Monday, May 30, 2011

Quiet, peaceful weekend.

A few more weeks until ripe apricots!




Simple knitting for days when you don't feel good.

Thursday, May 26, 2011

A bit of today:

Santolinas opening up.


Keeping the "babies" warm with dolly sleep sacks.

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Hosting a photo to share elsewhere...that bottom one is a Zonkey.

This is a dear friend, and yes, the picture is fuzzy but it doesn't matter 'cause it's going to end up a small avatar photo.

Here we are together:

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Saturday, May 7, 2011

The days are rolling along....

The school year is marching to a close though nothing much changes for summer school.   I shouldn't have any parent meetings but maybe we'll have a preschool picnic day.  That could be fun!

I'm about to change gears with knitting.  I've been working on hats for a couple months.   It's time to get back to a purple scarf and another very special project that will not be posted until it's gifted.  Might take a while.

Here are the hats.  They fit nicely in the box the yarn came in.


This was going to be a doll baby sleep sack but after it was finished I turned up the brim and it looked so much like a hat.  I added a pom pom and put the hat in my homeless shelter box.  After two weeks of knitting doll baby blankets we won't miss one more at school.


The Worship Center at church the week after Easter.


It's Santolina season.  I love these cute little flowers.  
Pretty soon they'll open up and be even cuter.

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Christ is Risen! He is Risen, Indeed, Hallelujah!

Blessed Easter!

Good Shepherd Lutheran, Goleta, CA


Los Angeles Zoo, Friday May 22
Meercat


The bird that jumped up and startled my niece and nephew while we were in the aviary.  It's a Western Gray Plantain Eater.


 Tortoises!  These are Aldabra Tortoises.


The asian elephant exhibit is opening this year.  These beautiful sculptures are all over the zoo.  This was my favorite, I think.  


 Adolescent giraffe playing with the pulley cord where branches are hung high for food. 


 The adult male reaching as high as he could for eucalyptus leaves.  He was quite near the railing.  It was delightful to see him up so close.


Koala sleeping in a tree.


Flamingos!


The dark colored are American Flamingos.  The lighter in color are Chilean Flamingos.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Another photo dump since I'm surfing on Panera's dime

Lots of roses, amaryllis, and iris coming up in the yard.  I have a few more hats to add to my Hats for Hunger knitting.  hatsforhunger.com

Spiral Rib Stitch
 "Corn on the Cob"





Fixed the photos I didn't like! 4/24