The Blah Phase

Reflections

I guess it's only natural that after a wonderful, whirlwind trip with my niece and nephew, a great visit from my friend Karen from Florida and anticipating my upcoming week long travel adventure that is NTI (in Atlanta this year) that I would be a little blah right now. Why is it that every time I think...oh I should go write something on the blog, I also think.....I don't really have anything to say? I read so many other blogs and am amazed at the committment people take to continue towrite day after day after day.

So, here's what's been going on...

Wild Animals and Flowers:

After getting back from D.C and Las Vegas, my friend Karen from Fort Myers came to interview for a job at AACN and spent the weekend. I took Friday off from work and we had a day of rain. Seriously, it was the first day since I have lived in California (one year next week) that we have had rain all day....pouring rain. No, not Florida pouring rain but a good rain none the less. We drove around a saw a few sights on Friday. Saturday was a beautiful day and we decided to head to the San Diego Wild Animal Park. The new Journey to Africa section is open and it was great. Here are just a few of the dozens of pictures I took......

The Wild Animal Park has some great ads. Here's one

On the way home, we decided to go to Carlsbad for some strawberries and we happened upon the Carlsbad Flower Fields.....oh my lord, what great beauty. Pictures can not begin to do these fields justice.

What an amazing surprise. If you are ever in Carlsbad, Ca from the end of March to the Middle of May, you MUST visit the fields. They are spectacular.

Knitting News

I have no pictures to show....I don't know why. I guess I just don't like the look of the projects while they are blocking on the big blue beach blanket. I have finished the Goddess Top. Mine really does look like that, I swear. The only difference is that I couldn't get the bind off towork the way the pattern said so I put two rows of a 2 x 2 rib on the bottom and it looks great.

I ordered some yarn from Jojoland yarns to make a mitered square blanket. The colors they have are spectacular and I love the way the varigations are more like shading. I just didn't like the way it was looking in the colors I chose so I decided to send it back. I know, SHOCKING! I sent yarn back. I would have just exchanged it but I was being so indecisive about the colors so I figured it's not the right time.

I found the Purl Soho warehouse! Yes, it is the warehouse where Purl Soho fulfills all their online purchase for Purl Soho and Piecework (the quiliting store.) It's a very dangerous place. It also a much bigger space than either of the stores but the displays are not the same....It's fantastic because it's like having a little bit of NYC yarn store heaven right here in Orange County. When I need Manos, I'll be heading there. They have the largest selection I have seen so far.

I am finally knitting a little something with the Handmaiden SeaSilk. It's very yummy. The problem is that the yarn is so beautiful that I have had a lot of trouble trying to decide what it wants to be. I have started and ripped out about 12 - 15 different projects trying to figure it out. I have finally found the item I want to do and now I'm not sure I'm going to have enough. I am going to carry on and see what happens.

I hope all my finger, toe, leg, eye crossing has been helpful.