Socks & Golf

A couple of days ago it got warm enough for Poppa to decide to go to a driving range and hit a bucket of balls.  Yes, it was a lovely day - no jackets required and sunny!  Finally a day that felt like we were in Florida.  You can see in this picture that the freezing temperatures played havoc with the nice green grass down here........but Poppa had a good time anyway!

Yesterday it was even nicer!  Mind you, when I got up in the morning it was decidedly chilly in the villa.  I peeked at the thermostat and it was blank.  Oh-oh!  Obviously something was wrong with the new heat exchanger that was just installed in October of 2009.  We put in a call to the property management people and they said they would have someone here to look at it.  Since it was warmer outside than in, we decided to take our books out by the pool and relax in the sunshine.  We were out there for most of the afternoon.  At one point, I actually got too hot and came inside to get cooled down a little!  The service man for the heat exchanger appeared mid-afternoon and replaced a sensor in the unit.  He said it must have been a faulty sensor and everything has been fine since.  Squeegie is such a camera ham!

Today was the warmest yet.. the temperature got up to 24C - WhooHoo.  The down-side of that is the fact that it was overcast....but it was lovely and warm!  We really didn't care about the clouds. 

I also had enough time yesterday to finish Auntie Colleen's second pair of socks.

Then I started the last pair of socks requested prior to the yarn grab.  The last time I was at Munchie's place, Mommee and I went on a little shopping trip.  While we were at the Mary Maxim store, she picked out this Paton's Stretch Sock Yarn for her next pair.  So I started them this morning.  Here is what they looked like at about 2pm this afternoon.

The colours don't show up very well in this pic, but I think she will be pleased with the outcome.  She likes that stretch yarn, and the colourway is knitting up much prettier than I expected.  As of now, the heel has been turned and I have started up the foot.  Weather permitting I should finish the first one tomorrow.  Oh wow!

This next picture is Mommee and Munchie.  Munchie has been practising his zipper skills lately.  While zipping and un-zipping his travel bag ( the one he takes to his day-care place), he discovered some socks.  After checking out his little feet and discovering that he already had some socks on, he decided that this pair must be mittens then.

He went to show Mommee what a good boy he was and she was so proud that she snapped this shot of the two of them.  Aren't they cute?