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I've been wanting to give baby tube socks a try. They take just a bit of leftover yarn and are a quick knit for a shower gift.... Pattern: My Own Yarn: Patons Kroy 4 Ply Colorway: Sporty Stripes Needle Size: US Size 1 Pattern: Cast on 20 stitches using Judy’s Magic Cast On. Increase every other round until there are 40 stitches Knit 4 rounds Knit 2, Purl 2, to length desired Cast off loosely

Denali with her birth Mom Nine week old Denali on her arrival from Alaska Look who's 1 year old today! Our SadieLouWho and little Denali share the same birthday.  Sadie has brought this fact up several times throughout the year and so it was easy to remember Denali's first birthday!  No gifts for her today, hubby is away but truly every other day of the year would be a birthday if it consisted of only gifts - he continually showers her with presents.  I will admit to a neck-rub and a verse of "Happy Birthday" for her in honor of the day!

When visiting the NorDak Family last month, The Tiger asked me to help him get his socks on. They were the birthday socks I’d made him in the fall and man, oh, man, his feet had grown! So when I settled back home his name went to the top of the list for a new pair. The Tiger’s handknit socks are very important to him, he believes they are “Lucky Socks” bringing him luck on spelling test day. Not only are these socks lucky because Gramma knit them but because they are lucky shamrock green!  G-O-O-D-L-U-C-K    T-I-G-E-R!! Pattern: Stashbuster Spirals Yarn: Cascade Heritage Sock, Schoppel-Wolle Crazy Zauberball Colorway: Moss, Cinnamon and Blue/Green Needle Size: US Size 1

Chico Hot Springs! Chico Hot Springs was originally visited by the Native Americans where they would soak in the warm waters. In 1900 a couple built a hotel, dining room and plunge pool. Later rooms were added for a hospital wing. Currently it is a popular weekend retreat for area families and provides a restful soak for tourists leaving The Park. Lucky for me I'd brought my knitting. There was an unfortunate accident in the pool involving a kiddo (no blood) and the pool was closed for the first half of our stay. Getting creative we headed for the Boiling River on the 45th parallel in Yellowstone Park. "A sign north of where the road crosses the Gardner River marks the 45th parallel of latitude. The 45th parallel is an imaginary line that circles the globe halfway between the equator and the North Pole. Bathers must walk upstream about a half mile from the parking area to the place where the footpath reaches the river. This spot is also marked by large clouds of...

This past weekend Hubby asked if I'd like to head to Yellowstone Park and see how the critters had fared over the winter. We have been noticing a little spring popping up around home and so I was good to go. With very little planning, we pulled things together - Leftover pizza for lunch and corn beef and cabbage for dinner, some warm blankets and off we thought we'd go. Do you remember Denali is supposed to be a traveling cat?? She headed west for all the Grizzly Games last fall. However, this time she had other ideas for our spur of the moment trip. (I think Hubby was just a little to intimidating in his noisy nylon jacket and quick movements.) As he tried to put on her harness, off she ran hiding anywhere we couldn't get to her.  We hung around for an hour or so but I decided we needed to be off on our adventure and "Sorry little Denali, you'll feel very sad when you're left alone at home!" As we went out the door I'm pretty sure I heard a little...

Recently, we received some photos in the mail. Hubby's cousin was sorting through three boxes of photos her mother had taken years ago. The ones in the envelope were from a visit Hubby's Aunt Martha had made to Montana years ago. Great Aunt Martha came out west to visit her sister-in-law, Hubby's mom. This coincided with our visit and we had a great time. Martha must have thought so as well because she came back for another visit again a year or so later. Martha took these photos so we don't have a photo of her. But what fun it is to see a happy Gramma with her beloved Grandchildren! These photos brought back a memory of the night California Dreamin' Girl fell out of bed THREE times but out of sheer stubbornness she rode out the night on the top bunk ! Great Aunt Martha was sleeping in the double bed in the "guest room" with a crib, and a bunk bed as well. The Chick was in the crib, the NorDak Purl Gurl was on the lower bunk and The California D...

Apparently, The Pirate is changing his M.O.!  Recently his school decided to set a new record for the largest Einstein gathering for the Guiness Book of World Records. They now, unofficially, hold the record - with plenty of help from their parents!