Day 299

Thanks to jetlag, I nearly forgot to take a photo today! more...

Day 298

Another day in the air. more...

Day 297

My mother said, "Are you taking a picture of the entrance of Target?".

To which I replied, "What else am I going to take a picture of today?". more...

Day 296

Something blue. more...

Day 295

Spotted at a mall in Redmond. more...

Day 294

Somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic it's a beautiful day. more...

Day 293

Hey, some days ya gotta do what ya gotta do. more...

Day 292

And we have buds! more...

Day 291

I liked the shadows on the clock face. more...

Day 290

Ludisia discolor, known as the jewel orchid for its fabulous foliage. Although the flowers are cute, too. more...

Day 289

At last, a desperately needed haircut. This is the sleekest and straightest it will ever be - I don't have that much patience with a hair dryer and round brush. more...

Day 288

Primroses in the evening light. more...

Day 287

Daffodils in front of our house. more...

Day 286

I looked out the bedroom window this morning and discovered that my antique prints from eBay had been left in the back garden. The postie hadn't bothered to leave a notice. Good thing it hadn't rained! more...

Day 285

You thought it was all over, didn't you? Wrong! more...

Day 284

Rice pudding with rhubarb. Yum. more...

Day 283

Ta-da! My first sweater. Very Exciting indeed!

Before the inevitable comments ensue, let me point out that very little else has been done whilst I've been knitting this: the pile of dirty dishes has reached Olympian proportions, the parsnips have sprouted and begun reproducing in the fridge, and entire civilisations of dust bunnies have developed under the sofa. Methinks I could do with a wee bit more balance. But it was worth it. I LOVE this sweater. :)

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Not a great picture of me, but you get the idea: it fits! And wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles, the sleeves are long enough. (As I'm 5'9", this is a rare occurrence with purchased tops.) I'm over the moon!
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Day 282

It's done! The V.E.P. is done!!!

But I didn't have a chance to get good pictures today, so here's a sneak peek at my owls. more...

Day 281

Courage. more...

Day 280

Crocuses in the park. more...

Day 279

Nothing like a sleeping cat. more...

Day 278

One of two injuries acquired by falling on my way up the front steps. It hurts. A lot. more...

Day 277

Having failed to capture the fox, the rainbow, or the woolly lambs, I present you with a blurry picture of Belfast City Hall from the bus to the airport.

It was that kind of a day. more...

Day 276

My kind of fortune. more...

Day 275

I finally got my birthday present: a set of interchangeable circular knitting needles. (Thanks, Terry and Carol!) They are now gainfully employed on the V.E.P., and they're fantastic. more...

Day 274

Pretty clouds. more...

Day 273

Hand knits and gas fires do not mix well.

You would think I would have learned my lesson after scorching my stuffed unicorn as a child. more...

Day 272

I dithered for months about buying these shoes. Ordinarily I'm very practical about shoes. And these were silver, higher heels than I usually wear, and worst of all, decidedly trendy. (Although some of their appeal came from seeing a similar pair in a Jeeves & Wooster episode, set in the Edwardian era, so it could be considered a classic style in some sense...) Finally I succumbed, and now I'm wondering why I didn't buy them sooner. Love, love, love! more...

Day 271

These quirky Art-Nouveau-ish buttons were an impulse eBay buy. Now I have to figure out what to do with them! more...

Day 270

Oh how I hate those few little words. Bah. more...

Day 269

Happy St. David's Day!

(St. David is the patron saint of Wales, and his feast day is associated with daffodils and leeks.) more...