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I took some pictures for Marly a couple of months ago, for an article she wrote about an afghan her grandmother made.  They're in the latest issue of Crochet Today!  The article is on page 92.  No photo credit for me, but I know I took 'em!

For my friend Beth , I took some pictures of her new bag.  Isn't this cute?  As of this posting it is not available yet but it will soon be at Knit Picks.  Beth's got a great eye for colorwork, as you can see in all her pieces.  (Just follow the link above to see more of her patterns.) I swapped Beth pictures for yarn, and I made my mom a hat!  My mom needs a hat that is "not too tight" because she doesn't want Hat Hair when she gets wherever she's going.  Of course, even in the Colorado mountains it is mostly too warm these days for a hat, but you never know when a storm will blow in.  Now she'll be set.  Pattern: Ratatouille by Marly Bird Yarn:  purple, Cascade 220 Heathers ; brown, Black Water Abbey Worsted in Wheat Needles:  US#9 Addis, 16" & dpns As I was walking away from my conversation with Beth, my friend Christie asked how much I charge for pictures.  We got to talking about her Yarn L...

Finally, I can let one of my secrets out of the bag:  I have a pattern published here !  And here's a look at it:  I set myself a goal at the beginning of the year to submit a pattern or two.  It's that first step that is the scariest, right?  (I was going to submit my baseball gloves somewhere, but I didn't know where, and one of my friends suggested I have very lofty goals, so I published that one myself.)  My first ever  pattern submission was selected - hurray!  I was thrilled when I got the letter back saying my pattern was selected for the Summer 2010 issue of Petite Purls !  I thought that was going to be the hard part.  Ha!  Before I had even heard back, I spent weeks looking for the right yarn.  A friend who knew I'd been looking for some lavender-y yarn gave me a bunch, so problem solved!  Er, not so fast; other colors were suggested, considered, and so on.  I had to find si...

I hope you all had a nice Father's Day.  We did!  I have lots of stuff going on that I'm excited to post about, including a photo shoot, a new pattern, and more!  However, before I get to all that, I've got a few hundred pictures to edit.  So for now, just a sneak peek at some of the ingredients of my weekend...

This morning I had a photo shoot without people.  Sometimes that's easier but then on the other hand, it's hard to tell objects to move just a smidge this way, now back a little...  Anyway, I took the boys to the park with me and we hiked around for quite awhile.  One thing I noticed while we were walking around was just how many types of grass there are.  For example: On the way out of the park, this house caught my eye.  I've been thinking I should photograph it before it gets torn down, so I pulled over next to it.  It was crushed during last year's storm .  While we were nosing around this building, chasing rabbits, a gentleman came out of the building we'd parked in front of.  Zoom was less than thrilled that we'd been caught trespassing.  How could his mother be such a hooligan!  Instead of being angry, the gentleman chatted with me for awhile about the crushed house.  (The owner, who'd recently purchased this 160-...

Thank you, those of you who voted for Aunt Sharol .  It feels like it's been two weeks since I posted; this past week has been loooong and full of stress.  I debated about admitting this in public because I think this is a weird, old-person situation, but I had a kidney stone last Sunday.  I had one several years ago, before I'd had kids, (way before I was old,) and I remember the event and how I felt, but I didn't remember the pain.  This time, I knew what it was just based on location but the pain was so sharp that I could hardly breathe, which caused even more pain as my hands started cramping up from lack of oxygen!  (That might have actually been the worst part.)  The pain started at church and a handful of people were praying for me, including my little boys, and luckily it was gone within about half an hour.  I drank a lot of cranberry juice that day.  I've heard that this is the closest thing to childbirth that men expe...

(Actually, Aunt Sharol is more directly related to Aunt Banana than to me but we're still family.)  Aunt Sharol needs your votes!  You can click HERE and see her two minute presentation on the TV show she'd like to create.  If you like it, please vote for her!!

I find it so interesting that the bees love the alliums and chives.  They (plants) are definitely keeping harmful bugs away from the plants around them.  I can see a huge difference between my chive-surrounded lilac and the lilac by itself.  And here we are, the garden Day 1.  Everything's planted although we still need a gate!  Next year, raised beds.  I am very grateful to have a compost pile again (surrounded by rocks in the back.)  It is nice to know we are giving a little bit back to the soil instead of putting it all in land fills.  Despite the sad grass in front of our garden area, most of our yard looks very nice!