Naturalized Garden Update for July

Jus a brief post today

I have been doing some work in the garden the past two days and I am pleased to see my Naturalized Shade Garden is coming along.

I would be happier if there were not a chain-link fence behind it, c'est la vie.

As I was gone for 12 days to Germany the weeding of our garden took a backseat to other needs in our household, so I have been working on that for the last week.

Still not done...

I'm going back out there now,

Have a terrific Thursday!

Jess

Tuesday at the Park

There is a terrific park near us called Thompson Park and we, the Hug-a-Bugs and myself, spent the morning there.

After a good long play in the playground we went for a little hike.

Every day I am more in love with our surroundings here in MN.

Hope you are enjoying your weather,

Jess

DISASTER!

I have just realized that I when I purchased 15 skeins of Soft Shetland 5 years ago I must not have been careful about dyelots because I found stripes on my Rogue.

It looks like I have more of the lighter dyelot in the stash than the darker and I can salvage the project but I think I have to take a break from this one before I rip it out.

The first different dyelot stripe is just above the pockets.

Boo Hoo.

Maybe I'll keep knitting and dye the whole thing when I am finished.

I have to go and lay down now.

Jess

July from the Fifth Lamp

Back to the Blog

Thanks for humoring me during my vacation photo-a-thon.

I took about 830 pictures on my trip and have weeded them down to about 720.

I may throw a picture or two in from time to time as I feel the urge.



This is the Dom in Cologne. The choir performed here for about 15 minutes and it was very very cool.




Back to business as usual.

I got a lot done on my Rogue sweater while I was gone.

What with riding in planes and busses and boats and trains I got the body done to the armholes.

As a warning, I will say that if you are on your second plane ride after a 10 hour flight (10 hours with no knitting because the security agent told you to pack your needles even though everyone who didn't ask got to bring theirs because the other security folks didn't care about knitting) think twice about shaping armholes. I had to rip out both upper fronts and I don't mind telling you it was painful.
As a complete non sequitor, the weather here in Saint Paul is HOT HOT HOT and the Hug-a-Bugs had a terrific time in the backyard pool this afternoon.


Have a good night,
Jess

What I Did On My Summer Vacation, Pt. 3

The final installment of my pictorial essay on Germany is this: Natural Beauty.
o.k. this last one is kind of a cheat. It is a rose stand at a farmers' market

Hope the fireworks didn't keep you up too late last night,

Jess

What I Did On My Summer Vacation, Pt. 2

The second photographic obsession, which was deeply enabled by my surroundings, was public art.

I won't try to describe the beauty and whimsy that surrounded me each day.

More tomorrow,
Jess