Summer Time

Wow - it has been really hot for the last few days! It started on Sunday when Poppa and I decided to sit outside for a while and absorb some of that good vitamin D that we really hadn't had much of since Florida! Poppa absorbed way to much and came in looking like a lobster - and still looks a lot like that. On Monday he went down to look after Munchie while Mama visited the dentist. He found the sun feeling awfully hot when he took Munchie to the park. Yesterday, he was still feeling hot and turned on our air conditioning. He had been working on the landscaping at the front of the house, but decided it was just too hot to work outside. However, the landscaping out there is changing.

Last time Mama and Dadad were here with little Munchie, Mama picked some yarn from my sock yarn stash and requested another pair of socks. Since she usually turns the socks down into a cuff, I decided to try a pair of cuff socks for her. Unlike the cuffed socks I made for Auntie Colleen, I actually had a pattern this time....this is the beginning of the first one. I love feather and fan pattern..and like these, but I think if I make another pair I would make the leg section a little longer so the cuff is higher off the ankle. The variegated yarn is Paton Kroy Socks in Burnished Sierra Stripes and the solid yarn is Sock It To Me (from Elann) in Cocoa. Both are 75% superwash wool and 25% nylon.

Mama was telling me that Munchkin cried when Poppa left on Monday. Of course, this made Poppa feel quite important - but it didn't last very long. Mama distracted the little guy with some play-time and yesterday he was feeling his normal, happy little self, looking happy and dapper as usual. He put on a nice apple green shirt that matched the seat in his walker and went for a stroll.

Auntie Colleen seems to be obsessed with bees lately - I wonder if it is due on some level to the amount of time she is spending in the poppy patch? I am not really fond of bees, but here is another picture of a bee that she sent me. It is really a testament to the lure of the poppy - it is so pretty and bright! However, it is noteworthy, that she chose the poppy with the bee in it to become the object caught in the camera lens.