Fiber Fool

There are too many things going on at once. Canning that needs done, patterns that need printed (thanks printer for running out of the drum mid-job) and a wedding to photograph and prepare for. I took the dogs to the kennel and ran to OfficeMax for printing in my slippers without realizing it until we were well on our way. Ooops!

I don’t normally wear slippers when it is in the 90’s but we had a problem with our milk/produce delivery this week that resulted in tiny bits of broken glass scattered about unknowingly (it wasn’t noticed until the next morning and I was not made aware of it until the next evening so I likely spread it about). I already have many little cuts all over my feet and ankles from it so we are wearing our slippers in spite of the heat. Since there was something on my feet and it was hot I guess my brain must have just assumed it was shoes.

I should add that we have gotten wonderful customer service from the produce providers and have not yet heard back from the company responsible for the deliveries. The produce company has already pledged to make it right - thank you Grant Farms! I suspect a bottle of milk was broken on or near our produce box? But I wasn’t trusting that all the cleaning of the produce I did actually removed nearly invisible glass from things like greens and broccoli.

Crazy week around these parts and the weekend is to be even crazier! When did weekends become time for more work and effort than the weekdays?

We have multiple obligations on Saturday, though not nearly as many as next Saturday. Then I’ll be photographing a wedding on Sunday starting at 9am (and it is over an hour away). I will say now that it is very likely I’ll need Monday to recover. So, I’ll see you all again for Ten on Tuesday!

I wish you a wonderful weekend!

It was a fun kind of working so I’m not complaining. Most of the weekend was dedicated to photography. There was a very early morning photoshoot on Saturday with Amanda (many thanks go out to Bob and Sue for taking care of the kiddos). I should probably qualify my “very early” - my typical bedtime the past 6 weeks or so has probably averaged about 2-2:30am, so with a bedtime like that a 7am photoshoot is very early. Then there were quick edits that evening followed by more refined edits on Sunday once the top picks were chosen. Above is a sneak peek of the results.

Due to working, however, I don’t have my linkity pulled together. In fact, the whole week last week was pretty busy so my Google Reader is indicating more than 300 unread posts :-/ I’m hoping to catch up on that a bit today. Since 10 on Tuesday is not happening this week I’ll have linkity for you tomorrow. An even exchange of one list for another, right?

I did get in a quick trip to the farmer’s market and got some of the most amazing heirloom tomatoes I’ve ever had and was excited to see the roasted chilies are now in season as well as pears and more varieties of peaches! The usual eggs and mushrooms came home with me as well. So it wasn’t *all* work, but very busy nonetheless. What did you do this weekend?

I haven’t had one of these in at least a decade, but it used to be a frequent summer lunch at my grandparent’s house. This was especially good since it was made with bread DH made, butter I made from local cream and organic radishes and green onions from Grant Family Farm’s CSA :-)

Blocking Day!

8 welding rods, 3 blocking wires, somewhere in the realm of 165 T-pins and about 3 hours and the shawl was blocked!