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Day is done...

mary
wellfleet

YOP2013

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY...  it's a rainy day here..so we are not doing anything special...  I'm going to escape to my IL's and have a nice nap..while others entertain my mum...My cousin is here for a 3 week visit..and she requires a lot of work..she wants to be tended on.  Between her and Griz the best mothers day gift for me..is some quiet time to myself..!

What is it about cats, yarn, and camera's...I'm trying to get my knitting together for this blog post..and out comes Tiger...  he must investigate my finished In Between Season's Hat. 

It was a nice accomplishment for me as I learned some new skills and it actually fits..


Tiger is also checking out the yarn for my next project..  It's Sweet colorway: Blackpearl.  I'm pretty sure I'm going to do a slouchy beret with it..but I'm still checking out options..

My Cascade pima cotton vest is progressing.  I did manage to add a few more rows during my down time....









I do hope everyone enjoys a great week...I'm not going to be able to spend a lot of time with my yarn..but I'll check back in next sunday anyway..

mary
wellfleet

WIP Wednesday

Hello everybody at Tami's..

Here is my WIP for this week..



It is also an important part of my year of projects list..

For new skills it includes cables,
picking up lots of stitches.  I choose this project specifically because it is a construction project for me...



Knit the cable band first, then pick up stitches and knit the body of the hat...I picked up and removed several times before I had a line of stitches I was happy with..and now I'm a few inches into the body of the hat.  A quick sizing tells me I may be in trouble..as the band of picked up stitches seems a little tight..(like cut off the circulation to the top of my head tight..) but this is a cotton..so I'm hoping to get some give out of it..

Hopefully it will resemble this when I'm done...

Reading..I got an early copy of Dead Ever After, the last Sookie Stackhouse novel in Charlaine Harris's Southern Vampire Mysteries...

I had lost contact with the story a few books back..(I'm being polite)


and would quickly read through the books without much interest...



This one did not come as a surprise to anyone..and it seems to be a general disappointment..Sookie and Sam do nothing for me..                                                     

oh well, it's her books and her story to tell..

mary
wellfleet

YOP2013

hmm..I've spent a lot of time knitting..but accomplishing very little...

I have felt strange over the death of a blogger..  I didn't know her and initially was skeptical about her story (hey, this is the internet..)  For 5 years I've probably visited the blog once a week as she wrote about living with a progressive fatal illness..and as much as I can fact check it seems she died last week from this illness..I don't know why I feel so strange..I only knew her in the "virtual" world..lot's of people die every day and I don't feel strange about them..I think it is I will miss the weekly check in..tho not sure why...

anyway..

this has become this...

and I'm now going to attempt to pick up 100 stitches along an edge, join, and hopefully it will look something like this..

hmm..maybe..

and just in time for Cinco de Mayo

Tequila Cupcakes

















mary
wellfleet

Wellfleet is different..

When we owned the store, we sold a bumper sticker that said: "Welcome to Wellfleet, the summer home of your psychiatrist."     I know what your shrink did last summer...

It seems that Wellfleet is the place to come if you are in the therapy business...

No one really knows why this is. 

Yes, we have beautiful beaches and weather but lots
of places have these same qualities. 

I figure the reason is because of us locals...year rounders..

I think our attitudes are pretty unique.

It is a combination of live and let live but don't tread on me...If it is legal and not painful...hey, as long as you don't bother anyone...go for it..!

Take the Occupy Wellfleet group...

A mixture of people who meet every Saturday...










They congregate in the town square with signs, drums, and lots of enthusiasm.  Most of the crowd seems to be protesting about the social injustices of the world..but then anyone with an issue..a personal problem or public policy can make a sign and join in..

 Chuck and Betsy are always present...here's a pic from almost 10 years ago...

and one from today...same flags, same people, same messages...

Betsy sometimes carries a sign that urges the US to cut all aid to Israel.  That raises a few eyebrows for people who don't understand our live and let live attitude...If someone complains..complain to Betsy and give her a few minutes to explain her perspective...then make your own sign..saying what you want, and stand beside her!

I think this is why psychiatrists find that when they come to Wellfleet, all of THEIR problems just fade away..

mary
wellfleet

Tick time....

It's that time of year..the ticks try to take over control of the world..

 awful blood sucking parasites that carry nasty diseases...Check your self and pets whenever your outside...wear white socks, use bug sprays...I've been bitten twice this year..already!

so has Pal...If trying to avoid harsh chemicals, I've found sprays with a strong clove smell helpful...but really, when it comes to ticks..I advocate serious bug repellents..

mary
wellfleet

Sexiest Vampire Alive (reveiw)..

Sexiest Vampire Alive

Kerrelyn Sparks

Love At Stake Book 12

Kerrelyn Sparks has brought me back into the fold with Sexiest Vampire Alive.  Sorta.. it is hard for any author to keep a strong audience after so many continuous stories.  We are up to book 12 and I generally 

have lost some enthusiasm in a series this long.

Gregori Holstein is one of the younger vampires in the series, so he is modern and up to date with human society.  Thankfully.  He doesn't wear a kilt.  Bummer.

It is because of his youthful age (he's bottle fed) that Gregori is sent to the Whitehouse.  The vampires have been outed on youtube and Gregori needs help preventing the video from going viral and enlists the governments help.  The Love At Stake series is all about finding a Happily Ever After, a love story between mortal and immortal and this story is no different.

Gregori is smitten with the presidents daughter, Abby.  Abby is obsessed with finding a cure for her mother who is bedridden and dying from lupus...(raised eyebrows here as I have SLE).  The president is willing to accept and aid the vampires as he envisions a way to protect his daughter while she searches the wilderness of China for a cure.  Gregori is appointed body guard and the story ensues..

The sub world of good vs evil outside of Gregori's journey changed drastically in the last book: Vampire Mine.  The evil took series hits in the war.  Now the evil is shifting from renegade vampires to human vampire hunters..and nasty immortals from China have replaces the nasties from Russia..

A bit of humor, a quick read and lots of romance will make most of the series followers very happy..but you all know I am not a romantic..so this is just a continuation for me..I guess I keep reading waiting to see how she ends the series...

mary

wellfleet