Thursday, May 25, 2006Family crafts... Daughter and two grandsons are here for the summer and the youngest had a surprise for Gramma. The poncho I made him in 1998 is too small and he wanted me to repair the little tear and make it bigger.  I was able to kitchener the tear and am now knitting away like a good gramma to make a poncho for a two year old fit a nine year old! lol But I see that this Caron "Simply Soft" yarn lives up to my name of "stainless steel" yarn! (http://www.knitlist.com/99gift/poncho.htm) It is still very soft and the colors are unfaded but daughter says it's been his favorite garment/blanket for the last 7 years so it does wear like steel!And meantime, he is weaving the 7" square... as long as the dog doesn't bring a ball, or Grampa a refrigerator box, or brother get out the rockets.... lol Well, there may be no more Peace & Quiet this summer, but there'll be a lot more Life!  Hope your summer is lively, too! posted @ 01:06 PM PST [link] Monday, May 22, 2006The view from the bridge... Coffee Creek is at it's highest after two weeks of rain on top of a massive snow-melt. The lake is two feet above full and they are pumping water down the Trinity to the Klamath and the pacific and also though the Clear Creek tunnel to Whiskeytown lake, the Sacramento river and the Pacific via San Francisco Bay. Unfortunately there is a lot of water and these escape routes are full from other drainage's, too. Our local worry, tho, is that the dike across from us and just up-steam is starting to erode. The county was out looking at it today, but frankly, I don't know what they can do. The snow-melt is only maybe half done and it just keeps raining.  We're going to Medford tomorrow to pick up daughter and the two grandkids for their visit. Shane has been calling every day to let us know who many days left! lol Still... it was a conversation stopper when I said, "I'll see you tomorrow"!  posted @ 08:16 PM PST [link] |
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