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Monthly Archives: November 2007
When I waved my wand
When I waved my wand- mountains swayed on the spot and clocks’ hands spun too fast When I waved my wand- photos and pictures sprang to life within their frames When I waved my wand- the sun weeped embers from the sky and the moon shined radiantly All when I waved my wand…. -:<>:-:<>:-:<>:-:<>:-:<>:-:<>:- Sam [...]
Posted in Homeschooling, Poetry
Where is my brain?
Isn’t it gorgeous? 46+ yards (3.9 ounces) of bulky merino goodness. Can’t you just smell the fiber fumes?!? I can’t sell it. Beeeccaaaaauuuuzzzzeee, I can’t figure out how much to charge for it!?! Anyone have a formula handy? ‘Coz I am dain bramaged!
Posted in Fiber Arts, Spinning
Hodge Podge
Time seems to have sped up since Thanksgiving so briefly, before I run and jump into bed, here’s what I’ve been up to: julienned my thumb with the new mandolin slicer thingy cat nearly died (foam-rubber addiction) fiber order arrived from Spinning Bunny decided to finally knit the bald dog a sweater put Sam on [...]
Posted in Fiber Arts, Homeschooling, Knitting, Spinning
Twisted-Rib Cap
Remember the alpaca roving I spun up only 10 days ago…? Well, here it is all knitted up into a cap for my WDH. Yes, that is a smattering of snow you see! Amazing to think we were outside playing in the nearly 60 degree weather just the other day.
Posted in Fiber Arts, Finished Objects, Knitting
Kombai!
And Happy Thanksgiving. Our feast today consisted of: Inari-zushi (like the wasabi tree?) Chicken-Char-siu-bao and a Shabu-shabu pot We are all very full (of thanks) and tomorrow we have a more traditional American Thanksgiving dinner.
Posted in Holidays, Life, Thanksgiving
SQUEEEEEE!
I wrote a quick note to Susan at the Spinning Bunny about the yarn I had spun from her fiber. Well, she said it looked great put it on her Customer Creations page. I’m the second from the bottom on the left) Squeeeeee! I feel famous!
Posted in Fiber Arts, Spinning
Happy Birthday to Sam
Friday was Sam’s 10th birthday party. This is him with the coveted DS game “Shadow the Hedgehog.” Can you tell he was excited? Instead of cake, I made a batch of chocolate chip cookies and impaled the top cookie with 10 candles. This was served with icecream. Everyone seemed content with this deviation from tradition. [...]
Posted in Fiber Arts, Life, Running, Spinning
Juggling Math
Been reading another homeschooling blog carnival and found some good (and interesting advise) from Wild About Math: How to get past stupid math mistakes Under #6: Take Movement Breaks: “juggling (Sheppard encourages students to learn to juggle as a way to reset their brains. I suspect that the left-right brain integration of juggling is helpful [...]
Posted in Carnival, Homeschooling
Green hours and good days
Monday this week we had a terrific “green hour” at Bear Creek Trail. This picture is of Sam-man. We’d call him green-man but well, the leaf isn’t green and he is… well, Sam. There were shocking red leaves , several frogs, weird mushrooms, fuzzy plants, soft moss, rough bark, sweet smells and bird sounds. I [...]
Posted in Homeschooling, Nature