I know that I’m not the only person doing a seriously skimpy Christmas this year with the economy and unemployment being what they are. But what if you need a present for some sort of gift exchange or for a person who’s given you a pressie that you feel the need to return the deed. …
you get snow. Lots of it. This morning I awoke to an odd scraping sound from outside the window of my friend Joel’s flat (God, I sound more English when I write than when I speak [oh and Darren, not one person {and most everybody I’ve been around this trip has known me since I …
Last day here. Tomorrow I will be getting up ass-early to haul my sorry carcass out to Heathrow airport (at least it isn’t Gatwick which is even further) to get onto an airplane to go to Dusseldorf. I’m flying Lufthansa all the way there and United on the way home. I am so excited that …
I keep trying to pack only to find myself stymied by the fact that I am going to need to wear/use some of the items that are still on the list in the remaining 10 days that I am here. I should be outside enjoying what little I have left of the lovely English summer except …
Today I am having one of those days where everything is going great. You know, one of those days that you think that you really should be working towards world peace as you could probably get it worked out by noon. One of those days that you think that you really should go shopping as …
I just thought that I would share with you the windowsills in the bathrooms in the house. The first is the upstairs bathroom: The second is the downstairs: Who says it can’t “smell like flowers” when you’re done?
Today I got this package delivered to me. It is from the British Wool Marketing Board. I placed an order with them for both some posters and some wool for spinning. Today, I got my posters, as well as a few other goodies. I ordered the posters to help decorate my attic yarn …
I have been making flowers today in a couple of different forms. I spent most of the morning and a lot of the afternoon sitting in the shadow of the conservatory on an upturned former cat litter bucket wearing a t-shirt and jeans and my birks. I filled pot after green plastic pot with potting …
What a fun day. Today I went to the S.O.C.K.S. (South Orlando Crocheters, Knitters and Spinners) 5th annual Distaff day. It was a blast and the first time that I have ever gotten a chance to spin with other people. It is also the first time a photo of me spinning has been taken. The folks …
EndWe have done the insane, the impossible, the fuzzy and bulky. We have cataloged my yarn stash. Note that I did not say “my entire yarn stash”. That will have to wait for the UK as there were a LOT with no labels or with labels that were so, well, mysterious, or in other languages so …
Sarah Jane Humke 