Herp 'n' Knit

No clever title, funny photo

Seen across from the Morehouse Merino store in upstate NY (picture taken last year following the NY Sheep & Wool Festival at Rhinebeck):

Papaya fest

Today I rewarded my tortoises and turtles with a nice meal of papaya. They scarfed it up in about 5 minutes. Here are some pictures of happy box turtles, a redfoot, and a sulcata chomping down. The box turtles are Eastern box turtles that were rescues.

I also managed to produce a vanilla pudding for dessert tonight. I think the banana slices add a nice extra touch.

Sulcata chomp!

Sulcata tortoises are such chompers -- watching them eat is so much fun! :) The sound in the background is my son little E. commenting -- among the babbling is "baby munch", "turtles", and "please".

New Magknits!

Oh yes, the new Magknits is up! It has some great patterns this time. I especially love this one:

 

Finally, another post!

The last few weeks have pretty much been crazy. Between running around to the beach, weddings, and other happy occasions, I have had very little time to knit. However, I did complete a felted Mobius basket (from Cat Bordhi's Second Treasury of Magical Knitting) for a wedding, as well as a "baby bib-o-love" from Mason-Dixon Knitting for my husband's coworker's granddaughter (now that's a mouthful). Unfortunately, I have not had the chance to take any pictures of these FO's. I will have to be a better blogger in the future and include pictures of my knitting. I also started a project from Victorian Lace Today, and am working on a washcloth from Mason-Dixon Knitting (nice mindless project with just enough going on to keep me entertained). During my last trip to WEBS, I purchased a magnetic chart holder, which is truly a lifesaver when knitting lace. Especially with two young kids, there's zero change of remembering where you left off on a lace project, so this handy gadget is a real help. I am knitting the lace scarf out of Schaeffer Anne, in a variegated brown colorway. I will have to add the details of the pattern I am using and the colorway once I am reunited with my knitting. Anyways, just wanted to check in to let any potential visitors know that, yes, I am still blogging, albeit infrequently. Have a happy 4^th!