Monday and Tuesday were busy days here at Knit & Play with Fire land. On Monday morning, I met P and Mac for breakfast before we headed to Arlington National Cemetery. It was not until we got there that we found out that my mother’s funeral would be a full military funeral. My mother served [...]
Entries from July 2008
July 25, 2008
Finally Some Knitting
Okay this is supposed to be a knitting blog so there will be some photographic evidence of knitting in today’s post. I have been on a quilting kick lately. I have been sending quilts to the machine quilt on the average of about 2 per month. I am working my way through a large [...]
July 24, 2008
Trying
In the effort to try and get my name out there as a photographer, I submit stuff every where. One of my favorite places to submit for possible publication is JPG magazine. There are different themes for every issue plus you are able to place your photos in other categories that may be possible themes [...]
July 23, 2008
By Request
I have been emailing Sarah and she wanted to see some corn field pictures. I had planned on taking them tonight but I had to go out last night so I took the camera with me. I had to go play computer tech for a family friend who was having some email issues. (Simply problem [...]
July 22, 2008
Hot Weekend
The heat has struck the mid-Atlantic finally. This past spring and early summer were very comfortable heat wise. But this past week it has been hot and nasty. My plans for the weekend were based on trying to stay cool. Although I did go to the farmer’s market and the yarn shop. I [...]
July 21, 2008
Wow!!!
Okay, I had another post planned for today but when I opened my email this morning, there was a message that changed the post. On the urgings of Carrie, a fantastic photographer and expat living in Banciao,Taiwan, I submitted a few of my photos to the Flickr pool for A Photo a Day from Plant [...]
July 18, 2008
Local Scenes
Okay, I could complain about the fact that I am re-doing the binding on a small quilt. The reason is that I didn’t clean and check the stash really well before heading out to the quilt store. And since the quilt is all hand dyeds, trying to find a batik that was similar in value [...]
July 16, 2008
Blackberry Heaven
Okay, I must really love blackberries to suffer the bug bites that I do when I pick them. The grass this year is teaming with fleas and guess who happens to be mildly allergic to flea bites? The first item on my checklist for berry picking is Benadryl followed by nice high boots. (An old [...]
July 15, 2008
Sunny Days
It is definitely summer here in the mid-Atlantic. Because of the really cool spring, everything is late in blooming and ripening. The blackberry bushes that I normally would have been picking several quarts a day off of still have a few blossoms. And it is averaging out to be about 2 quarts picked every other [...]
July 11, 2008
Quilting Time
It seems like I have been spending more time in the quilting studio but that is okay. I have plenty to finish up in there. Plus for every hour spent in there I am forcing myself to spend at least 10 minutes cleaning up. The progress is slow but noticeable.
I was given two antique [...]
