Snow and Sky

Snow and Sky, originally uploaded by Rina7. Taken at Royal Gorge cross country ski resort on Monday, the morning after the snow storm. It grew so warm that all the snow on the trees melted off. View of sunrise over a frozen lake from our room at Ice Lakes Lodge. I wouldn’t recommend the lodge–or [...]

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Babette goes on

Whew, up to panel 7 now. This is taking a while, mostly because I keep second-guessing the color sequences, the woeful decision to dye some of my own colors, and my recent knitting binge. You may notice that I swapped out some of the colors in the earlier panels–mostly removed some oranges and browns to [...]

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Slightly Slouchy Hat

I knit 3 hats in the last month. What is going on?! Oh yeah, the cold weather… Knit this one using Patons SWS in Geranium from my stash (yay). Seed stitch is horrible! Will never do it again, I swear. Though the trinity stitch is intriguing…. Here I am looking rather haggard. Get this woman [...]

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The Arcade at Lake Merritt

This is a popular spot for wedding pics. It was such a beautiful day for a change that I couldn’t resist snapping a few as I walked by this Friday. Brings back memories, actually. No, not of a wedding, but of being nineteen and “running away” from boring suburbia to this neighborhood. The area was [...]

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