Snow Angels

Emily is showing Leo the proper technique for making snow angels.

Unexpected Visitor

Can you see him?  That blob in the middle of the driveway is a beautiful ringneck pheasant. As we pulled in to the office on Sunday afternoon we were treated to this most unexpected surprise.  I never thought of pheasants as city dwellers.  This guy took a stroll down the driveway, around the back of the office and through the post office parking lot. As you can see, I wasn't prepared for this photo op.  These picitures are the best I could do with my ipad.

Scenes from Rhinebeck

The festival is in sight and the parking lot is filling up fast.

Why does Steph look so worried?  Does she think they might run out of yarn?

This festival was held at the perfect venue for enjoying a wonderful fall day.  There was a full day of shopping and that was if you didn't take too long at any one vendor.  It was quite the accomplishment to see everything in one day, but then we're not amateur festival goers.

I think Steph may have been overcome by yarn fumes!!

What a Zoo!

A few pictures from our visit to the Columbus Zoo.

 

By the end of the day, everybody was hot, tired and not very cooperative.

Pow Wow

Looks like they're having a conversation.  Wonder what they're discussing.

My Baby is Growing Up

Here is Leo just a few days shy of nine months.  He's getting pretty big but still has that puppy look and attitude.

What happened to July?

Time sure flies.  It looks like I've been neglecting my blog again so here are a few backyard shots from last month.  

Knitting Content

Since this blog was originally started as a place to share my fiber interests, I thought I should include some knitting content from time to time.  Just finished this cotton top last night.  If you're interested in the knitty-gritty details, you can check out my Ravelry project page, Cabled Lace Pullover.

And a daily dose of Leo.  

Let the Games Begin!

What are the rules to this game?

How do you know who's winning?

Anyone keeping score?

Leo Entertains Himself

Look what I found.

Emily just doesn't get it.

Happy little man.

Play Ball!

Come on.

Let's play.

I've got it!

Afternoon Fun

Playing ball with Dad.

Heading for the shade.

Life Is Good with a New Toy

No Respect for the Garden

This blog is back.....

....... at least for now.  I've never been very consistent at maintaining my blog. A few pictures should explain why I've been so distracted lately.

Our newest family member.

His name is Leo.

Always ready for fun and adventure.

I've Been A Bad Blogger!

I always have such good intentions of making regular, not daily, just regular updates to this blog.  Lots has happened over the past several weeks, so maybe I can bring you up to date bit by bit.

Meet Emily.

Emily is my foster dog and she will be staying with us for a while.  What a joy she is to have in our family; she can stay as long as she likes!

Dish Rag Tag

Competitive knitters, are you ready?

The sign-ups have closed, teams have been assigned, and it's time to assemble the necessary supplies: cotton yarn, needles ready to go, a nifty little goody to pass on to the next knitter.  And while we wait for the start of the race, there's time to work out strategies to get that box around the country as fast as possible.

Let the scheming begin.

Wool Festival and Other Delights

The reason that we scheduled our vacation at this particular time of the year was so that we could be in the right place at the right time.   I've been wanting to attend this festival for years, expecting that the destination would be as awesome as the festival itself.  And we were not disappointed.

There was a large barn of local and regional vendors with wonderful fiber, yarn, and merchandise.  Yes, I made a few purchases but I'll share that in a later post.

This handsome guy was just begging to have his picture taken.  Rather majestic looking, isn't he?  What else would you expect from a cashmere buck?

This festival had a diverse population of animals;  llamas, alpacas, paco-vicunas, goats, rabbits,  and of course, sheep. 

It was not a large festival and we were able to see just about all the exhibits in a couple hours but we decided to just hang out for the day, have lunch there, and enjoy the beautiful setting.

Besides where else could you go to be entertained by llamas on an agility course?

On our last day in the mountains we decided to do some hiking in a different area of the park.  It was like winning the lottery!

In addition to the never ending, gorgeous scenery, we were once again in the right place at the right time.  These fellas decided to come down from the mountains and crossed the trail where we were hiking.

The mountains were beautiful as well, but you can see what made the biggest impression on me that day.

As I looked back through my previous blog posts, I noticed that I neglected to include pictures of another wonderful sighting from a previous hike.  So I'll end this post with some pictures of Moose at Sprague Lake.