hey mom, this is what i've been up to ...

little tinman

i have a very good friend, from ... a million years ago. his father makes these tin men in his spare time.

i have a great appreciation for craft ... especially for things crafted in metal. on one of my visits, we'd had a conversation about his tin men. he said he really needed some sardine cans.

well, good thing i'm not a picky eater, as i sincerely like sardines! now, whenever i do have sardines, i save the can. and when i visit "home" i take the cans with me for my friend's father.

in return, he said he'd send me home with a tinman.

so, i brought this fellow home with me this past holiday weekend ...









squeeeee! i LOVE him!!! the sardine cans are used for the feet. when i bring the cans to his father, i make sure i have "pairs". lol!

we've had some really pretty days here lately. very pretty, and since a couple of days ago, very cold.

it's been my goal to walk each morning, rain or shine. i haven't had to walk in the rain yet, and the "shine" part doesn't really happen until after i've left the house and have been walking for a bit. but, slowly and surely, the sun does come up and i am chasing my shadow.

seriously?!

oh, the weather outside is frightful, and the cold is SO delightful! oh please let it snow SNOW snow!

but, it won't. it's quite chilly now. and i'm way beyond the christmas spirit, but, i don't have enough free time to enjoy it.

i recently did a swap (knitting-wise) ... and she sent me this card.

so, let's "rejoice!"

the nc state fair

this is actually a "cross post" ... i prefer to keep certain aspects of my life separate (ie: knitting vs. everything else). i do this because i don't really enjoy looking at crafty/knitting blogs, and read about all the other stuff. of course, there are exceptions, but for the most part, there's knitting/crochet/quilting/crafts, and then, everything else. all that other stuff is simply "life".

as i've been extremely busy, and the month of november promises no relief, i'd better get talking about october!

the nc state fair has come & gone. and now, the news of the fair is tied to e coli.

so, the first saturday of the fair, stuart & i had a little adventure ...





the city runs buses during the fair, for $4 round trip. i'd much rather take the bus, than to tangle with massive traffic.  we got up early, and walked about 10 minutes to the closest bus stop.





stuart has ridden the bus many times, so he's a pro. he held onto our ticket.





he even helped me keep track of my knitting chart for my poppy socks, as he clicked my kacha.





when we go, we like to visit the exhibits. we're not there for the latest deep-fried heart attack food-thing. we don't do rides (he's too short!). but, we like to look at all the crafty things, and the village of yesteryear.

the first place we stopped was a tent of pottery and ceramics ... i dunno about you, but i really don't know what THIS was doing at the fair ...





though, i'm sure, we all have one in our closet or our past (AND i'm sure there's one at my mom's in the basement!).

from there, the next exhibit i ran across was for Ford Motor Co.





this is their Fiesta. like the decal says, it really does get 40mpg. and it's NOT a hybrid. i want one. badly. i got inside, front seat and back. i want one. really. i've been driving the same truck for 14 years.

next stop, the crafts! this next part is just the general crafty stuff. i'm posting the knitting/quilting stuff over here.





EGGS! lol! these were just too cute!





nothing says "state fair" like a scuba-egg  =)

and then, the legos ...









we walked around for a few hours, and before heading back to the bus zone, we stopped and shared a cup of ice cream.





we had a fabulous time, the weather was perfect (both weekends!). maybe next year i'll make an effort to enter something (though, i can't compete with those blown eggs ;)

how awesome is this?

last weekend, when i was visiting friends, i of course took my iPad (i'm addicted to my tap zoo). and of course, i left my screen cleaning cloth behind, nicely hidden in the covers i was sleeping in. whoops!


so, leanne popped it into an envelope and sent it back to me ... and she folded it into this absolutely fabulous card!

it's so funny and twisted !!!

weekend visit

i went to visit friends this weekend, so i have food pictures to share ....

will made an awesome pizza! he made a rich sauce with garlic and other (mystery to me) ingredients. on top, it had chicken, mushrooms, and peppers. it was so yummy for dinner that we had round 2 the next day for breakfast!

and this is one of the perks to having free range chickens ... EGGS !!!

AAAARGH !!!

even sock monsters love $3 pint night, and "talk like a pirate" day!

9/11

this is what a 10 year old car magnet looks like

irene

the center of Irene was 133 miles due east of Raleigh at 2 p.m.

hmmm ... think i'll change the background/theme of this blog to match the weather!