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July 19, 2006
At the beach!
Harroooo!
Oh, the neglected Knit-a-Log!
I am in Bethany, Delaware, right now, hanging with friends big and small, old and new!
Working on the Ballet Wrap Cardigan from Interweave Knits, and also attempting to teach 6-year-old Cleo to knit, and she's doing well! But its much easier to finger-crochet, and she has determined that a wig made entirely from finger-chain-crocheted strands is in order! Today we may just drag Dad Eric to Sea Needles! (Oh, how we love Sea Needles! Molly and I went on Sunday, and not only did I get a very nice skein of Trekking 100 to make somebody a pair of comfy socks, Molly and I chose a pattern and got yarn for sweaters for Caroline and tiny Joey! I was afraid I would have nothing to work on at the beach!)It has to be a "hair color" according to Cleo, who really does have a very defined sense of style and is highly glamorous, and knows what she likes. Pink and purple, the hair colors of Brian, the young man who cut my hair just before I left Chicago, apparently won't do. It looked great on Brian, but Cleo will have none of that kind of nonsense!
Other trip highlights include splashing in the baby-pool in the backyard of our house, which I tend to enjoy more than the actual ocean which is two blocks away. The waves are smaller, and there are fewer critters and less sand. Also, shade and air conditioning are readily available. And plus there is ample opportunity to water the small ones with the plastic watering can, so they will grow up big and strong. This is what we tell them, anyway.
Oh! There is so much more to tell!
Because Molly and I found a dead horseshoe crab on the beach yesterday morning, and I had never seen a real on before and had no idea they were the size of bike helmets! And so beautiful! A marvel of engineering! And the colors, the colors, it looked like it was made of bronze, and copper, and slate. With a kind of patina, and a tortoise-like shell pattern. Oh, to have an exoskeleton, especially one that doubled as a house, for safekeeping of one's vulnerable bits! Amazing.
We flipped him back over, out of respect.
More, so much more! Later!
Posted by pippypippy at July 19, 2006 09:23 AM
Comments
hey pippy, where'd you go? We both went to Bethany Bytes to blog, and you disappeared.
Posted by: rob helpy-chalk at July 19, 2006 10:06 AM
Say harooo to the dolphins for me!
I wish I could be basking in the glory of DelMarVa along with you guys.
Posted by: David at July 20, 2006 12:10 PM