So, since it seems that my proper Shetland posts are going to take a dogs-life to be written (we crammed a lot into a week!) I figure that I can give you some swag shots to keep y’all happy:-) Now, as you all know, the whole trip was arranged by Jamieson and Smith, the Shetland …
So, the UK has gone from having zero (or seriously close to zero) major knitting get-aways to having two in one year. Not even in a year, in a summer! First up is Knit Nation which is being held the 29th, 30th and 31st of July this year in London. It’s three days of shopping …
A couple of nights ago the hubby and I were setting up for an invigorating game of scrabble (I know, we are the most boring couple on the planet!!) and we had lit a few candles on the dinning room table. Now, I’m not sure what Jiji thought that I was doing up there, but …
Have you ever really looked at a map? I mean really looked at one? It’s fascinating the things that you tend to notice when you really sit down and take a good long look at a map. When I got back to The Old Chapel I noticed that the sun was in the sky a …
I’m sure that some of you have noticed that I haven’t been on here in a while. That is because, my dear readers, I have been asleep or catching up on things that needed catching up on here in The Old Chapel. Mostly sleeping though to tell you the truth. I turned into sleeping beauty …
Ok, so if you missed it, I would totally suggest* that you check out Whale Hunters by the National Geographic Channel. I like that the documentary makers didn’t seem to “pretty up” any of the facts about the lifestyle of the Inupiat Eskimos that hunt the bowhead whales that pass near Point Barrow each year. …
Tonight, after watching Micheal the monster mutt wrangle the goats into their pen for the night (that never ceases to amuse me) I came back to my brothers and taking advantage of the seemingly stable internet for once, decided to watch Brenda Dayne of the podcast Cast-On taking her turn on the 4th Plinth. It …
Driving up to Mason City today with my mom we passed a large group of wind turbines. I, of course, had to stop and take pictures. Be very glad that I don’t live closer to them, as this would probably become the “Look at these cool pictures I took of the wind turbines” blog pretty …
As I was driving back from the “20/30 Something Knit Night” tonight at Crazy Girl Yarn Shop (more on that later) I was listening to a Des Moines “Lite” Music station. Now, this would not be my normal choice for music stations but it seemed that everything else that I could get on the radio …
So we are on our way back to Iowa in a big way. This is probably our last night on the road as we are in Rapid City, SD. We decided not to go to Yellowstone or Glacier National Parks as we have visited both of them in the past and, well, to tell you …
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