.
He loves to sleep on beds.
He even has managed to jump up on the refrigerator.
He is the sweetest kitty in all the world. He is very loving and playful. He loves to be with us and follows us around the house. He is clean and is very respectful with Coraline our other kitty. She is the boss you know.
See how she just gives Charlie the stink eye and he submits?
And see how Coraline smiles about being the alpha kitty.
But Charlie is cool. He will be larger than her when he grows up but he is a gentleman.
I am in love with him already.
My TWSBI Fountain Pen
I am practicing with my new nib. It is a 1.1 mm Italic nib for my TWSBI 540 Diamond Pen.
And here is the new nib.
I took a lot of photos because I love this pen so much. I love this nib a lot too.
Isn't she beautiful and colorful?
The nib writes very smoothly and beautifully. I enjoyed every minute of writing with it.
It writes every time I put pen to paper. I love how this Noodlers ink flows in this pen.
Happy Fountain pen writing!!!
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