here at Chez Swine, it’s all about the love

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Look at the adorable magnet from my spinning friend Delia! so cute! please refrain from any comparisons – you know yellow isn’t my color! I love it Delia! ;)

I am working furiously on Icarus – progress is evident! I am in love with this yarn – can’t wait to wrap myself in it. I was speaking with Boar last night and telling him about welding wires and blocking lace. He says that Home Depot carries welding wires and so this weekend on what seems to be our weekly trek, we shall add those to the shopping list.

Continuing my social director theme from yesterday ……

  • tonight on NBC is The Office. I love this show. It is right up there with Arrested Development. I was completely devastated to have missed the season premier last week when I was away in San Diego. Believe you me, I really tried to see it but we had a compulsory dinner to attend (it was a business trip afterall). And no, I don’t have Tivo. Or Io. I really don’t even understand what they do or mean. D#2 is also a fan, so she filled me in and that will have to do until I catch a rerun.
  • mark your calendar, this Sunday (10/1) is Greenlawn’s Annual Pickle Festival! Here are the details:

    • Pickle Festival
    Homemade pickles, jams, jellies,
    farm grown veggies, bake goods, family fun
    11am-4pm
    John Gardiner Farm
    900 Park Ave
    Greenlawn, NY
    631-754-1180

I love pickles! I will have to be very careful not to get pickle juice all over Icarus.

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Here’s a look at my Rhinebeck project. With a little luck and lots of knitting, I will get it done in time. It is Icarus from the summer 2006 issue of Interweave Knits . I am using Alpaca Silk from Blue Sky Alpaca. This is a heavier yarn than the pattern calls for but I had to have this color. It reminds me of a Weimeraner! woof.

Since I am too distracted (by a little black pug!) to think in complete sentences and/or paragraphs at the moment, how about a list?

  • First off, opine please. Before too long (read: long & cold winter) the Boar and I will need some new garage doors. Follow the middle link to the steel carriage house ones and tell me what you think of those wooden look alikes.

Margene, is that you?

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Here are some pictures I took from the plane. I used my palm pilot camera, so the quality is poor. I need to just put that out there since I know you have come to expect a high quality photograph from me. ;)

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hey Midwest what’s up with your fields?! are those crop circles for crying out loud?!

and how about some snowcapped mountains?

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check out this close up – omg!

home again!

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view from the hotel

The trip to San Diego was fantastic. We had a great time – the city is beautiful and the weather was perfection. I plan on sharing pictures and stories throughout the week. For now though, I have to go to work!

how about a little suspense …. I have a Rhinebeck project on the needles…..