Good morning, tree!

Here's what I woke up seeing this morning, after the sun had risen. Didn't hear a crack, or a storm or even the dogs raising cain about it. Can you believe that? It amazes me that I wouldn't have heard something like that, or whatever caused something like that, during the night- and our bedroom is on the back, right beside this. Luckily, it didn't crush the girls' tree house and swingset; it only grazed the top. I called and called Jesse's dog and was a little worried when he didn't respond, but Dana went up to check on him and he was in the doghouse still. "I think he doesn't like to get his feet wet," Husband Dear told me. Stupid dog.

This is the yarn I'm using for Cozy. I bought it at SAFF a couple of years ago, enought to make a sweater, but it is not the softest yarn, and I decided it would bother my skin. So I gave up the notion of the sweater and went with the idea of a shawl. I've played with several different patterns but kept coming back to Cozy because I like the lace look of it. What you see here is the beginnings of the Bell Shawl, but I'm not so keen on the pointy end. The yarn is 2 ply sportweight yarn, color Thistle, 420 yards (it cost $8). It came from Bovidae Farm in Mars Hill, NC (828-689-9931). I really like the variety of yarns they had at SAFF.


Here's my Shiny Happy Face at Sullivan's Island in May. This was the first trip we took to the beach with both girls, and Jennie's first trip to the beach ever, and we had a great time. I forgot my bathing suit, but since we were only there for the weekend, I survived with just shorts and a tank top. You can see how windy it was, and you can also see the grey in my hair.

Must go now. So much work to do, so little time to avoid it.