Close-up of the knitted roses. Abby wanted me to make something for her. She loves flowers and picked out the bright red yarn from my inventory and told me to make something with it. She wanted a ring, bracelet or necklace. I needed to experiment with flowers, so she was happy to have these. She treated the leaf like a stem, and carried the roses around the house for several hours. See Lief's blog for an example of how she holds flowers. 

Denim blue cotton and acrylic with 15% wool sweater that Lief and I designed. The "racing stripe" cable and seed stitch goes up the right front and down the right back. The knitted roses are an experiment that just happens to be laying on the sweater. 

32" X 32" lavender blanket for Amelia. The yarn is a very soft polyester-nylon blend. I started it the day she was born (April 11) and finished it on May 20. 

1/2000sec f4.5 34mm ISO100 MF 4/30/06 6:26PM PDT. The bright portion near the bottom had filled the entire object. It looks like a cloud was blowing off to the left of the rainbow. 

What is that thing in the sky? 

Ferns and moss on Alder trees near Amboy 

Abby, just before she said, "Mama, Amelia is heavy!" 

Both grandma's girls 

That's me holding Amelia 

Lief looks just like he did three years ago, when Abby was born. 

Abby holding little sister Amelia 

P'Nut with a bouquet of rare yellow flowers. As a future kayaker, she qualifies as subject matter for this site. 

Oscar night 

This morning it was so cold that Barbie needed a shawl. The shawl was made from imported Italian "Silky Wool" with 65% wool and 35% silk. Note the fashionable pink platform shoes that match the pink blouse and mini-skirt. The blouse and skirt seem to be overwhelmed by the shawl in this photo, but she is warm sitting in the morning Sun. I try to get the girls to wear something warmer on these cold days. 

The green sweater fits James much better than it fit me.  

After five months of knitting, I finally finished the green sweater for James. That's me modelling it, and you can see that my arms are too short. It is thin, made with 10 skeins of light-weight "Silky Wool" which is a blend of wool and silk. 

Cedar River at Wells Ave. Jan 11, 2006. Parks Dept has blocked off walkways. The benches are in 6-8 inches of water, as the lower walkway at Jones Park is submerged. 

Cedar River, at Wells Ave. Jan 11, 2006. Branches over-hanging the water are actually in the water. The walkway is covered by about six inches of water. 

Big rear windows and check out that rack! 

New car (and old cat) in driveway