Exit Strategy

We have been busily packing stuff in preparation for heading northward to Canada....

...and piling it in the front bedroom where it is out of the way, but handy for moving out to the car.  Poppa has been doing a few last minute things....

..........like sweeping the pool area - the oak trees have been dropping bits of pollen and stuff for about a week now - he had given up trying to keep it nice - but they seem to be finished finally!  He hosed off the solar blanket for the pool, and .......

....artfully arranged the pool seating to make it look relaxing and inviting for the villa owners when they arrive on Friday!  He has also washed floors, cleaned bathrooms, wiped baseboards and vacuumed the parts of the villa that we don't really use.  Tomorrow we will vacuum the rest, give the furniture a quick dusting and we should be ready to travel.  But, all work and no play makes Poppa a dull boy - so on Monday we did some tourist-ey stuff....here is a clue....

...........this is outside the Christmas store in Downtown Disney.  We had such a good time there...but more on that later.  I managed to..........

........finish Uncle Brian's first pair of socks.  I have discovered that if I use Knit Picks Stroll yarn (these are done in Stroll Tonal), there is enough yarn in one skein to make a whole pair of socks for Uncle Brian.  I didn't have to make contrasting heels and toes at all!  You can see that the second sock doesn't have blue toes - because by then it was clear that I had enough yarn.  So, Uncle Brian, your next pair of socks will be all one colour!