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I enjoy knitting with self striping socks but sometimes like to do more than knit around. These socks are a simple slip stitch every time I hit a full round of new color. The resulting sock reminds me of Fair Isle. Pattern: Fish Lips Kiss Heel, and my own invention Yarn: Schachenmayr Regia Festival Color 4 fadig/4ply Colorway: Rock and Rom Needle Size: US Size 1

The youngest bro has been visiting the last few days. Only the youngest nephew was able to tagged along with his dad, we wished the rest of the family could have made an appearance but were happy to have the visit. It was nice to have all the siblings together. The middle brother surprised us the end of May with a call telling us they had bought a house here and were moving home to Montana! They are now in the midst of remodeling. We went to a baseball game. Our team isn't having a great season but it was fun to get out, drink a few beers and yell a little in honor of our dad.  Sam drove the four wheeler around the property... and we went paddle boarding twice even trying to get the bro up! And of course the Bros had to make clear to the world the fact they will NEVER grow up! All to soon it came to and end but we sure had fun while it lasted!

The cats and I were out for our morning walkabout when a doe quietly dropped by for some water and a visit. She walked over to Denali, who was laying down in the grass, and began sniffing her. I wondered if the doe thought this little bundle of spots was a tiny fawn. Denali sat up and they continued their discovery of each other and finally were touching nose to nose. Not surprisingly, it was Denali who made the move to leave the situation first. Momma, however, was not done with her visit and looked around to discovered yet another bundle to investigate. But Polly would have nothing to do with it!

Today is the 50th anniversary of the moon landing.  Without a doubt we watched the launching of Apollo 11 on the 15th of July.  Dad was always a very faithful viewer of each launching. Not wanting his kids missing such a historic sight, he woke us up about 3 minutes before the launch. Not an easy feat for my dad to wake three teenagers at 6:30 in the morning! But this wasn't our first wake up call for a launching or the earliest, as I remember the record was 2:30am Pacific time. Five days later came the famous words, “That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” by Neil Armstrong just as I was heading out the door on a date.  So while Neil was on the moon, and I was over the moon in love with my future husband!

I bought this cute cat birdhouse just for looks but now there is a pair of birdies, house wrens I think, living in the belly just waiting for their eggs to hatch! They have a beautiful song when they are happy and peep when they think there is danger around - like two real live kitties at the base of trunk!

 Pattern: Irregular Stripes Sock by Fnugg Yarn: Schachenmayr Regia Festival Color 4 Fadig Colorway: Tomorrowland Needle Size: US Size 1  Pattern: Oblique Openwork Socks, Fish Lips Kiss Heel Yarn: Regia 4-fadig Colorway: Fog Needle Size: US Size 1 Pattern: Fish Lips Kiss Heel by Sox Therapist Yarn: Knit One, Crochet Too Ty-Dy Sock Skinny Stripes Colorway: Olive Taupe Needle Size: US Size 1

Today I was sitting in my lawn chair quietly knitting and watching two very happy kitties sitting in the sun. I hadn't realized how refined my knitting technique had become until I felt a very slight weight on my right shoulder. Unconcerned I continued knitting but slightly turned my head to see what was there. Perhaps a leaf or the wind playing with the hood of my jacket. I imagine the little bird was as startled as I when we met eye to eye, nose to beak before he flew away!