Thanks Maggie

Last night I took a trip over to knitting buddy Maggie's place with shovel in hand.  She has a beautiful and peaceful little slice of heaven next to a creek and a massive stand of deep purple lilac bushes.  (They were no longer blooming so I had to search the internet for an appropriate picture to show you what I would eventually have blooming in my own yard.)  The runners dug up easily and are now planted in my yard.  Weather report for today says to expect some rain which is perfect for my newly planted friends.   Then, to treat myself for a job well done, I stepped over to the strawberry patch and picked a couple quart.  These were quickly washed, smashed and served over shortcake and ice cream which was eaten while we watched the final period of the hockey game.  Bummer, we are going to have a game 7.  At least the food and company during the game was good.

Blogging via email

Just stumbled across the feature in blogger that lets you email messages to your blog.  Thought, hey that's cool, lets give it a try and see what happens.  We can tell the blogging world that the Shedir hat is done and was sent off in the mail prior to getting a picture of the finished product.  But that's ok because it needed to get to its new home.  And the leftover yarn has become a vest that demonstrates splitting a cable.  The pattern in my head has become reality and is even scribbled on paper.