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| The Robin Egg's Blue 100% CASHMERE yarn that I bought! For me!!!! I think I'll knit a hat, maybe some fingerless gloves and if there is enough left: a cowl. It is so soft. Like a kitten. I want to name it George and pet it all day. They also had some great dark charcoal grey in this color. It would look great in a nice man's hat. However, I didn't buy any because I don't know anyone to knit something that special (and expensive) for right now. |
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| This is a little darker than it really is. Not a good photo; taken at night. However, you get to see my lovely marble floor- which is the main reason that I rented this house. |
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| This was taken in the bright sunshine; so it is a bit washed out. So, imagine the real color of the green as being between both colors and it will be about right. I loved that purple and it's also not 'as bright' as it shows in the photo. I love that the yarn brand on the green says: wool cat |
Today was a busy day. Yet, it seemed like I didn't really get anything done. In the morning, I finished 'hand-washing' my knitted scarves and hats that I didn't finish yesterday. I laid them outside on the balcony to dry and hoped that it wouldn't start raining as it was predicted. I wrapped up a birthday present for a friend with a May birthday. I made a Greek salad of sorts for lunch. I used some of the green marinated fresh olives, feta cheese, sweet Italian cherry tomatoes (you can't believe how different they taste), a variety of salad greens, dark green (first pressing) local olive oil mixed in with some balsamic vinegar. I had a chunk of the whole wheat and full of seeds (just the way I like it) bread roll that I found at the local bakery yesterday. I dipped the bread in the olive oil. It was yummy. My lunch was made out of items that I bought in the big grocery store that I found yesterday.
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Hand-washed knitted items getting ready to be put away for the warmer weather.
Later, I went on base and did all sorts of errands. I did get my taxes completed and sent off. I'm not getting much back and that was disappointing... considering my upcoming 'maybe' furlough days of lost wages. I mailed a May birthday gift early, went to the PX to see what could be done about the shattered glass on my Ipad screen, I deposited a check from the Health Insurance Company from the health claim that I had submitted a few weeks ago, and several other errands. Then I drove to the school to do a couple of quick things in my classroom.
Once, I got to my neighborhood, I tried to find some nice flower pots to put on my front steps. I couldn't find anything that wasn't plastic (not big enough for the front steps). It made me sad to think of the really nice blue glazed huge ceramic pots that I had to leave behind at my house in Germany... and how I gave them and all my other flower pots away.
After arriving home... I continued to hang artwork on the walls. Things are already looking better; like I live here. However, I really have some paperwork that I need to do and I also need to do some more work on those 3 on-line college courses that I'm taking. All in all, I was busy all day long... but, at the same time... it seems like I don't have much to show for the day's efforts? Well, I do have 3 damp bath towels and some 'almost dry' freshly washed knitted items.
The yarn is really thin, but I'm going to knit 2 strands together in some sort of cardigan. The purple was just such a nice color. The green-ish grey color? It didn't photograph very well- if you can imagine... half-way between both photos- that's the color. I really liked the color- even though it might not look that 'exciting'... but, the color is exactly the color of my eyes! I have green eyes... with a sometimes 'grey cast' to them. I thought the yarn was a close match to my eyes and when I brought it home and held it to my face and looked in the mirror... it was an EXACT EYE COLOR MATCH!!! |
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