Project 365: Oct 26 – Nov 1

The Big Read is done! My life is my own again! I may even get to write something that doesn’t have to do with my pictures.

October 26, 2009

Monday rain, on chain link fence top. This is the fence I park against every day, and as I came out of work I realized I hadn’t taken any pictures for the day. I stood where I’ve stood every work day and looked around — everything looked like something I’d already snapped, until I stood parallel to the fence and looked up at the top rail to see the rain drops hanging down below. The red reflected on the rail is from my coat.

October 27, 2009

Tuesday I came in early for work and was able to catch these leaves on the wall. It rained a bunch last week, so the sky was all grey and dreary and lit the leaves really well.

October 28, 2009

This might be my favorite picture I’ve taken all year. Walking in to work just before 8:30 on Wednesday morning, with fog rolling about and the light getting all diffused. I didn’t process this picture at all, and I’m so in love with it. There was another I took just before this one that was good; I stood in the middle of the road and snapped a shot of this same view, but on the horizontal. I think this one with the strong vertical of the tree trunk on the left, the branch moving up and to the right, and the road moving away toward the left really make this picture sing. Of course, I had none of that in mind when I took this. “Ooh, pretty!” is my basic thought process.

October 29, 2009

Very low light, driving home in the rain. This time it wasn’t me driving! This was somewhere in the 5th street block of Lincoln Highway in DeKalb, I think, and the light made pretty pictures with the rain and darkness. I get a bit abstract sometimes.

October 30, 2009

Another forgot-to-take-a-picture picture. I tried to photograph Miyagi’s back, because she looks like a dark teardrop with a tail, but she turned around on me and gave me this priceless look. “Seriously? Enough with the pictures!” She’s going to start charging me.

October 31, 2009

Two of my coworkers who dressed up at work on Halloween!

November 1, 2009

After the crazypants of Halloween, we visited our friends Court and Jamey and their son. There were some really good ones in this bunch, but I love the look wee E. has on his face here.

Project 365: Oct 19 – Oct 25

Just under the wire!

October 19, 2009

On Monday I was still too sore to go back to work, so I spent another day on the couch with an ice pack on my belly. It was all very exciting. This is one of our plants (Dr. Huxtable? Maybe?) with one of my grandma’s clip-on earrings. I have several that are all the same that might get turned into button covers, but this one was alone in the world. I thought it could brighten up the plant.

October 20, 2009

One of the skeins of yarn I’m using to make A SUPER SECRET PROJECT. KnitPicks Swish Worsted in Marine Heather. This blue is awesome.

October 21, 2009

Fall is a great season for color. This is the sidewalk on the way into work.

October 22, 2009

Headed home on a rainy evening. (There’s not really anything else to say besides that)

October 23, 2009

I drove to Waterman on Friday, in the rain, and passed the wind farm (under construction). This was one of two shots I got by just pointing the camera out my passenger side window. Yes, I took these while driving. In my defense I didn’t actually look at the camera or do any sort of composition in order to get it. But damn, it looks nice and creepy/lonely/sad, eh?

October 24, 2009

More of the SUPER SECRET PROJECT. Ignore it.

October 25, 2009

This is part of my pajamas. My awesome sister-in-law and brother-in-law gave me these pajamas for Christmas one year. The pattern is nesting dolls dressed as hippies. They are supercomfy and I love them.

Project 365: Oct 12 – Oct 18

I’ve decided not to apologize for the lateness of my weekly posts (or for the lack of any other kind of post) until the middle of November. Planning, organizing, and executing The Big Read has really intruded into my own personal time (witness the total lack of updating over at Prairie Doula, which might also have something to do with me not wanting to see that particular picture of me ever again in my whole life), and I’m just going to go with it. Life happens.

This past week I had my surgery, and while I was out of it (and, oddly, dreaming about my grandma’s house) the surgeon came out to the waiting room to tell NinjaHusband that everything went really well, all my bits are healthy and harbor no lurking parasites, and handed him a bunch of pictures of my insides. Whut. Seriously. And to include you all in the fun, I’m posting a picture I took of one of the pictures of my insides. Aren’t you very excited!? Of course you are! But to shield those who don’t want to see inside bits (there’s no blood, but it’s pink and kind of wriggly looking), Friday’s picture is posted behind the jump. You’re welcome.

October 12, 2009

Portrait of a cat at the end of a day with no other pictures. She’s on the footrest of our comfy recliner, which NinjaHusband so thoughtfully leaves in the “up” position for her, even when he himself gets out of the chair. I am not so generous and have no problem gently dumping the cat onto the floor when I get out of the chair. Miyagi is becoming better friends with NinjaHusband because of this.

October 13, 2009

Tuesday was a beautiful sunny day and this is the tree at the end of our driveway/court/horseshoe-shaped paved area. I think I like autumn light the best for pictures, especially of trees.

October 14, 2009

On Wednesday night I stopped over at Samantha’s for a while to help wrangle the 2-year-old Miss Zara so Sam could have some time with baby Clive. He looks so enchanted by your nose (or maybe your eyebrows?), Samantha. It’s cracking me up.

October 15, 2009

I actually didn’t take a good picture on Thursday (I took one, but it was of my hospital gown and it’s completely uninteresting). I got in to the hospital’s day surgery staging area, and decided to start on a SUPERSECRET KNITTING PROJECT to calm me down (it’s 100% garterstitch). NinjaHusband took this picture and told me I had a weird look on my face. It was probably all the fear and the desire to run screaming from the room that he saw. Anyway, I was able to cast on and knit 30 stitches before they put the IV needle thing in my hand and I couldn’t knit any more. That really didn’t help my nerves, so N and I played the alphabet game (someone chooses a theme/topic, such as “nautical terms” and you run down the alphabet listing stuff that falls into the category. It’s harder and more brain-consuming than it seems) till they wheeled me away.

(Looking for Friday’s picture? It’s behind the jump, at the bottom)

October 17, 2009

After spending most of Friday on the couch, sleeping and watching semi-interesting movies, my Mom came to visit on Saturday and we went on a walk around the neighborhood. I hadn’t been out of the house since Thursday, and it felt really nice to walk (slowly!) around and see the trees all beautiful and colorful.

Bonus Saturday picture:

For those who won’t click on the jump to see my beautiful insides, here is a bonus picture from our walk on Saturday.

October 18, 2009

Miyagi has such a low opinion of me. Again, this was a last-minute portrait of the cat with scarf. Scarf was a gift from my friend Carin, who knits awesome things and is kind enough to share some of them with me. I thought the pink looked great on the grey cat.

And now, for the strong of heart…

Project 365: the next bit

Yes, I have fallen behind. I blame work and the big huge program we’re putting on every day this month. There were also some other things that cropped up that I wasn’t sure I wanted to talk about yet (even though I took the illustrative pictures), but have now decided to talk about them. Why don’t I vague that up a little bit for you: Stuff happened on the sly, and I am now in a position to talk about stuff. Also: things.

Here we go, the past two weeks:

September 28, 2009

My knitting patterns, semi-organized by basic type. The hat on the left might want to become a baby hat for a friend, and the scarf on the right wants to be my scarf, knit in Malabrigo Glazed Carrot. I’m trying to find a leaf-based pattern for a hat (adult sized) and can’t find anything that matches the hat in my brain. I may have to make it up, which is a lovely thought but one that will have to wait until November, or possibly March.

September 29, 2009

I’m not pregnant. This is a picture of ultrasound images taken of my insides, specifically my ovaries. I have a cyst on my right ovary that was diagnosed back in May, and when I had my most recent set of ultrasounds, on Tuesday September 29th, the little bugger had grown. It’s not very large, but because it’s a complex ovarian cyst they’re more concerned about it than they would be if it were a simple cyst. I have no idea what kind of sub-category mine falls into. Anyway, because it got bigger I was referred to a surgeon (on Thursday the 1st of October, which is partly why there’s no picture for that day) and I’m going to have it taken out. There you go.

September 30, 2009

On Wednesday we had our Big Read kickoff event at the Ellwood House in DeKalb, which is so freaking cool. I was setting up the sound system (with NinjaHusband’s help over the phone — thanks dude!) on the terrace, and found these lamps to be delightfully pretty. I took several more pictures of that event, but I like this one as the least Big-Read-involved.

October 1, 2009
No picture available — this would be (1) because The Big Read started the day before and my world suddenly contracted into WORK and eat-sleep, and (2) because I got the news about the cyst having grown on Thursday, and lots of mental energy was put into not losing my grip at work, and then going to the new doctor’s office that afternoon.

October 2, 2009
No picture available — see October 1

October 3, 2009

On Saturday we went to Madison to visit our friends Margaret and Wade and Jason. This is NinjaHusband being extremely fast while working the heavy bag in Margaret&Wade’s garage. I took a bunch of pictures in the low light with no flash while N and Wade took turns punching (Wade) and kicking (N) the bag, and they all turned out pretty well, in that artsy-no-flash kind of blurry way. I wanted to add Wade to my list of people featured on my Project 365, but he was too quick for me and I didn’t get many good shots of him.

October 4, 2009

On the drive home, on Sunday afternoon. Seriously, I really really like this picture.

October 5, 2009

Monday night laundry. There is nothing interesting to say about this picture. There was some controversy on Monday morning about the whereabouts of N’s t-shirts as he was trying to get dressed for work, and as he was pretty sick that day I decided to do some laundry for him.

October 6, 2009

Tuesday sky. Whee!

October 7, 2009

On Wednesday it was clear to me that fall has arrived. I like the fall-summer combination here.

October 8, 2009

Yes. I saw this sign in the course of my errands that day and was intrigued.

October 9, 2009

Friday night was Game Night at our friends’ house, and after an excellent meal we played Cranium (which was after Sequence, which was after the wine) and the guys won. Riley is holding up the card that says “Flyswatter” because no one could figure out what Mike was trying to draw. Excellent good times.

October 10, 2009

On Saturday night NinjaHusband and I played Guitar Hero, and it was awesome. I keep forgetting how much I like that game, and the fact that we have it.

October 11, 2009

Looking up at the ivy on the wall, walking into the lower level entrance at the library. That’s a pretty neat perspective.

That’s all for now. I hope I can find some time to write a post that’s not just about the Project 365. Maybe later this week. Maybe.

Project 365: September 21 – September 27

*shiver*

Excuse me, I just have to…

hum of furnace heard in background

… ah, that’s better. Today is October 1st and I have turned on my furnace. Call me a wimp if you will, but my nose is cold and our windows leak, and wool socks and mitties and blankets only go so far. (The thermostat is only at 70, by the way.)

September 21, 2009

This is the thing that’s been eating my brain and making me post all late. My work (a public library) is putting on this thing called The Big Read, and I’m helping to coordinate it. We’re reading Poe. It’s very fun, but very busy. You may notice a total lack of knitting content this week.

September 22, 2009

This is the wall of one of the banks in the downtown DeKalb area. I love this wall and have probably photographed it before, but the texture is so much fun.

September 23, 2009

Miyagi on the movie, with purse and kitty fishing toy.

September 24, 2009

The library celebrated its fireplace’s restoration. Sadly, this is the only picture I took that day.

September 25, 2009

On Friday we met the newest addition to our friends’ family, one Henry. He made sweet faces at NinjaHusband and cuddled with me, and made our day. Congratulations Lindsay and Ryan!

September 26, 2009

On Saturday we hung out with family and played Beatles Rock Band with friends, and the best picture I have is this one of Casey and Anna curled up together, avoiding the loud noises coming from the crazy humans in the room. Let it be known that it was Carin’s birthday and I had to pick her up and haul her over to the microphone to sing. And she sang awesomely.

September 27, 2009

On Sunday, our Stitch & Bitch group met at a new bar and Michelle worked on her first socks. First socks are like magic.

That’s all I have, because I need to go find the flannel sheets and the electric blanket.

Project 365: Sept 14 – Sept 20

Aarrgh! I’m falling behind again!

September 14, 2009

This sign belongs to the old DeKalb Theater on Third Street downtown, which has housed a dance club, a Mexican restaurant, another dance club, and now a cosmetology school — all since I’ve lived here. Which has been about, what, nine years?

September 15, 2009

My blue Koigu Monkey socks are coming along. I’m knitting them two at a time now so I don’t get the dreaded Second Sock syndrome. Part of the reason my last pair took me 18 months was because I lost interest after I had completed the first sock and before I cast on for the second. Of course, part of the reason was also because I am extremely lazy.

September 16, 2009

Our kitchen curtains. We looked for several weeks together, trying to find curtains that looked good in the kitchen that we both liked. One set was too green, one was too dark, one had a sheen to it that NinjaHusband disdained… and on and on and on and on. Finally we found these (at Lowe’s of all places) and we both stopped in front of the display. We both thought we didn’t want any sort of pattern, but we really liked this one (it’s not really a plaid). So we took them home. NinjaHusband removed the old blinds, painted around where the old hardware used to sit, put up the new curtain rod, and IRONED the hell out of these curtains before putting them up. He did an awesome job.

September 17, 2009

The library after dark. I stayed late on Thursday night to help set up for the book sale (which was wildly successful), and snapped this on my way out the door.

September 18, 2009

On Friday we watched the Wolverine movie. We actually purchased it. The movie was disappointing on almost every level, including the underuse of Ryan Reynolds, although Jackman’s muscles provided decent eye candy. Schreiber did a good job, but he wasn’t given much. BooHiss.

September 19, 2009

Saturday we played rummy, and took turns insulting the other when we lost hands. We wrote these charming insults upside down on the scoresheet. Clearly I have not yet mastered writing an ‘S’ upside down, which is very stupid of me.

September 20, 2009

On Sunday Mary came back to town, and we went out for lunch and a little pre-knit night knitting. I had an awesome time but got a headache that put me down for Actual Knit Night(tm). It was really good to see her again.

Project 365: September 7 – September 13

I love being caught up on pictures.

September 7, 2009

On Monday, Labor Day for Americans, I enjoyed my morning with a little classical music and some t-shirt cutting. I’m cutting up t-shirts to make more rag rugs, this time for the kitchen. I have a ton of 3X navy blue t-shirts and a bunch of white Medium t-shirts; I think they should make some very pretty and very big kitchen rugs. I cut them up by first cutting right at the armpits, then making a spiral cut around the torso from the bottom to the top, resulting in one long string of t-shirt material just waiting to be knit up on size 17 needles.

September 8, 2009

More knitting! The yarn is Koigu KPPPPPPPPPM in some unknown colorway purchased for me by NinjaHusband back when we celebrated our 10-year dating anniversary (we don’t do that anymore, because we’re beyond that ::flips hair::). I’m making my first pair of top-down socks (my first four pairs have been toe-up), and they’re Monkeys by Cookie A. I love this pattern.

September 9, 2009

Stunningly, I have taken a picture of my cat at a point in the day when I realized I had taken zero pictures. I am Kathy’s total lack of surprise.

September 10, 2009

On Thursday I was in the library’s courtyard on the phone when I noticed this cicada shell on a tree. I tried to get a good picture of it with my phone, but I got a crappy picture of the shell and a decent picture of the flowers in the background. The cicada shell was pretty neat, but you’ll just have to take my word for it.

September 11, 2009

Yet more knitting content. My brighty-bright-bright Noro two-row scarf. That is all I have to say about that, really. I’m knitting a scarf, among other things. Full stop.

September 12, 2009

This is my sister Laura, who portrays Mary Todd Lincoln really well. She was in a play last year called “Mrs. Lincoln” and rocked it, and has written her own one-woman show about Mary Todd Lincoln’s early life (maybe all of it?). She did a crapton of research and has made a lot of her own costumes. On Saturday she gave a presentation to the Sycamore Historical Society or something, then stayed overnight at my place. She arrived still in her costume and I snapped this before she changed. Lovely! (The hose in the background? That’s our association’s way of diverting the sump pump discharge away from our foundation. Not so lovely)

September 13, 2009

On Sunday Laura left early and NinjaHusband and I made a Sunday Breakfast, one of my favorite meals to prepare because we never feel rushed. After he left for his card game I planned on an afternoon of boring-but-necessary domesticity, but abandoned that plan when Heather called from Kite Fest in DeKalb and insisted that I join her and her boys for some sunny fun. This festival has been going on for a few years, but this is the first time I’ve gone. It was pretty cool even despite the less-than-windy conditions, and I got some sun which always makes me happy. There were a lot of kites, some that were crazy big and looked more like hot air balloons. This piratey kite wasn’t the prettiest, but it is a decent shot.

And now I’m all caught up!

Project 365: August 17 – September 6

Here’s the final catch-up post! I’m so excited! This one should bring me up to date, with this week’s pictures being posted next Monday, the 14th.

August 17, 2009

My cat is ridiculous. When she cleans herself she sits in this absurd position that makes her look like a doofy old man. I tried to capture it without the flash but she was too quick for me.

August 18, 2009

(I didn’t include this picture at first, but now I have the family’s permission!) This beautiful family asked me to be with them during the birth of their second child, a son named Clive. Samantha was in labor for a while, faced her fears, and came through like a champion. I was so proud of her (which may sound kind of weird and patronizing, but I don’t mean it that way), and so thankful to be there — I learned a lot from being with her during her labor. In exchange, her husband William created my wonderful new website which I love and think is the best website in all the land.

August 19, 2009
No photo available! Shame!

August 20, 2009

This is moss growing on the landscaping of the Lutheran church near my work. It was kind of a damp morning, and I thought the green was particularly glowy on my walk to work.

August 21, 2009

The sky, on a particularly grey and, apparently, gloomy evening as I got out of work. Not one of my best snaps.

August 22, 2009

On Saturday a whole group of friends went up to my family’s farm to shoot some guns and enjoy the day. We had a great time (I’ll post some pictures of that later, if I haven’t already). I miss being there so much sometimes. This is the view looking southwest from the barn, and I love it. It’s so hilly where I grew up, compared to most of the rest of Illinois, and being there makes me so relaxed and at ease. I need to take a weekend to go up there sometime soon.

August 23, 2009

Sunday was knit night, and Heather gave me a ride. On the way home, in the car, I realized I hadn’t taken a picture for the day and the moon looked really pretty. Not that you could tell from this picture, of course. I took this while we were moving and without the flash, so everything got kind of blurry. I kind of like it.

August 24, 2009

Remember my orchid? All the blooms fell off. I’ve been doing pretty well with all the other houseplants, but this one baffled me a bit. It’s not a great picture, but there you go. Sad plants.

August 25, 2009

On Tuesday I went to pay a ticket (gasp!) at the courthouse in Sycamore and after I was done (and I was feeling very relieved at having to pay only a reduced fee because I took care of the problem quickly) I was all sparklyhappy at the world. The sunshine helped a lot, I’m sure. The red brick + green tree + blue sky really snagged my attention. I suppose if I compsed this better I would have included the whole building or the whole tree (or both), but I like how it seems the building is peeking out at you over the bottom of the picture.

August 26, 2009

Miyagi doesn’t get into my yarn at all, which is so very awesome of her. However, when I cleaned out my knitting bag and found scraps of Grace Silk & Wool from my Clapotis, I knotted them together and tossed them on the floor to see what she’d do with them. Guys, my cat loves the crap out of this thing. She bats it around, tosses it to herself, carries it in her mouth, rolls on it… you name it. This was her playing with it in the living room.

August 27, 2009

I can’t remember what we were doing before we stopped at the liquor store, but while I waited in the car I saw the neon beer sign reflected in a puddle of something and the whole look kind of grabbed me. I took a bunch of shots and this was the clearest.

August 28, 2009

On Friday I got my hair cut, we went out to dinner with friends, and I decided to take some pictures. I really dig this new cut.

August 29, 2009
No photo available! Double shame!

August 30, 2009

On Sunday we went to the Cubs/Mets game at Wrigley, celebrating a friend’s 30th birthday and arranged by his awesome wife. We were on the rooftops across the street from Wrigley Field, and everything was perfect. It was a beautiful day, lots of friends were there, and we had an amazing time. Too bad the Cubs lost.

August 31, 2009

On Monday I spoke at a local Rotary meeting about a project the library is putting on. The group meets at the visitor’s center of the Ellwood House, a mansion from the early part of the 1900s that is now a museum. I’ve been through it on a tour and think it’s a beautiful place. I meant to get a better picture of parts of the house before the meeting started, but ran out of time. This is the picture I took through my car’s back window as I was leaving.

September 1, 2009

Another piece of my town. The plaza/parking lot on 2nd and Locust in DeKalb. It’s now named after our last mayor and has been updated with pretty cobblestones and benches. This is where the Farmer’s Market happens every Thursday afternoon in the summer. Which reminds me, I haven’t been there at all this year.

September 2, 2009
No photo available! Triple shame!

September 3, 2009

This is my Aunt Pat, my Dad’s sister. She got remarried this past weekend and this was at her bachelorette party/dinner. I love my Aunt Pat so much, and it’s amazing to see her so happy about her new husband.

September 4, 2009

Approaching the intersection of Coltonville Road and North First Street. I’m really surprised this came out as well as it did, as we were driving at the time.

September 5, 2009

Aunt Pat, getting ready on her wedding day. There are other great shots from this day (and the party that night), but this one tops the list. It’s almost the same view I had of her when I walked into the room she was in, and I just instantly started crying happy tears, she looked so beautiful and happy. My family just freaking rocks.

September 6, 2009

And on Sunday, I went with my friend Jill to welcome her second son into the world. It was a very good day.

Project 365: July 19 – August 16

Here they are, TWENTY-NINE photographs, all uploaded within a minute because of technology.

I feel like the Red Queen, running like mad just to stay in one place, but I will catch up soon. Possibly.

July 19, 2009

I know I’ve already posted this knitting project, but what can I say? This was one of the few pictures I took that day, and they were all of this hat. I like this pattern (Ravelry link) a ton. Very easy to convert to baby-size.

July 20, 2009

This is what I do when confronted with something new or problematic: I go to the library and get some books on the subject. I had so many ideas about paint effects for the kitchen walls. But we painted them straight-up blue.

July 21, 2009

Again, the baby hat in an already-been-posted picture. Our aloe plant Chuck Norris is modeling this lovely piece.

July 22, 2009

This was our three-year anniversary, and I took this picture while eating lunch at the best local restaurant, The Thai Pavilion. When I’m there on my lunch hour I like to sit in the window and look out onto Lincoln Highway. It’s not a bad view. No more pictures from that day. None that I can show you, anyway.

July 23, 2009

More knitting content! These are some of the washcloths for Baby Henry, standard ball-band dishcloth pattern. It’s amazing how much knitting I can get done if I actually sit down and knit.

July 24, 2009

Black and white shot of one of the washcloths. There’s not much more to say about that, really. Except that I really like black-and-white pictures.

July 25, 2009

On this Saturday our friend Lindsay (mom-to-be of Henry) had a baby shower at Anderson Gardens (sound on that website) in Rockford, which was totally awesome. After the party we got to walk around the grounds and I took about a hundred nice shots, but this one kind of stood out. I like the contrast.

July 26, 2009

On Sunday we went up to my parents’ house to celebrate July birthdays (three of them) and our anniversary. While we were there Mom & Dad asked NinjaHusband to extricate a wee bat from their patio umbrella. The bat had apparently been under there for a while (a day or so?) and everyone else was too freaked out by it to try moving it. N got a yardstick to ooch it along, but the damn thing wouldn’t budge for a long time, then it crawled on the stick, then it flew out, flew around the deck, and flew back into the umbrella. This happened three or four times. It was both awesome and kind of annoying before the bat finally flew off into the birch tree.

July 27, 2009

Monday’s dinner was curry, and the spices made kind of a pretty picture.

July 28, 2009

I won this orchid at the baby shower on the 25th, and I wish I had placed it against a better background. I’m a fan of the way the orchid turned out, but the background could stand to be improved.

July 29, 2009

The tender side of Chuck Norris the aloe plant.

July 30, 2009

This Thursday found us at our friends’ home for dinner. They have a beautiful garden and I got a ton of really pretty shots, but this one stood out for me. A bit further down you’ll see these lights lit up over the ivy arch.

July 31, 2009

On Friday I drove to Waterman for a childbirth class (as a speaker, not as a student) and felt kind of entunnellated. That’s right, I made up a word to describe the feeling of driving on a road surrounded by tall fields of corn.

August 1, 2009

Another while-driving shot, coming home from my cousin’s wedding, driving west on 64. Those clouds are kind of awesome.

August 2, 2009

Our friend Matt’s painting, kind of washed out because it was one of those last-minute end of the day shots. The kitchen light is crap and I don’t like to use the flash if I can help it.

August 3, 2009

This picture kind of rocks my world. The orchid is backlit, so the veins in the petals leap out more, plus the blur adds some motion. It doesn’t look like a good picture at first but it really makes me happy.

August 4, 2009

See, I love my kitchen. Do you see how much? Do you?

August 5, 2009

This is a wee bit of a giant jade plant at The House Cafe in DeKalb on Lincoln Highway. I go there for lunch some days and it’s always good. Like the Thai Pavilion, I like to sit where I can look outside and get some sun.

August 6, 2009

Radishes from my co-garden, all googly and not pretty. I love them.

August 7, 2009

Here’s the ivy arch at our friends’ house all lit up.

August 8, 2009

Ah, the old workplace. In the morning. Strong lines, nice contrast. Good times.

August 9, 2009

This is an example of how bad my pictures get sometimes.

August 10, 2009

Femiknitter, cat, blanket, knitting. It was an awesome visit, I’m so glad we got to hang out — and at my house too! It was nice to reciprocate the hosting.

August 11, 2009

Peach slices, with horrible flash. My captions are getting less awesome, aren’t they? It’s getting late.

August 12, 2009

The Star Doily Blanket, for Baby Waggie. After I blocked this out I realized how many mistakes there are in it and now I’m kind of ashamed to have given them something so flawed.

August 13, 2009

Meegs all blurry, after jumping up at me and demanding attention.

August 14, 2009

Baby blanket on the birth ball. Alliteration FTW.

August 15, 2009

On the 15th we went to Madison and Spring Green for Margaret’s baby shower. The ladies went to the shower at Marg’s parents’ house, and the dudes stayed home and made this video. Seriously, it was awesome. Ninjahusband and Mark, lounging.

August 16, 2009

And on Sunday I gave Margaret my Tuscany shawl, which she had admired. I originally planned to knit her one of her own, exactly the same as mine, but felt like the pregnant lady should have it. Plus it is full of leaves, which is kickass.

I heart fiberoptics

This is just to tell you that as I type, 29 days worth of Project 365 pictures are uploading to my Flickr account via the magic of fiberoptic internet, paid for by the taxpayers of DeKalb.

(And. And while I was typing that sentence, all the pictures finished uploading. Done.)

I’m not sure if you understand that. 29 pictures. TWENTY-NINE, people. Do you know how long this would take me if I were to attempt it at home? On my anemic (though delightfully cheap and sufficient if-you’re-not-uploading-pictures) internet connection? It would take me approximately ALL THE YEARS THAT HAVE EVER BEEN to upload twenty-nine pictures.

This is why it’s taking me an age to get caught up with all my daily pictures, because I would die in the attempt if I tried to do it at home. Where I spend most of my time off work.

However. I have devised a clever scheme wherein I transfer the pictures from my camera to my work computer (while off work! o ye who would screech at me and belittle my ethics) and then from my work computer to the Flickr account. This clever scheme has saved me much pain and agony and has allowed me to upload TWENTY-NINE pictures to the internet, all at once. In less than a minute. CAN YOU EVEN COMPREHEND HOW GIDDY THIS MAKES ME?

So. Thank you to TBCNet of Sycamore, who got the library a great deal on the hookups to an existing fiberoptic network (amazingly enough, it stopped just 5 feet from the library’s property line and TBC got the library connected easystyle), thank you to the taxpayers of DeKalb, who both pay my salary and make it possible for me to use the library’s services, and thank you to the pioneers of fiberoptics. Well done all.

(Pictures are coming soon. Soon-ish.)