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Happy Solstice

December 22, 2007 8:45 am William and I decided to venture into unfamiliar territory and greet the solstice sunrise. Carefully checking our Internets, we learned that sunrise would occur at 7:48 am in Salt Lake City, and so stumbled out of bed and into the pre-dawn 13 degree darkness to seek the light. Seven forty-eight [...]

Posted 22 December 2007 † Alarming Female § Amused § Current Events § Photography § Utah ‡ Comments (11) °

The weather outside is frightful

My fence, this morning, at ten o’clock. Looking out my front door, an hour or so later. It’s a bonafide blizzard right now. And my DS is out driving in it, because he borrowed his dad’s car last night and his dad INSISTED he return it this morning. Even after he called and said he [...]

Posted 01 December 2007 † Alarming Female § Utah § WTF ‡ Comments (5) °

Thanksgiving 2007

Sunset in Salt Lake City My DS James suggested that we go out to eat this year for our Thanksgiving dinner. We usually go to my parents’ house, but this year they decided to accept an invitation elsewhere so I had pretty much resigned myself to cooking the whole shebang for the three of us. [...]

Posted 22 November 2007 † Alarming Female § Blessings § Utah ‡ Comments (14) °

Cosmo’s Coat

Isn’t he handsome? I couldn’t find a pattern for a simple dog sweater knit in the round, so I tried winging it and trying it on Cosmo (a 20 lb mini schnauzer) as I went. Here are the specifics: Cosmo’s Coat Yarn: Schoeller & Stahl’s Limbo Mexiko (50 g, 125 m) 2 skeins, or approximately [...]

Posted 18 November 2007 † Alarming Female § Knitting ‡ Comments (15) °