Blue In Progress

I may not block much lately, but I do knit.


I have been working on this hooded shawlette called Jo's Pride (Rav link). It's part of Woolgirl's Victorian Writers Club. The design by Sivia Harding is inspired by the book Little Women. I read (or actually reread) the book in preparation for this knit. I really enjoyed the book. And I'm really enjoying knitting this.

4-year-old puppy

I know some people disagree, but Lucy will always be my puppy. Even though she's now four years old, she's still a puppy to me. Her birthday was last Friday. She got a dog couch! It's from L.L. Bean. She seems to like it a lot.

A Block Against Blocking

I seem to have a block against blocking. Here are two different scarves that have been done for a long time, except the blocking.

I have cleared off my blocking board. Now I need to clean my soaking sink, which also gets used by my boyfriend to brush his teeth quite often. You know how men can dirty a bathroom. So cleaning the sink will definitely be next on the list of pre-blocking tasks.

Dog-Friendly Memorial Day

A few days before Memorial Day weekend, we thought it might be fun to go somewhere for our three days off. I Googled "dog-friendly Texas vacation" and near the top of the list was a link to Canyon of the Eagles nature resort. They had one vacancy left! So we took it. This is a nice place on Lake Buchanan about 20 miles from Burnet, TX, in the Hill Country. It was pretty, peaceful, and best of all (according to Lucy) there was a big lake to play in.

Resting for a moment.

Posing with Mom.

Almost everyone at the resort brought their dog. Lucy met many of them but a couple memorable ones were Nagy and Lightning. Nagy was a fellow yellow Lab, though she was much smaller than Lucy. Her dad insisted they were comadres. Lightning was a retired racing greyhound. She'd lost a leg due to infection and was adopted by a vet student and her husband. Both of Lucy's new friends were sweeties.

Since I can't put all my photos in one post, below is another one with more pictures from the weekend.

Canyon of the Eagles Wildflowers

As we hiked, we saw so many beautiful wildflowers. Here are a few.