Ribbons Up!

Hannah has posted the Ribbon Project 2009 collection on Flickr. It's an especially good collection this year featuring ribboning from various places in Canada and the United Kingdom. Have a look.

Two Hikes Are Better Than One

I wanted to make a gift for a friend who lives up north. Way up North. What better than a scarf? The Irish Hiking Scarf has been lurking on my Wish-To-Do list for some time now. So, I cast on with a nice warm Lambs Pride Bulky and got this far when I was informed, in no uncertain terms, by several male co-workers, that no man would wear this shade of green. What? I think it's nice. Not too girlie. Is it? Doubt started to creep in so I cast on a second in this nice conservative Louisa Harding Kashmir Aran beige.
Isn't it interesting how different the pattern looks in the two yarns? The beige is definitely the neater cable of the two and will be the gift. A safe choice. Yet, don't be surprised to see this luscious green wrapped around my own neck this winter.

Wednesday Blue

Cheated a bit and took these today as I was sick on Wednesday.

Here is my mundane life: my coffee chair and Skywalk, through which I have passed literally thousands of times. Still, there it is. My cat loves the coffee chair. Tourists photograph Union Station by the hundreds each day. Wonder how many vacation snaps I am in?

Tuesday Green

Heading up to my door at the end of the work day.

Monday Orange

Every Monday I work here. On the way to coffee, armed with orange yarn and my camera, I discovered something. If I cross the street and the parking lot, adding approximately two minutes to my usual route, the place looks entirely different.

Sunday Purple

Yes, more bike path shots. I love my bike and the freedom it brings me. Almost everyday this summer I joined the hundreds of other people heading into downtown on the newly surfaced lake side bike path. I'm certainly not the fastest rider, but not the slowest either. When no one else is close by, I honk my dinosaur horn at the geese flocks on the grass. At least once every day, the thought occurs: I'm riding beside a freaking lake. This is awesome!