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randomly on a wednesday morning...

It's just pictures today really... some knitting, some not. I'll have a finished object post tomorrow or the next day...

My Clematis is blooming. I love this plant so much... mostly because it was such a surprise when it creeped onto the deck and then bloomed the first time


this skein has been staring at me from my yarn bowl for months now. It's from Three Irish Girls out of Duluth, MN. The colorway is 'Love Wins' and it was a special limited colorway to raise money for victims and families of the Newtown CT tragedy last December. I'm mentally kicking myself for not ordering more of it at the time....


So I wound it up even though I wasn't done yet with my dk/lightworsted Cream and Sugar....


and then started knitting with it...

and continued knitting with it, smitten with the way the colors pooled on the ribbing and then randomly broke up in the stockinette portion...


but I did get back to Cream and Sugar and started the final ribbing...


then this happened Monday morning at the staff meeting... It was a surprise and I am so honored that I was chosen.

Then this dude got sick again and we went to L for a dose of medicine and while we were there we worked in a pedicure... He's feeling better but now D is down with the flu so they are all at home feeling miserable together...

still knitting...

with everyone home sick yesterday except me, I dragged my new lounder outside after making sure medicine, 7-Up, soup, and oatmeal (Mr. Brown) was distributed... Fixed myself a drink and tipped back for 45 minutes of Vitamin D therapy... it was 80+ on the back deck last night and Gabby and I enjoyed every minute of it.



and being hot, having a flu victim in the house means having Popsicles in the house... the ones with the cheesy jokes that I adore...
my favorite flavor is the orange, i'll take a grape, and cherry can take a hike.


 Happy Wednesday Everyone!

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