Eileen and the boyfriend left yesterday for eastern Oregon leaving me with the nursery watering and animal feeding. My attitude is much better than the last time they headed east.
I was going to post a picture of the multidirectional scarf this evening, but I’m so close to finishing it, I think I’ll wait a couple of days until it’s through. Not completely happy with the way it’s finishing, but I’ll finish it as the pattern says.
It’s been a busy week at work, but I was off today and headed out to find a couple more geocaches. First one included a short bike ride and nearly 1/2 hour of searching when I got to the spot the GPS said the cache was located. I must have past the cache at least 1/2 dozen times before I noticed the unnatural pile of sticks that hid the ammo can containing the cache. Strangely, the second cache was much easier to find, even though it was only a 35mm film container. Then dinner in Portland and home to feed animals and a new DVD of The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show.
AND I’ve accepted my first assignment as a test knitter for KnitPicks. A capelet in their Shamrock Yarn. And I’ll find out how I work under a deadline. The capelet needs to be in their offices by November 24. Wish me luck…
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Mine’s doing pretty good considering the circumstances. I’ve been getting out and having some fun on my own and for the most part enjoying doing stuff alone for the time being.
Thanks to Molly Bee’s suggestion, I took a look at www.geocaching.com and discovered that there 100’s of geocaches within driving distance of my house and even a few that make good bicycle routes. Yesterday I chose a cache that started in the little town of Banks, where I work. It consisted of traveling around town with a GPS finding different sites and numbers associated with those sites to finally work out the final coordinates of the cache. That was followed by a 2 1/2 mile bike ride north of town to the actual site of the cache — with a bit of wandering around in circles with the GPS in hand trying to find the exact spot. Cache was found, log book signed and whole thing put back in it’s hiding place and then back to town. Total time: about 2 hours. Lot’s of fun and I’m now looking down the list for my next cache.
Knitting: Still haven’t got up the courage to take a look at the Feather and Fan and see how much needs to be ripped/tinked back. Maybe tomorrow. In the meantime, the multidirectional scarf is coming along nicely. Even worked a bit on it last night at my favorite pub.
Flowers: Still a few flowers blooming up here on the ridgetop. In particular, the water lilies are still flowering and adding their beauty to the farm.
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