July 26, 2007
July 18, 2007
Off to camp.
Fallen Leaf is approximately 415 feet deep at its deepest point. The average depth of the lake is around 240 feet, and the bottom falls away rapidly as one moves away from the shorelines. The bottom can be seen from the surface for a quarter-mile offshore. Along other shores, the bottom may be hidden in as little as 100 feet offshore.
The water quality is extremely good due to the lack of commercial development. Visibility runs around 40-50 feet under most conditions.
After the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency banned two-stroke outboards in the late 1990s, pollution from these engines was virtually eliminated.
July 14, 2007
Fisher Price Play Family House Set
This page has links to photos of all little people, parts, pieces, & sets -
Here's what they are doing today:
July 13, 2007
Sock knitting & its many challenges.
This is my first attempt to use a short - row heel in my sock knitting. I really like the way this heel looks; however, I do not have it mastered. It was difficult for me to do the wrapping & turning, difficult to avoid creating a little hole at each turn. I've done lots of heels with a gusset, they fit well but don't look as much like a real (commercial) sock heel. I've also done quite a few afterthought heels, so easy & convenient, but of the three have the poorest fit & look kind of inelegant. Since I learned to knit socks on two circular needles I enjoy the process. It moves along quickly. Making socks on four double pointed needles, while old-fashioned & cute & most impressive in complexity to non - knitters, is prickly & not fun to work. With the four needle method, I cannot stick the project in my pocket or purse without having stitches slip off of the needles. I am most susceptible to Second Sock Syndrome using four needles. A quick google search will yield many ways to avoid & even conquer SSS; for me, knitting socks on two circular needles & making little socks have proven the best defense against this curse.
July 11, 2007
ultra tiny
Former England Davis Cup captain turned entrepreneur, David Lloyd has purchased the remaining Willard Wigan collection of micro sculptured art, which has been insured by Lloyd’s of London for £11.2 million.A long time private and, until now, anonymous collector of art, David Lloyd’s latest purchase is regarded by many in the art world as a very significant coup.
Due to receive his MBE on 12 July 2007 for his services to art, Willard’s work has been described by many as ‘the eighth wonder of the world’.
By commission, Willard has spent the past four months replicating the iconic Lloyd’s Building as designed by the award winning architect, Lord Richard Rogers. The completed Lloyd’s piece, which will sit on the head of a pin, will form the showcase to the David Lloyd exhibition and will be auctioned by Eric Knowles (Bonham’s Fine Art) at the Lloyds Building on 24 July 2007.
The David Lloyd Gallery will shortly be exhibiting Willard’s, and other exquisite pieces of art at the prestigious Birmingham Mailbox. Thereafter a touring exhibition will be announced to take place throughout Europe, North America and Asia.
July 9, 2007
birdcage & friend.
July 7, 2007
Cord Pulls
Junk Drawer
noun
1. A collector of miscellaneous useless objects
2. Any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects.
July 2, 2007
Vintage Wardrobe Items ~
evening bag beaded with with bronze glass bugle beads
This is a small clutch bag that belonged to my husband's grandmother. She was a glamorous lady to be sure; although I saw very few old photographs, there was material evidence throughout the house of her former high style. She lived to be 89 & I knew her primarily in her grandmotherly golfer incarnation.
I inherited several garments that were left in her closet; furs (don't know what to do with), what I'd call a beaded Liz Taylor dress (plunging neckline), an allover beaded & sequined sleeveless top, and a pink beaded raw silk dress with mandarin collar that could only have been worn with go-go boots...yes! The theme today is beaded.
The bag shown above is in need of repair, the priority number assigned to that task is somewhere in the high hundreds. Sadly I do not have many occasions to use a bag like this, but I've kept it nevertheless. I did not keep most of the other bags. The simple, elegant style as well as the workmanship on this one made it a standout & caused me to hold onto it despite the low likelihood I'd use it. It doesn't even match the Liz Taylor dress, which is light blue sateen beaded with silver sequins, faux pearls, & crystal. It would work well with the ermine stole; snow white & very lovely if
entirely useless to me.
my favorite beaded change purse by Delill