tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post4790744309420347842..comments2023-09-27T01:23:35.214-07:00Comments on Knitting Linguist - The Year of the Magpie: A new seasonKnitting Linguisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06289230533275408343noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-42108343117893851842010-05-02T15:59:11.651-07:002010-05-02T15:59:11.651-07:00So glad that OD is enjoying her soccer season! I t...So glad that OD is enjoying her soccer season! I think it's a really good thing for boys and girls to play together while the girls still have a bit of an advantage...helps both sides to see that dominance is all relative, and that teamwork is really more important.<br /><br />It's great to have those students, isn't it? Sounds like the kind of person you'd really <i>want</i> to know. <br /><br />The shawl looks just like those flowers! They're both beautiful, and I'm sure your helper will love it. I have to say, too, that a volcano is a pretty darned good excuse. =)EGunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941668303286640744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-63883828224517754182010-05-02T08:35:50.912-07:002010-05-02T08:35:50.912-07:00A fried egg flower! That's perfect!A fried egg flower! That's perfect!17th stitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04512479649245483124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-13611686074194404882010-04-29T20:01:01.439-07:002010-04-29T20:01:01.439-07:00Oh-how I envy you with the girls' soccer games...Oh-how I envy you with the girls' soccer games. Your post reminded me of how much I miss watching my son play. (He played from preschool thru most of college.) Those artificial turf fields can be both a blessing and a curse. Up here in the Bay Area, they sure beat playing in the quagmire that our overused fields become before the fall season is even over. On the other hand, they ate right thru my son's goalie pants, skin, and even his gloves on more than one occasion.<br /><br />Gina in the SF Bay Areaginaknitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16581730969989038244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-57388115992348957922010-04-27T11:52:31.241-07:002010-04-27T11:52:31.241-07:00I thought, before I even read it, how much that sh...I thought, before I even read it, how much that shawl matched those sweetpeas. Beautiful!<br /><br />And that student sounds like a peach. I'm noting that he chose to take a second class from you.AlisonHhttp://spindyeknit.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-68499269325543315982010-04-26T10:58:37.024-07:002010-04-26T10:58:37.024-07:00I hate the fake turf grass bits stuck in all the s...I hate the fake turf grass bits stuck in all the socks - kiddo's, mine... I think we're not doing soccer this year. He seems happier ice skating, working towards speed skating. <br /><br />Roses started blooming. Our lemon tree smells fabulous. Lavender coming soon. Lilacs in the farmers market this weekend. Happy Spring!<br /><br />(I'm with everybody else - who can beat a volcano? Though the killer whale is pretty good too.)Gwenhttp://laflaka.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-88305401742667448022010-04-25T09:07:28.867-07:002010-04-25T09:07:28.867-07:00What a great student you had- the farmer one!
Th...What a great student you had- the farmer one! <br /><br />The whole country has been closed due to the Icelandic volcano...hubby came home from China on one of the last planes late Wednesday(nearly two weeks ago), and Older Son has been to England with the schoolship he's on to fetch stranded travelleres! The ship had two trips from Norway to England/Scotland, the second one was mainly to get oilrig workers back home...<br /><br />Here we use fake turf because footballfields(soccerfields) with proper grass often gets soaking wet and turns into mudfields! But then we don't get those hot days either!marithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13464504756605202290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-49719281259162600402010-04-25T03:10:19.185-07:002010-04-25T03:10:19.185-07:00Shush don't tell but damson is my secret proje...Shush don't tell but damson is my secret project. I think it might just be a good thank you. And that is one of the best-excuse me Miss lines I've ever heard. I miss him and he wasn't even my studentStellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05073753506202447996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-24662345375519750012010-04-24T15:17:33.974-07:002010-04-24T15:17:33.974-07:00Yep, it's the reason to beat all excuses!
I ...Yep, it's the reason to beat all excuses! <br /><br />I love the story about your farming student. I assume he's a farmer if he keeps a sow and sheep.Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07760744006915967397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-34873961990830905642010-04-24T09:02:42.614-07:002010-04-24T09:02:42.614-07:00Your Damson was the perfect punctuation for the fl...Your Damson was the perfect punctuation for the flower pictures...I felt like they led right up to it...beautiful!<br /><br />Whenever I see kids the age of OD on the soccer field I am transported to the height of my son's soccer playing days and how much he loved it. Thanks for that memory!<br /><br />And I laughed reading that young man's story...made me love his nature and yet think of Dwight Schrute from "The Office" at the same time!twinsetjanhttp://twinset.usnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-72553202455763299062010-04-24T08:19:33.848-07:002010-04-24T08:19:33.848-07:00Oh, I love your Damson. I've always loved swee...Oh, I love your Damson. I've always loved sweet peas, but I just can't grow them. They're so pretty. What perfect match.Alwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03200150883889857882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-87782567937004272992010-04-24T07:33:52.504-07:002010-04-24T07:33:52.504-07:00I went to a poetry reading last night by an Irish ...I went to a poetry reading last night by an Irish poet who repeated some current Volcano jokes, since he managed to get to the US just in time. He spoke briefly on Irish English and the use of the conditional which comes from the Irish language. Very interesting, not to mention great poems. Oh sweet peas, my farmers market will have some next month, I think. The smells right now are heavenly. Lilacs soon.Mary Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05588244535423212079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-48078083685829815592010-04-24T06:37:32.968-07:002010-04-24T06:37:32.968-07:00So many good things in this post - sweet peas, vol...So many good things in this post - sweet peas, volcanos, shawls, births. Best is the idea of running a pup through herbal fields to scent them - I love the idea.twinsetellenhttp://twinset.usnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-45509895698767162322010-04-24T06:22:14.861-07:002010-04-24T06:22:14.861-07:00Oh the flowers! Right now I can smell wafts of w...Oh the flowers! Right now I can smell wafts of wisteria and honeysuckle as I walk around town, which is even more magnificent when you can't see the flowers, only smell them wafting over a wall. It always makes me think of the book, the secret garden, which I adored when I was a kid.<br /><br />Roses are the same way when they bloom, I'm actually afraid we're going to miss the roses b/c we'll be in belgium when they usually bloom, but maybe they'll be early like everything else.<br /><br />Enjoy your weekend!Rachaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07532734471654743459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-20459615767496218002010-04-24T05:00:11.600-07:002010-04-24T05:00:11.600-07:00When I worked in a museum, one of the natural hist...When I worked in a museum, one of the natural history curators rang me one day and said he needed to cancel a meeting because someone was bringing him a killer whale. 'Is that OK?' he said. <br /><br />Lovely flower photos.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12045029232081633077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-36218690017525675062010-04-24T02:52:49.896-07:002010-04-24T02:52:49.896-07:00The shawl looks great, and having a volcano erupt ...The shawl looks great, and having a volcano erupt is a great excuse for missing class. Older daughter looks good too.<br /><br />I've been on a bit of a shawl kick myself. I just made a multnomah out of socks that rock for Kevin's mom for mother's day.<br /><br />I'm also trying to start blogging again. I'm also in grad school again, so it's about once a week, but I am writing.<br /><br />Take care.<br />Sarah/scienceprincessAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-30321315121779178882010-04-23T22:49:56.113-07:002010-04-23T22:49:56.113-07:00We even had some of the ash falling here. Seemed ...We even had some of the ash falling here. Seemed so strange that something happening far away was having such an impact hereJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07473367240638223881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-59841717025087864012010-04-23T20:04:27.205-07:002010-04-23T20:04:27.205-07:00Great story about the pig and lamb guy! That's...Great story about the pig and lamb guy! That's gotta be the best excuse I've ever heard, way better than anything the Professor has gotten so far.<br /><br />Fake turf? Yuck. One of my neighbors has fake lawn. Since we have lots of bunnies hopping around here (and dogs), well, I don't think it's such a great idea to have fake lawn just for the sanitation purposes.<br /><br />You're right, that shawl needs to go home with your helper. Perfect!<br /><br />Oh, and the reason you didn't know I had a knitting blog is cuz it's new and I hadn't announced it until today. :)<br /><br />(Did you used to go to the lys Yarning for You? I met the owner's cousin today.)Willowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02912030095491960175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-38269707919369569422010-04-23T19:37:59.034-07:002010-04-23T19:37:59.034-07:00Obviously you were already married or you've h...Obviously you were already married or you've have landed the guy yourself right? LAMBS? FREE WOOL?<br />:)<br />What a great story.<br /><br />And I love the Icelandic volcano excuse.<br /><br />Beautiful shawl, perfect gift! And Older daughter looks in fine form on the field!<br />(((hugs)))Nana Sadiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13337300042637714815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-61959190621068953442010-04-23T16:20:00.029-07:002010-04-23T16:20:00.029-07:00That pig guy sounds awesome! And if I was single I...That pig guy sounds awesome! And if I was single I'd be asking if you still had his contact info! <br /><br />Love the flowers, especially the sweet peas! They remind me of being a kid. I should plant some this year!Wanderingcatstudiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11459444703722115118noreply@blogger.com