Tocky, this little racal is CUTE! But beware.. dark message lurks at the end.

I want a pink one, of course.


Incidentally, I've fallen off the wagon and gotten Twitter.  What can a Luddite say?  God made them do it?  Heehee  Well, almost. 

Finishing up one sock and casting on for the second as soon as the short needles are free.  The Brain is back in it's socket and all is well.

Slate has all of Doonesbury series up.

We can not, for the sake of our fragile democracy, have Medieval minded males ruling the lives of women because once that mind set gets a toe hold it's going to be the Rule of Rushdoony , which is a dreadful backward movement into hatred and mind control.

But don't take my word for it.  Read about that Great Guru of the very far right reactionary religious groups.  It's not about Love; it's hate he preached, disguised as correctness in God's eyes, as revealed in "scripture".  And what's love got to do with the message of Christ?  Everything! The gentle Christ lives in hearts that receive Him and His words.  He doesn't force his way in with a bayonet!  Only His unruly followers do that.

Beautiful new viewing tool, Friday fill-in, and something fun..stickman

Something Beautiful - thanks to B - for the eyes and heart:   Flickr River

And....

Something Cute, thanks to Pina :   Draw a Stickman -interactive
(link now works)

And, the knit goes on.

Friday Fill-in :

1. Welcome to my mania.
2. Pretzels and coke makes me jump for joy
3. There's a slight mania for movies, too!
4. Knitting is the thing I love most about crafting right now.
5. Eyes intrigue me.
6. Resting is what I'm eagerly awaiting.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to rain ; tomorrow my plans include knitting and making lemon marmalade, and Sunday, I want to knit more!

Doonsebury - In your face Union Tribune.. you fish wrapper!

The comic editor got in my face.  He censored this strip as "inappropriate".  I think it was a foolish move because there are other cartoons that are blatantly political and even some which contain "language".

So, the editor is singling this out for "inappropriate" reasons.  This is censoring freedom of speech. 

Cute Frog Double play.

This gets a lot of hits in youTube.  So Funny!  Be sure to turn on the sound and also, watch "Cry Baby Frog"  Hilarious!



A new sock knitter and I are doing socks together today.  Yay!  Film at 11!!  This will be so fun!

Ceramics was fun today, but not as much fun as a few weeks ago when Paula came for a visit and helped to clean some green ware. She got an A++ for that, too! Brave Grrrl!

DH snapped this picture of us on that day. I've held back posting it because I've been hoping to get a better picture of me with Paula because, let's face it, she's gorgeous, and I. well, look like I'm getting over something dreadful.  With my aviator glasses on, I would have looked just like Maxine!  TBH, I'm loving it!

As one of my teacher friends once said, "Flash photos are not kind to little old ladies".  She was talking about herself and how she looked in the school photos.  I laughed with her, but my time was coming. hehe

I wish I'd have winked.  But my hair isn't as gray anymore.  Wow!

The ceramic piece in front of me is a snowman holding a birdcage.   Next time we will have a sock knitting day, but the days for her are very busy from here on out.  I will miss being able to get together and knit with my new friend.  She's wonderful, and if you get a chance to meet up with her, take it!  She's a lovely person. 

Horoscope for the day

Capricorn:

"Sometimes the world ignores accomplishment and you just have to reward yourself for everything you’ve done. In simpler terms, please go throw yourself down a few flights of stairs."

Well!  that smarts!  hehehe  god bless the Onion!

Now, it's a semi blue sky day, so you just know it's colder than the hobs outside.  I know, Californians are always semi PO'd when the weather is not either raining, or there is blazing SUN!  And, speaking of cold -BRRR!-  the ceramic room is no exception!  Plus the camera batteries are dying and there are no spares, and ... I have 10 skeins of LINEN yarn to fight with wind into balls, AND, I feel like the Universe is out to get me, but that's alright because I intend to FIGHT BACK!  So, Universe, you have had your warning!  There will be NO OTHER.  The great news is that the netflix packet is coming today.  Yippy!  And, I ate all the jelly bellies yesterday.  *sobbing sounds ensue!*

Yesterday, while walking Wolfie with DH, we came across some lovely Monkey flowers growing in the Riverwalk sanctuary.  These cheery little native gals just gladden the heart. 

 Now I will go knit those socks.  I'm already sick of the color but that's normal.  And, Hooray!  It's not a sweater!

Pinkie katydid

Find the story on the link below.  I'm on my stupid netbook which gives me fits so I can say no more.  Lots of links in Jim's blog to his other postings and pictures of this rare form. 

Ohio Biodiversity Blogger

Linen Yarn, One Rock, Many Rocks.

The Beautiful Linen yarn from Little Knits came today.  And I think it's going to be a short cardi rather than a scarf.  The Hanami stole really needs to be made in a wool or at least a silk, something with a better chance at splicing properly.  I went to Knitting Paradise with a "splicing linen" question in mind and found THIS .  There are going to be LOTS and LOTS of Russian joins in my future, I suppose.  There IS always fabric glue. hehe

My sister made the decorations on the top of the basket.  I'm afraid the camera is going south.  I hope it can be fixed because I love this little mid-sized Canon.

The color was almost perfectly, still too Blue,  reproduced once we got outside on the patio

Today, while outside for the yarn's photo op, I looked down an Lo, there were two rock pile elements that caught my eye, both things for jewelry making

Agate inclusion weathered free from matrix

There was a long, beautiful agate to slice into wire wrapping bits, or just to admire on a shelf in some sort of stand after a really good scrubbing.  This piece was collected in the desert in Southern Arizona - way out there by Locomotive Mountain on the Lazy B Ranch.  It's a fun four wheel drive sort of place.

 These are very small pieces of Peridot.  The dark piece at the base of the fingers is a large, dark crystal of Peridot.   I have a smallish hand, so these are pretty small.  When cleaned up and polished a little, they will make bright elements for an ornament to hang in a winter window.  I've been looking for these for awhile.  They were a Quartzsite find.

Today was a quiet day but cold outside; to Californians, used to 75° March weather, it was cold. Brrrr!  But it was sunny.  A very nice day as long as you had a sweater handy.

I excavated the sock heel pattern, and will work on that  until I'm past the gussets.  I love gussets but don't really like turning the heel.  I'm always sure something will slip off the needles ( though nothing ever has), and I won't see it until all the gusset part is done.  Rho loves to knit heels but she knits toe up,which is an art I can't bring myself to try.  It's a prejudice, I know. Knitting may be the new Zen, but heel cups have to be watched with the eye of an eagle!

Last night we watched an amazing movie!  It's called "Snow Falling on Cedars".  It was the most beautiful American film I have seen in years.  The cinematography is evocative and stunning!  The acting is superb, the score is beautiful, and the story is emotionally complex and completely believable.   I'm still under it's spell a day later.  I just can't say how much it affected my mind and heart.  "Snow Falling on Cedars", from the book.

Sweet Dreams!