Portland

Here in Portland for Memorial Day. Down to Eureka tomorrow then back to Berkeley on Wed.
Using a computer at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry right now.

Coming to a city near you!

Well I am on my big tour of the Pacific Northwest again. Currently sitting in a cafe in Boise. Headed up to Salmon this afternoon then onto St Maries (and possible Spokane) then Seattle and Portland for Memorial Day weekend. Picking up my little brother in Salmon. He just turned 21 and this will be the first time anyone has driven the big circle with me. Going counter clockwise this year instead of clockwise so we can be in Portland for Memorial Day.
Then bro and I are going to check out a few things (read vineyards and brewery and bars) around the Bay Area until June 2nd. I probably won't be in contact most of the time.
Man I feel so yuppie. Blogging in a cafe. :)

Thanks Secret Pal

Little package from secret pal a couple days ago. Thanks!

First square.

Well not quite so little. The 4 inch square. Didn't do it it quite right and had to sew the edges. I have improved since then.

Weaving time...

More fun with Ebay. I got a couple of different mini weaving contraptions on ebay in the past couple weeks. The first two are Weave It's, which are both highly rated at eLoomaNation. The 4 inch is in excellent condition despite it being the older wooden version. The 2 inch is slightly more used but still is pretty good condition.
The third one is a Wonder Weaver and works a bit more like a real loom. I checked out the loom site to get a rating but didn't see it until after I had bid. Apparently this is not top rated because it tends to slip when you use it. I can totally see where that would be a big problem. Still going to try it out. Stay tuned for little squares which may or may not become much bigger objects.

Are you being watched?

Sometimes I feel eyes on the back of my neck. This is usually what I see when I turn around.

Lamb's Pride Scarf

I took the lamb's pride bulky that my secret pal from secret pal 10 sent me and produced this short scarf. It is in 1 x 1 rib about 12 stitches across using size 15 needles. I am not sure how I want to finish it. It is pretty plain and only about 5 feet long so I was thinking of edging it in some black yarn and then putting some fringe on it. I think I have some cascade 109 that is about the same thickness. I also have some fingering weight black alpaca yarn that also might look nice. I go back and forth. Until I decide this is going to stay in my almost finished pile. Any thoughts?

Botanical Garden Sale

This weekend was the university's annual botanical garden sale. We showed up right before the doors opened and headed straight for the carnivore plants. Karrie and I both picked up an abalone shell filled with tiny little bug eaters; mine was mainly sundews and venus fly traps.





Also in that general vicinity was all of the succulants along with a bowl of salsa and some Mexicana music. I picked up three, an Oscularia deltoides azioaceae, an Echeveria crassulaceae, and an Aeonium crassulaceae. It hasn't been that sunny since I got them so they are getting enough light.






Finally, I picked up two Tillandsia sometimes called air plants. I really like these little guys. We met one of the volunteers who cares for them, and she puts them on these neat drift wood pieces. One of mine is a butzii and the other is a caulescens.
I like all my new plants, and thankfully Pablo has not shown any interest on gnawing on them. I am keeping the carnivores well out of his way though.