tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-285647032024-03-07T01:25:10.192-08:00YARN GIRLS, THEY DO GET WOOLYPlaying with fiber ~ spinning, knitting...the usual.Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05993185236638392774noreply@blogger.comBlogger217125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28564703.post-20908492538654717362013-07-17T16:30:00.000-07:002013-07-17T16:30:00.973-07:00Summer at UW<div style="text-align: center;">
The rose gardens near Drumheller Fountain are in full bloom.</div>
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This one has Mary Gates Hall in the background.</div>
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That's the Electrical Engineering building in the background.</div>
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Here's the Fountain with a duck path from the outer sidewalk to the inner fountain.</div>
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After years of ducks being trapped in there, the Grounds people came up with a design that works for everyone, ducks and students. You just can't tell some people to keep their hands off the wildlife. sigh.</div>
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This moma duck had just the one duckling this season.</div>
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She's been there on the launching pad every day when we go by at lunch.</div>
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The baby is getting big! </div>
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<a href="http://www.indigowa.com/">Indigo Kitchen and Ale House</a>, recommended by friends, was the destination for our semi-annual breakfast/dinner get-together last Saturday evening. We always mean to do this more often, but twice a year seems to be the norm for us. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV67QQEdtG4">NORM</a>!</div>
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<a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/indigo-kitchen-and-ale-house-lynnwood">Yelp foodies</a> mostly like this place and a look at their online menu left us with a dilemma about what to order. It is varied and all looks yummy.</div>
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Calamari served w/ spicy ailioli</div>
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VERY spicy ailioli. I couldn't eat the sauce. </div>
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The calimari was plenty spicy without it.</div>
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Indigo Steak Bites marinated in a spicy chipotle-soy sauce.</div>
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Very tender, very tasty. We all liked it very much. </div>
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Lainie chose the Cobb Salad ~ quite tasty.</div>
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She said "It's a Cobb ~ they're pretty much the same everywhere."</div>
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Leslie chose the Buttermilk Fried Chicken, which she totally enjoyed.</div>
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Pe, surprisingly, had the Shrimp & Grits. See that little white creamy corner? That's grits.</div>
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It was go good it was hard to stop eating and she said that next time she wouldn't have the starters and would just concentrate on that fabulous dish.</div>
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This is the Black and Blue Burger with sweet potato fries.</div>
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Leah and I both ordered it. We like blue cheese.</div>
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Crispy on the outside, sweet and soft on the inside. Yum.</div>
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The service is excellent, our server Stephanie was professional and accommodating. She brought lemon wedges twice, since we used them on our calamari and in our water. It smells wonderful in that place and isn't too loud for conversations. They have outside seating, which people took advantage of ~ it being a balmy 68-70 outside and some of us being intrepid Seattle-ites. It needs to be slightly warmer for me, but they did crank up the outdoor heaters after awhile as dusk fell.</div>
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A good time was had by all and we decided to come at 5:pm next time and do the happy-hour menu in full. Most of us arrived slightly before 6:00 and Stephanie encouraged us to order starters from the happy-hour menu before they cut us off. A very welcoming atmosphere and good food. We will be back. </div>
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Quite a few years ago we were quite fond of this wine. On a tip from the wine woman at Food Emporium in Lynnwood (closed now, sadly) we took it to Thanksgiving dinner about 7 years ago . We bought 2 or 3 bottles and it went fabulously with turkey dinner. So well, in fact, that we went back for more the next day to drink with leftovers and then every time we happened to think about it we bought more. The price fluctuated between $8 & $10, which is our bracket. </div>
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What we try to do with wine is to buy it on sale, at least $5 off and less than $9/bottle. Sometimes we find very good wine that way; some we find is mediocre. Some is extremely overpriced at it's original price and not even worth it on sale. C'est la vie. La vie.</div>
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Gradually, we began to realize that the Obsession was no longer easy to find, and this was probably 2 or 3 years ago. After a few months of not seeing it anywhere, we had to face it: discontinued. At least not available locally. Sad.</div>
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The ivy under the front porch and along the walkway was doing it's usual spring growth spurt. Why do people plant this stuff? Do they not realize that 20 years down the road it will be invading the siding of their homes and climbing 30' up the Douglas Firs? What? It's not rocket science. </div>
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This photo was taken during the revamp of the yard, and <br />
shows the ivy on the side-yard side of the drive. <br />
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That side-yard is very cute now and it looks way better sans ivy.<br />
Maybe we'll put rhubarb in the blank spot.<br />
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This is the ivy under the front porch.<br />
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This is an attempt to trim the ivy falling off the rockery.<br />
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And off the rockery, as well.</div>
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Big piles of ivy,<br />
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and Dave, dear Dave, hauling it away.<br />
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Ok, how does the wine come together with the ivy in this tale? While he was pulling the ivy out, Dave found a bottle of it under the porch! It must have rolled out of a grocery bag which must have been put down on the walkway for some reason. That bottle might have been under the ivy for years, at least 2 years, most likely more. It probably went through several harsh winters and one particularly hot summer.</div>
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We thought we'd try it. Chilled, of course. Worst case scenario: undrinkable vinegar. Best case: a couple of glasses of our favorite wine, after a very long dry spell!</div>
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The label was the only thing ruined about this bottle of wine.<br />
It was DE-licious!<br />
We're on the quest for an interweb source.<br />
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* (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/A-Yorkshire-Fable-Kim-Hargreaves/dp/1904485065">could be a good name for a Rowan knitting book</a>)</div>
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because it blooms in the winter, bright yellow flowers.</div>
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They love that. </div>
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It's a fairly fast grower and did pretty well in the pot next to the Hummingbird feeder on the deck.</div>
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Those were the pros.</div>
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The cons: prickly leaves which die, drop off </div>
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They're always prickly, even when dead and brown, so cleaning them out is problematic. </div>
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Also, if the flowers get snowed upon, they die.</div>
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The neighbor across from us is redoing her yard, which is wonderful for us </div>
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as we look at it from the kitchen windows and for years it's been layer upon layer of juniper hedge.</div>
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Now there is grass, a two-tiered rockery for flowering shrubs and bulbs and they've limbed up the apple tree and big maple that overwhelmed the front of the front yard. We've been offering her plants that we thought would work in our yard but didn't, for one reason or another. </div>
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The Mahonia is one such. </div>
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She has a perfect place for it in the ground, rather than a pot. </div>
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She was home yesterday and so we did the hand-off.</div>
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It was easier than anticipated because we trimmed up the lower branches </div>
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This little tree came in it's own stump. </div>
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We decided to put it in that now-empty deck pot.</div>
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That's a long root system! The roots are longer than the tree is tall.</div>
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It's not very big, but maybe it qualifies as '<a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=big+bonsai&client=firefox-a&hs=rG0&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=zFS_Uf6-Csj_qQHehYCYAQ&ved=0CC0QsAQ&biw=1109&bih=611">big bonzi</a>'.</div>
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Add new dirt. $10. a bag at Costco. We need more.</div>
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Clean up and waala! It's cute and a better fit for that spot on the deck.</div>
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Last Saturday morning spur-of-the-moment plan: go to Peggy F's<a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/calico-creations-mount-vernon"> favorite quilt shop</a> </div>
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so that Peggy could look at fabric for her potential quilt.</div>
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She found this:</div>
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a whole line from Henry Glass & Co.</div>
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called </div>
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Wingin It, by The Buggy Barn</div>
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She really liked the one that she's pulling out for the border fabric.</div>
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She bought some of most of the others, too,<br />
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It will be a fabulous quilt.</div>
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I was tempted by some lovely 'regular priced' Moda:</div>
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but I picked these from the sale section, $5/yard.<br />
They will become pillow cases.</div>
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We had breakfast here<a href="http://yarngirlstheydogetwooly.blogspot.com/2013/04/breakfast-in-mt-vernon.html"> not long ago</a> and thought we'd give lunch a try, </div>
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since we were going to Mt. Vernon for the quilt shop.</div>
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Peggy F. had the Fish Tacos </div>
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and said they were yummy.</div>
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Peggy had a combo lunch:</div>
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1/2 roast beef barbie sandwich, salad and chicken chili.</div>
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She says the sandwich was very good, the chili was ok </div>
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I chose the combo 1/2 sandwich (shrimp and avocado), salad and chicken chili.</div>
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The shrimp was a tad fishy smelling as fresh shimp can be even after it's washed,<br />
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the chicken chili was ok, nothing special.</div>
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Here's what I really wanted:</div>
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Vanilla Cream Puffs.</div>
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We were adult about it.</div>
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We passed on desert.</div>
Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05993185236638392774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28564703.post-52231212730811276972013-06-02T10:00:00.001-07:002013-06-02T10:00:04.532-07:00It's time to retire<div style="text-align: center;">
If you're Hellen, of <a href="http://www.mountvernondowntown.org/shop/hellens_needlework.html">Hellen's Needlework</a> in Mt. Vernon, </div>
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retiring isn't something you have contemplated very often.</div>
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Hellen is in her 80's, and has been running her yarn shop for so many years</div>
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that she's a mainstay of the downtown Mt. Vernon experience.</div>
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Sometimes it's years between our visits to Hellen's,</div>
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but she's always been there and with a great selection of sock yarn.</div>
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Hellen has been knitting socks for 70 years.</div>
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She knit every single sock that hangs in her shop.</div>
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We visited on Saturday, June 1st, and I bought this:</div>
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Two hanks of sock yarn, </div>
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50% wool, 20% Super Fine Alpaca, 30% nylon</div>
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It's $10.50 a hank. For 433 yards. </div>
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Hellen prices her yarns quite reasonably.</div>
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During the last few years she's lost her long-time staff, and then last year her husband passed.</div>
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He was her back-up, he did the paperwork. </div>
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She's been struggling with doing it all herself, and she's worn out.</div>
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The yarn shop business isn't for wimps.</div>
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Hellen is no wimp, but she's done.</div>
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The Hellen's Needlework store is closing this month.</div>
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She is starting the close-out sale on Friday, June 7th, with everything 25% off.</div>
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Higher discounts as June progresses.</div>
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Mt. Vernon is south of the <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=skagit+river+bridge+collapse&rlz=1C1RNPN_enUS383US532&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=t3arUbinOKqZiAKQwYDoBw&ved=0CE0QsAQ&biw=1088&bih=508">Skagit River bridge</a>, </div>
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so the bridge being unusable is not an issue if you're coming from the Greater Seattle direction.</div>
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Hellen, thanks for all the yarn! We'll miss you.</div>
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Every spring the chickadees nest in a birdhouse on the front porch. </div>
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They raise 2 or 3 clutches and then they're gone.</div>
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They scold us severely whenever we're on the porch,</div>
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but if we're still they will go about their parenting business.</div>
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One of the most wonderful things about the UW is the care given the landscape.</div>
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The Friday Knitters spent the sunniest, hottest* weekend so far this year (May 4&5)</div>
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in a Pat Brunner class on Designing Knitwear to Fit Your Body (One Size Does Not Fit All.)</div>
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Lisa welcomed us to her Redmond home:</div>
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They have 16 chickens.</div>
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Two shy sheep,</div>
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We spent quite a bit of time outside at the breaks and lunches.</div>
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Trixie was riveted.</div>
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Henry was riveted.</div>
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Matilda: not just riveted. She was fascinated by all the food.</div>
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It was a wonderful weekend. If we had to be inside for most of it, oh well! <br />
Spending time together, knitting and laughing: priceless.<br />
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*It was 87 on Sunday afternoon in Seattle. It didn't get quite that hot in Redmond, maybe only 84.</div>
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**SallyBill: a flock of sheep from <a href="http://www.islandfibers.com/index.html">Island Fibers</a> on Lopez, one of the San Juan Islands, started about 70 years ago by Sally Bill, blended to the originators' handspinning preferences. Nobody knows quite what the mix is at this point, but the fleeces goes for about $16.00 a pound, unwashed, in a bag. That must be a pretty good fleece.</div>
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This was on my desk at work this morning.</div>
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Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05993185236638392774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28564703.post-79668578353281575132013-04-20T07:29:00.000-07:002013-04-20T07:29:09.133-07:00Car Spinning<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On our way to the Whidbey Island Spin-In the first weekend of April, I tried Car Spinning.</div>
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Peggy drove and I set it up.</div>
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There are two glove boxes and the upper one was perfect for holding excess fiber.</div>
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It was a short trip, less than two hours, so I didn't get a lot of spinning done.</div>
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The only problem seemed to be 'spinner error' ~ I kept allowing the fiber to break.</div>
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Trying to reset the system with a seat-belt on was awkward.</div>
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This is not very good Jacob fiber. </div>
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Along with the vm, which is abundant, there is an amazing amount of kemp. </div>
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Even though I have one full spool, I have to consider the wisdom of continuing the project.</div>
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So what if I end up with enough two-ply for a sweater? Who wants to have all that kemp sticking out?</div>
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If you enbiggify* this photo, you can see the loads of kemp, those white wire-like bits. </div>
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Ick.</div>
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*Thanks to LindaK for this word. Is it a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portmanteau">Portmanteau</a> or a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sniglet">Sniglet</a>?</div>
Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05993185236638392774noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28564703.post-19031770596840500852013-04-11T07:53:00.000-07:002013-04-11T07:53:57.544-07:00Breakfast in Mt. Vernon<div style="text-align: center;">
Last Saturday we drove north on I-5 toward the spin-in at the high school in Oak Harbor, <br />
the annual event sponsored by the <a href="http://www.whidbeyweaversguild.org/guild.html">Whidbey Island Weavers Guild</a>.<br />
We always stay in the <a href="http://www.thecoachmaninn.com/">same motel</a>, usually the same room,<br />
which we share with Evanne and Natasha.<br />
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Stopping for breakfast here was Evanne's idea. <br />
It was a good one! <br />
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<a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/calico-cupboard-old-town-cafe-and-bakery-mount-vernon">Calico Cupboard</a></div>
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I order French Toast 99% of the time.</div>
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It was excellent. I could eat only 3 of the 4 pieces.</div>
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It was crispy on the crust and custard-y on the inside, as it should be.</div>
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Peggy ordered the House Granola and Greek Yogurt.</div>
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Evanne chose the Huevos Rancheros.</div>
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Our opinion: we'd go back! </div>
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There's an antique shop next door which we may check out next time.</div>
Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05993185236638392774noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28564703.post-46291401276068177832013-03-23T11:34:00.001-07:002013-03-23T11:35:38.677-07:00Spring snow<div style="text-align: center;">
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Then came the second day of Spring. </div>
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This is what we woke up to, </div>
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We waited for daylight. It snowed for several more hours. </div>
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The squirrel was not amused.</div>
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The birds flocked. One at a time, sometimes.</div>
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The sun finally came out and it all turned to slush. </div>
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I was only 2 hours late to work.</div>
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It's a <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/digital-cameras/samsung-wb250f-smart-camera/4505-6501_7-35566965.html">Samsung Smart Camera WB 250F</a>. OMG I love this camera. Look at what it can do, all by itself:</div>
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An original photo, on the auto setting;</div>
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nothing done to it except resizing,</div>
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The next photos are internal settings on the camera,</div>
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Just choose special effect and snap your photo.</div>
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I am going to have so much fun with this camera!</div>
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I've had it for less than a week and already feel more comfortable with it than I did<br />
with several of my former cameras, no matter how long I owned and used them.<br />
This camera is very user friendly. Experimenting with it will be my next obsession.</div>
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Of the at least 100 photos I took today, only 2 were blurry. That is AWESOME!<br />
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Back to the sweater: </div>
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This was the second sweater I ever knit, probably back in 1990 or 91.<br />
It's oversized, as was popular in the '80's, and since I was always 'thrifty',<br />
I probably bought the pattern on sale. But not the yarn.<br />
I remember falling in love with this yarn. </div>
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So, here's the sweater again, natural light, no flash. </div>
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I'm considering frogging the sleeves to the elbows (maybe) and redesigning how they end. </div>
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I think the body could be shorter, too. I love the cowl, always have, so may have to keep it, <br />
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Because, really, who needs a 1980's sweater with puffy cuffs?</div>
Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05993185236638392774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28564703.post-51649816497337832862013-01-02T16:58:00.001-08:002013-01-04T05:35:05.326-08:00Starting the new year without a cameraNormally I would have a photo-heavy entry on any given day, but my camera slipped out of my hand, bounced on the deck and landed in the ivy, which was wet. Don't know if the bounce or the damp did the damage, but it's definitely not it's old self.<br />
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Speaking of old, it's at least 8 years old, which in camera-years is about 80, with the way technology is leap-frogging into the future. It's a little Casio Exilim, very reliable when not bouncing and it did lovely close-ups of dew-damp dahlias. It wasn't very good for zooming into the distance, and I had some jiggle issues, plus the sound on the movies would include a little 'chunk chunk' when I'd zoom in or out. </div>
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I thought of getting it fixed, but it's time for a new camera.</div>
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I'm going with something a little more sophisticated but not something that costs a kidney. I think I won't use it if it's too big to fit into my (small) purse or if it's too complicated. I don't need to change lens's and I don't need stop-action sports shots.</div>
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I need a nice little point and shoot that gives good knitting/spinning photos for less than $300.00, including tax and shipping. I'm open to suggestions.</div>
Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05993185236638392774noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28564703.post-77333447761558170782012-12-24T11:21:00.001-08:002012-12-24T11:25:06.187-08:00Wishing everyone a gunfire-free holiday"We simply must keep in mind that the NRA hasn't represented or lobbied on behalf of gun owners for decades. It is a shill for gun merchants. We must shout this from the hilltops loudly enough to drown out the drone of "opinion respecting" drivel that is already emanating from commentators across the airwaves.<br />
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The NRA is an industial lobby for weapons and ammunition manufacturers that, with astonishing cowardice, hides behind the US Constituion and dupes well-meaning Americans into thinking that the goat is actually a lamb."<br />
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Walter Borton,via FacebookRebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05993185236638392774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28564703.post-73551901581104698272012-11-20T13:14:00.000-08:002012-11-20T13:03:37.465-08:00It's been 19 weeks since my last haircutA haircut is not all that important, in the whole scheme of things, although a bad one can ruin your life for a week or so. This one was all about how I was feeling about my hair, which I wanted to change, and my job, which I wanted to keep. I've been doing this job as a temp for almost a year. It was posted, finally, early last month. I applied, was interviewed awhile ago but still hadn't heard if I would be hired or not. Plus, growing out my hair was problematic. I was told to wait at least 14 weeks before getting it cut again but went well beyond that because of one thing and another. I was feeling paranoid and frumpy. Only one of those things could be remedied immediately, or so I thought. <br />
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We visited our favorite stylist last weekend and by today I had the job. It was magical.</div>
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Here's the Magic Maker's business info:</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hillary's Beauty Parlor</span></div>
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DEDICATED TO KEEPING YOU GORGEOUS</div>
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Hillary Sittig</div>
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Stylist </div>
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hillarysittig@gmail.com</div>
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206-383-7809</div>
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Call or email to book cuts and color.</div>
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Snohomish area, where Snohomish and Mill Creek meet.</div>
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Oh, the job? </div>
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Reception at the Computer Science and Engineering department, University of Washington. </div>
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HA!</div>
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Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05993185236638392774noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28564703.post-86623325330978595282012-10-13T16:56:00.002-07:002012-10-13T17:23:31.782-07:00The Market at OFFFSaturday, Sept 22nd, came in bright and shiny, if a tad cool. The weather just got better during the day, never too hot but hot enough to burn off the heavy dew and allow us to leave our sweaters in camp.<br />
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Shopping at OFFF is something of a contact sport ~ the event officially opens at 9:00am but the crowd gets there at 8:00, growing by at least 300% by 9. You can't walk fast from one booth to the next ~ it's more like swimming upstream, gradually insinuating yourself into the actual environs of the booth of choice while about 25 other shoppers are attempting the same thing. In short, OFFF is very like every other fabulous fiber festival and it's all good.<br />
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Well, most of it is good. We get there early so some other knitter or spinner doesn't buy 'our' stuff, and unfortunately sometimes we're not early enough and we see someone carrying off the exact thing that we wanted. Darn!<br />
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In spite of that, this year we we're very happy with our shopping experience. We did <a href="http://www.tootsleblanc.com/">Toots</a>, <a href="http://www.carolinahomespun.com/">Carolina</a>, <a href="https://crownmountainfarms.com/html/fiber.html">Clouse</a>, <a href="http://www.glasspens.com/">Michael & Sheila</a>, <a href="http://home.earthlink.net/~dicentra/">Lisa</a>, the other <a href="http://www.lisaknit.com/">Lisa</a> and then all the rest or at least most of them. There seemed to be hundreds. They were in two big buildings, the barns, the grassy plaza, everywhere. It was awesome.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sheila & Michael Ernst, makers of awesome glass needles, buttons and more.</td></tr>
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We were buying for ourselves and also door prizes for the upcoming early November Knitters Retreat at Fort Worden in Port Townsend, WA. Our plan was to not go discount but to go with quality over quantity, hence the above mentioned vendors. It's so fun to spend <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102609/">other peoples money</a>!<br />
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We did manage to find some of 'our' stuff in there, so we bought:</div>
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Shetland Fleece from Whistlestop Shetlands ~ P</div>
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This is Brandy Chastain from Whistlestop Shetlands & a good shot of the Sunday Fiber Sale</div>
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Corriedale Fiber dyed by Lisa of Dicentra ~ R</div>
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By the end of the weekend we were ready to go home. The awful traffic at/around Tacoma is becoming an annual ritual, not something we look forward to but at least it means we're only an hour (once we get through it) from home. Sometimes that means 90 minutes, sometimes 2 hours, but we have our books on cd, snacks from the cooler and plenty of patience. </div>
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A very satisfactory way to spend 4 days.</div>
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We must do this again sometime.<br />
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Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05993185236638392774noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28564703.post-58273655519965435942012-10-07T10:04:00.000-07:002012-10-07T10:04:14.206-07:00Camping and Koi at OFFF 2012It's about time we went back to OFFF. It's been a few years and during that time we gathered 'grown-up' camping equipment so that we could camp in a semblance of comfort: largish tent and self-inflating queen-size air mattresses for starters. We had one lantern and a few flashlights, but were lacking a stove, another lantern and, who knew we would need one, a heater. These we borrowed from good friends and we will use the coming year to invest in our own.<br />
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We checked the 10-day and the 7-day forecast and here's what we were expecting: 75/52, mostly sunny. Here's what we got: 64/48, heavily overcast Thursday/Friday, rain Thursday night, and then 68/50 and sunny on Saturday/Sunday. We moved the kitchen into the tent and refreshed the propane canisters twice, as that little heater was getting a workout.<br />
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We called my son, who lives in Portland, to meet us at the campgrounds and help us set up the new tent, which was way easier than anticipated and left plenty of time for beer after.<br />
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Friday dawned cloudy and gray, the tent dripping and the ankle-high grass soaking our jeans on the way to the outhouse about a block away. Note to selves: consider a travel toilet... <br />
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Evanne was camping w/ Tazo about 30' away; she had minimal goals for the free day: get a pedicure, visit the dahlia gardens and get some 'hammock time'. <br />
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By 10:00 Friday we were all three sitting in the nail salon, Evanne with her feet in a tub and Peggy and I having our fingernails done. In Oregon they have a law: you must buy a 'nail kit' which includes an emery board and a buffer for hands plus a callus buffer for feet. $1 or $2. Or you can bring your own. We love this, for obvious reasons.<br />
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By 11:30 we were at Swan Island Dahlia Farm, which we walked through for at least two hours. Think of the Tulip Fields in the Skagit Valley, squared. Bigger blooms, taller flowers. And a Koi pond! <a href="http://www.canbyfarmloop.com/members/gardenspotkoi.php">The Koi</a> are for sale, just fyi. <br />
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Peaches and Dreams</div>
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Sheer Heaven</div>
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We certainly don't have room for all of these so we'll have to choose between them, maybe only 5. Or 6... Deciding on where to put them will be problematic as well. It's a garden with 'themes': fuchsias, hydrangeas, grotesques, blueberries, and hostas. We have a few one-of-a-kinds besides the lemon cypress hedge and Harry Lauder's Walking Stick ~ and we want to put in more food next year, not just rhubarb and blueberries.</div>
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Thanks, Evanne! What a dilemma! </div>
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On Monday, Labor Day, the Peggy's and I treated ourselves to another round at <a href="http://www.edinasushi.com/">Edina Sushi</a>, mostly because we were hungry but also because they were open, unlike the nail place around the corner, where we were going to go to get our nails done prior to dinner but had to put it off until Tuesday.</div>
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We ordered the Sushi Tower; it's been outstanding each and every time.</div>
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The roll on the left is the Tropical Roll. Mango and Crab. SO GOOD!</div>
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These two were new to us and we were not disappointed.</div>
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The ever popular (with us) Rainbow Roll, better and more interesting than the California.</div>
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The ginger is fresh and yummy. They'll bring you a big dish of it if you want more.</div>
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The staff is efficient and friendly, the very good <a href="http://drinks.seriouseats.com/2011/03/tea-time-what-is-genmaicha-green-tea-toasted-rice.html">Genmaicha</a> tea is free. yea.</div>
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The carding involved the second time through the carder with my pale gray shetland, Strudel, and the third time through on the Corriedale "Birch", which I bought at Whidbey Spin-in in 2011. Both of them evened out, became consistent in coloration, especially the blue Corriedale. <br />
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All of Strudel laid out. </div>
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Once through the carder. </div>
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Finished carding ~ all evened out, color-wise</div>
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Early Monday I went back to carding, working on a 50/50 blend of brown CVM named Humphrey and apricot Alpaca name Alessandro, hoping that the alpaca would brighten up the CVM. Sadly, the opposite happened ~ the brown overwhelmed the apricot and, once spun and 2-plyed, gave me a drab, lifeless color that I do not want at all. I also don't want to dye either one, so on to:<br />
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Plan B: card the CVM by itself; it's a nice color and there is enough for a sweater if I do it well. Then find a nice white fleece and try the apricot alpaca with it, hoping for a glint of color from the alpaca. I have less than 2 lbs of the alpaca so I can't afford to experiment very much. I think I can get a hat out of the CVM/Alpaca blend I've already spun and plied.<br />
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We have plans for Oregon Flock & Fiber Festival later this month, so perhaps I'll find an appropriate fleece there. A few months ago Peggy and I put ourselves on "NO NEW FLEECES" status (the fiber room is full of plenty of fleeces ready to be spun), but there is no need to be unreasonable if the right fleece presents itself. I'm pretty sure that's one of the "Spinners Rules of Acquisition".Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05993185236638392774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28564703.post-61218660932290030972012-09-01T17:27:00.000-07:002012-09-01T17:27:30.944-07:00Ivy on the side.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Is <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=ivy+houses&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=qnY&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=ilBCUKDKB-rViwLeqYDIDw&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAQ&biw=1247&bih=548">ivy</a> like <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=moles&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=Y9D&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvnsa&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=yVBCUO6NGunpiwLev4DwDg&ved=0CAwQ_AUoAQ&biw=1247&bih=548">moles</a>? Is there anything good about it? Is it more like <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=kudzu&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=IRt&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=F1BCUI7CJIfgiALM44CoAQ&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAQ&biw=1247&bih=548">kudzu</a> than <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=blue+vinca&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=pOt&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=fk9CUIi6DsG2igLqs4HgDw&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAQ&biw=1247&bih=548">vinca</a>? Does it ever truly go away upon removal or does it just lurk underground, waiting its chance to sprout anew when the focus is off it and onto something new and shiny? Finally, is it wrong to just kill it?<br />
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We'll find out. Our current goal is to remove the ivy from the front yard on both sides of the driveway. This requires upper-body strength and tools, neither of which we have. It turns out the neighbors have both of those things AND a couple of cats which they would like us to feed for the coming week when they are out of town. Such a deal! The upper-level-ivy part of the removal took them an hour X 2 people, which may be about the amount of time we spend next week with their cats. Good trade. Dear Dave took out the vinca and started the ivy-roll back in June, before his bum-knee started giving him grief. Again.<br />
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This is the ickiness that is 'ivy everywhere.' There's some vinca in there, too, which doesn't make it better.</div>
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June, 2012, vinca & half the ivy is out, thanks to Dave.</div>
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Dave rolled up the ivy while digging out the roots.</div>
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Roll of ivy on the driveway after removal.</div>
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August 2012, the retaining wall of boulders is revealed, making the ferns look huge. <br />
Thanks to Jim and Kaye for their heroic efforts on behalf of their cats!<br />
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The current plan is to dig out the dirt down a foot or more to get out as much of the ivy root-system as possible and refill with good top-soil and steer manure. A small back-hoe may be involved. Then we'll be able to plant above the boulders and below them as well, effectively having another whole garden. The ferns will probably be transplanted to the back yard, as they are too big for this location.</div>
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The other side of the drive has its own challenges.</div>
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This side of the ivy problem will be much more tedious. It's at an awkward angle and we may have to bring in the pros. When the ivy is gone, the tree frogs will have to move along. Listening to their croaking has been a constant source of amusement over the years and in all those years we've never seen one, hence no link to what they may look like. It's a mystery.</div>
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