Yarn Along

It's raining! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! We have been in a major drought and wildfires have increasingly been getting out of control. And this is real rain, not one or two drops! So thankful. Anyway, here is what we're reading and knitting. I've been skimming through Country Wisdom and Know How. It's amazing! Everything you could ever want to know is in this book! I finally got to the library yesterday to pick up all the unicorn books I had requested for Eaden. We tried having a weekly theme for a grand total of two weeks. It didn't really work. Sometimes, we want to spend more or less time on a given theme and I'm not really into time constraints. I'm also not great at requesting and picking up all of our holds that quickly. So we will probably be on unicorns for about a month. The knitting is a hat I'm making for a friend of mine's son. Two weeks ago I posted a hat for Yarn Along, but no one pointed out to me that it looked humongous. After knitting for a while, I realized it was twisted (can you tell I'm a great knitter?). So I unraveled it and it turned out it would have fit an elephant. I've restarted and I hope this one is not too small. Post your Yarn Along over at Small Things.

An Outdoor Attic

I was over at my parents last week and we went digging in their detached garage attic. We found a lot of goodies, but unfortunately some were in pretty bad shape. The Texas heat is brutal. It was especially brutal to my childhood book collection. Here is some of what we found!

I also found a lot of letters that family and friends wrote to me while I was at Girl Scout camp. Here is one from my Grandpa.

We also found this old toy cradle of my sister's.

And this play crib with an escape ladder?

Father's Day

We had a great Father's Day here yesterday! First thing, the kids ran outside to surprise Daddy with his card while he was out working in the yard.

Then we cleaned up a little and waited around for all of the family to show up.

My husband made stew.

And of course Grandpa got the best parts!

My brother made pizzas!

My Dad made beans!

And my other brother made a casserole!

Of course, beer was involved.

 The kids played outside.

And I made the pound cake from A Homemade Life (with blackberries).

Happy Father's Day!

Grandma and Grandpa in Nigeria

Beer.

Is it sad that I take pictures of my beer and then edit them in Picnik? As if they were my children! Oh woman, what is the world coming to? I submitted this to Saturday's Artist at Ordinary Life Magic and I hope I don't offend people. I fear that I will offend nearly everyone by the time my blogging career comes to an end...

Photography

So I know close to nothing about photography, but I do love to take pictures. Obviously! I've always used Picnik to edit photos. However, I would just crop them, maybe add a border, adjust exposure,.... I never used their effects. Unfortunately, (because I'm sure it will now take up a huge chunk of my time), Sarah in the Woods over at The Forest Room has got me hooked. Here's what I did with a little bit of playing around this morning. Again, I know not what I do!