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Cuteness

Submitted this to Cute Overload for Mr Bristow: Quantum was about 8 weeks old when this was taken (she's now nearly four years old) and her tail stump was still bare. (Short version of the cat story: Owner drives over kitten tail, tail has to be amputated, owner

Offline

I'm taking a break, I'll be back in a week or so.

Spin, coin, knit

Tried spinning my silk hankie on Friday, using the Knittyspin article as a guide. I'm amazed at the results! It is so easy to spin, even easier than the Coopworth, and it's shiny. Shiny and beautiful. It gets stuck to your hands, especially if your skin

Geocaching

It is now possible to circumnavigate Creve Coeur Lake. You didn't used to be able to get all the way around, this was our first complete loop. It's a 3.7 mile trail, more if you're wandering off doing an excellent 3 part multi-cache

Bullet points

Spun, plied, and washed my mini-skein on Tuesday, it's dry now. George was not as easy to spin as the Coopworth, but the dyed fibre was nice. It's a lot less even than my wheel-spun, but it's not as thick as my last spindle

Exodus

From the mountains high and valleys low, the ocean through the desert snow, say goodbye to the friends we know, this is our exodus, this is our exodus. From the traffic jams in Tokyo, new music on the radio, say goodbye to the world we know, this is our exodus,

Mr Men

BBC News: Happy birthday to the Mr Men. It was 35 years ago that Mr Tickle first made an appearance, kicking off generation after generation's love for the Mr Men and the Little Miss books. The Mr Men were the creation of Roger Hargreaves who came up with

Delurking Day Contest

Today is Delurking Day, please leave a comment so I know you've been by, even if it's not today anymore, and especially if you've never commented before. Pretty please! This blog has had about 490 comments since I switched to WordPress in November 2004,

Snapshot - March 2006

Listening to Train "For Me, It's You" and Emiliana Torrini "Love In The Time Of Science". I have to be in the right mood for Emiliana, but she's written some beautiful mellow songs, definitely worth listening to. The Train CD was a

Much better now

There is only one better way to spend my birthday than a day off work, alone, flitting from place to place with no obligations or deadlines, and that is to start that day at the spa with a massage. Thank you Hubby, I really needed that!

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