tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141934732024-03-14T15:37:01.119-04:00Knitting on the CamI used to be on the Cam, but now I'm in Vancouver, just knitting!
Mary deBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15239201755151355538noreply@blogger.comBlogger1776125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14193473.post-43322698318103966862024-01-20T20:39:00.000-05:002024-01-20T20:39:15.495-05:00Oh, happy new year!<p><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In 2023 I shared my photo themes with my brother and others, and there was some interest in continuing to have a monthly photo theme this year. So here goes!</span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I found <a href="https://www.theatreofnoise.com/2008/05/250-photography-themes.html">a different page and a different list</a>. I've taken ideas from "the human environment," "nature," and "forms and techniques," but I will muddle them up to spread them through the year. </span></p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>January: water in motion</li><li>February: paths</li><li>March: texture</li><li>April: advertising</li><li>May: sky and cloud</li><li>June: openings</li><li>July: music</li><li>August: in the garden</li><li>September: self-portrait</li><li>October: metal</li><li>November: arms and legs</li><li>December: reflection</li></ol><p></p><p>January is almost over, but I will see what I can do about that. I have all sorts of other ideas about what I should be doing, but so far, not much has been actually accomplished. But I did buy a new notebook to record all my achievements. </p><p>Here's some knitting!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1CQ9ROiLYHD2uD5Xe4Flx7-khlihLIyL-JO1k5s98U7fo_RNjXoZfMuAK3UMpT49m8uIiMd2SmEwl4CYabIQip2n7Sc0oTLr5y59MX8I1xrTZJJaJmD2s0YioKJxoBQFLNz2X9JfY_0lBjvvFURqz8Re3JnKwkpM32cIpXmDnOYwrk8aDznB6/s4032/240120mitts.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1CQ9ROiLYHD2uD5Xe4Flx7-khlihLIyL-JO1k5s98U7fo_RNjXoZfMuAK3UMpT49m8uIiMd2SmEwl4CYabIQip2n7Sc0oTLr5y59MX8I1xrTZJJaJmD2s0YioKJxoBQFLNz2X9JfY_0lBjvvFURqz8Re3JnKwkpM32cIpXmDnOYwrk8aDznB6/w300-h400/240120mitts.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><p>Fingerless mitts for me. I made another pair of full mittens for Debbie for Christmas and these were a bit smaller and used up almost all the remaining yarn. </p>Mary deBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15239201755151355538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14193473.post-26917479258217144602023-12-10T00:30:00.000-05:002023-12-10T00:30:04.288-05:00The library project of 2023<p>I have been to all 22 branches of the Vancouver Public Library. The first was way back on January 4, and the last was just this past week. I even have a spreadsheet to prove it! And pictures.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzdtZRmNsAbpex9qQ9XvgCVtgZaBHfEmLl0jKe-BOze-mvENTkvk4PN3nXCy_HCjzypycI1cN4wfchhrYadsNs56xq5J3Q7RC-OyndCfZgRJIL5rwCvB8MdHz-T_Zdx8eNgmx3_S3nrdd3u0oeEQMxLRdgV-WNzRhg5ADMhMOkAklYOIdAXePB/s3088/230104selfie.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzdtZRmNsAbpex9qQ9XvgCVtgZaBHfEmLl0jKe-BOze-mvENTkvk4PN3nXCy_HCjzypycI1cN4wfchhrYadsNs56xq5J3Q7RC-OyndCfZgRJIL5rwCvB8MdHz-T_Zdx8eNgmx3_S3nrdd3u0oeEQMxLRdgV-WNzRhg5ADMhMOkAklYOIdAXePB/w400-h300/230104selfie.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">January 4, Firehall branch</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0sDfcGkIQXP7BPc-Mzu95t09I8bnrQ7MMLwjw6vnBhucPsIxkvWePXpb7ERF0LHnonweYULfDQplvuwPAZe91XqudSdFBl_vlFnPXXQ-0j0uDNcoILYrjRrJy8LrIaSnqEV3DXph_XOdLAQ_GSGKXiNgKjqU4TNyQ37Q2CEBjC8rSHlcurKMr/s4032/230118shake.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0sDfcGkIQXP7BPc-Mzu95t09I8bnrQ7MMLwjw6vnBhucPsIxkvWePXpb7ERF0LHnonweYULfDQplvuwPAZe91XqudSdFBl_vlFnPXXQ-0j0uDNcoILYrjRrJy8LrIaSnqEV3DXph_XOdLAQ_GSGKXiNgKjqU4TNyQ37Q2CEBjC8rSHlcurKMr/w400-h300/230118shake.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">January 10, Carnegie Branch. No selfie!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_9Z-xQS5Gt9i__jQwU4Rj1EAtA748LvEkCR9Yf_jNDZo26IZyQ7r9DYKlf2x9VgWL1Bxi_e8UAbWn-iafvaRN0TiQRXOeXgGxGiNc2-dAqL88Q7AqZthLV-yxFCobnmt1zS3UMisjZB5fmsEjlHA9mHdnZVxdfqb4QsOy4gmWcYdUMXKag_kl/s3088/230129coll.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_9Z-xQS5Gt9i__jQwU4Rj1EAtA748LvEkCR9Yf_jNDZo26IZyQ7r9DYKlf2x9VgWL1Bxi_e8UAbWn-iafvaRN0TiQRXOeXgGxGiNc2-dAqL88Q7AqZthLV-yxFCobnmt1zS3UMisjZB5fmsEjlHA9mHdnZVxdfqb4QsOy4gmWcYdUMXKag_kl/w400-h300/230129coll.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">January 29, Collingwood Branch</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihpaX_XPIHcw1xmLLgqPSdFM7jl9qA7SdLTqropz3kN-ZxMILBuJiRFpNNVvN78Q_IjG-7QLzVMA3uXNZskDTVvwQHE2oMVa_6I3OeHMzxSk4GE15DVgIBbEFQ8zhYNf3A5kQrDCrIp0XRnuZycPezkwFcKwy6wGpkPzZhObyNvV1VgjTDyti2/s3088/230129renf.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihpaX_XPIHcw1xmLLgqPSdFM7jl9qA7SdLTqropz3kN-ZxMILBuJiRFpNNVvN78Q_IjG-7QLzVMA3uXNZskDTVvwQHE2oMVa_6I3OeHMzxSk4GE15DVgIBbEFQ8zhYNf3A5kQrDCrIp0XRnuZycPezkwFcKwy6wGpkPzZhObyNvV1VgjTDyti2/w300-h400/230129renf.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">January 29, Renfrew Branch</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjadF6ZMwXcYU63OYRr_8trYiq0A1sEWMP5qrswUMaze2B0jhip6briFopFeI9zXB3LAPdoia2DYAortDSnM-7IT96RDHtAL7IgjxFgtxERWb2sG3B1eJ_F7jqZ8KM2ALiRA7tDERxBBcEyygyx74IwERPGKeG6DJyPb5q27BWFbatRfWFUgM3/s2879/230505Kits.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVM1dtrsmg07EKzw7dQsGbMgvjlMGg2LAT3xXFBseL_418hR-WBY3UZKtMp7PYtJXNJHqJwo8UYOAHNBfu9hvgTLuXEzOBytm4rbWxGy1YbkDQodmPWECkNIF3MkqLH1PXtTRCYNbTXdIrkPFb-3bcLwVwrqHyO33-EU_zRFe4SA7LXznTzsSL/w400-h300/230505dunbar.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">March 26, Dunbar Branch</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibiDjRDfwVJYBvj9jtgQuNFg6fBm-62cp5nuBcpaPUXvSX2a8k7cPEc99lLYV3EXQQ3TfBQqBeKpmzSsG5gB7n_sYGih-Mhq-cSUJqExBQl851qh6BsTHX3hICBl_ODcE-_kjrDXvWe0QZstXlNHUSvRu-ACI6J9UpOs4dzZlHk4By9HTE5p9C/s4032/230505WestPG.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibiDjRDfwVJYBvj9jtgQuNFg6fBm-62cp5nuBcpaPUXvSX2a8k7cPEc99lLYV3EXQQ3TfBQqBeKpmzSsG5gB7n_sYGih-Mhq-cSUJqExBQl851qh6BsTHX3hICBl_ODcE-_kjrDXvWe0QZstXlNHUSvRu-ACI6J9UpOs4dzZlHk4By9HTE5p9C/w400-h300/230505WestPG.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">March 26, West Point Grey Branch<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCKkgV8zghhFgBQd7MGZnFSEbMwtRIvhV2AEhPKIVRVZe5aVsDMMGJ1aRU9d4cIF1Q7X7lVqwkCVJbp0Fgr1kkrK-cCtrrVOQdvPudTHkx1VrRlqr4flQkiUS1DiNFJ0WyCyHLUHGxTWoZ-G85kBiEQ8_1xCtiHuGhGQX57l_RmBooe8HgTA2b/s4032/230505joefortes.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCKkgV8zghhFgBQd7MGZnFSEbMwtRIvhV2AEhPKIVRVZe5aVsDMMGJ1aRU9d4cIF1Q7X7lVqwkCVJbp0Fgr1kkrK-cCtrrVOQdvPudTHkx1VrRlqr4flQkiUS1DiNFJ0WyCyHLUHGxTWoZ-G85kBiEQ8_1xCtiHuGhGQX57l_RmBooe8HgTA2b/w300-h400/230505joefortes.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">April 17, Joe Fortes Branch</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkdXss1T0qphBxBx6RgRX8C5anIQBcpKAU0W89btQBWfpxsY4U6vT0eE3SNO9FL0c50U3Nf2sXP97A003OC8ox0gpS8TeCuxQ_mHQOyI4DN3D3siJPNmJ_71SP_P5QpcCPElTeZS1PnvwbIcPfGNP8od8J9LUu_RE9S7Ub2j1yGT9kH4elS7PX/s3088/230505terrysalman.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkdXss1T0qphBxBx6RgRX8C5anIQBcpKAU0W89btQBWfpxsY4U6vT0eE3SNO9FL0c50U3Nf2sXP97A003OC8ox0gpS8TeCuxQ_mHQOyI4DN3D3siJPNmJ_71SP_P5QpcCPElTeZS1PnvwbIcPfGNP8od8J9LUu_RE9S7Ub2j1yGT9kH4elS7PX/w400-h300/230505terrysalman.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">April 26, Terry Salman Branch</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyWln9YFEv2EqInUheTHc7wsqDBTFSWTLABQYJKomT5WACQtFwnLMrMQSGIu5T9SmJlmu9i-F-B-6EO2n3GZmAhOGWEdtgBqGCm87UVKQ-MSZN-0H2Jq2DNmE5cdXgcJPJn0uWwC6B2p4nv6hghAbzLq2-54oDzCrJGRHVDMGWXp2wOjO91Cbt/s3088/231208Oakridge.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyWln9YFEv2EqInUheTHc7wsqDBTFSWTLABQYJKomT5WACQtFwnLMrMQSGIu5T9SmJlmu9i-F-B-6EO2n3GZmAhOGWEdtgBqGCm87UVKQ-MSZN-0H2Jq2DNmE5cdXgcJPJn0uWwC6B2p4nv6hghAbzLq2-54oDzCrJGRHVDMGWXp2wOjO91Cbt/w400-h300/231208Oakridge.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">June 1, Oakridge Branch</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY9kWL-t_SuIKASzVy-ucpKbM_Y0r6MG-0wNN899kl4pJFhDot5rePNvIFSJG2UUV1ajehuK_Fc63M8ZH6TMrHDgcSG5BP6LXgtjoOIaXoJ1w8agYYaxWIblhe86xf5YZiV81-QHCuqma_YXIEo2QKEicPAJoVUQQ5H1a0mFNBGxnHZ3pbFkDX/s3088/231208SouthHill.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWwofxByGsenpdbN19awpfaNTzFnupZUHTz-OsFez4h5CGVYCitU3CtaFdhWS57Mrg5ojSq4z4WNMy9WCepZ4o53C4jt4miS4F_llz9J7vEL9En9oQjnnypxWVUvAHibDHy-319dH0gdpjL_ebfJgxzXMiVOzvdVXde-ES_WvxkzLbdiYlsv_6/w300-h400/231208central.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">June 14, Central Branch</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia-oig1T7tl39FBffSsJXGnBBLAONQzEYhTue2YmD8ZFixz2Pu7JCBvTNDL25NvLAa6PdtcDXpSxnkU4-sZx_FMwf1bVXy7jSt9p_OP9_VcC5UZxsHlNPSeja4W9AzHGep9_Rnoftez6okm6PpTOPw4xot9pfLgLHrP1f4Urqn9oqVMPa7QNPX/s3088/231209britannia.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia-oig1T7tl39FBffSsJXGnBBLAONQzEYhTue2YmD8ZFixz2Pu7JCBvTNDL25NvLAa6PdtcDXpSxnkU4-sZx_FMwf1bVXy7jSt9p_OP9_VcC5UZxsHlNPSeja4W9AzHGep9_Rnoftez6okm6PpTOPw4xot9pfLgLHrP1f4Urqn9oqVMPa7QNPX/w400-h300/231209britannia.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">June 17, Britannia Branch</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlP7dqHhdfinvgUb4tJsXsF2xGdzLCOF95UhRSeasVr-JB6qQTbcdnECj3LYVtnX5h1vSZs-luDkcSKhRrf6FCtDBZz-tfS0FH1HeF6qlYigZUCFeGf7nmCcgqFW6bL7u0upyMtu4WfxnjUxJgeODGqalMonRPIUwK4lb0cVsmfCGFY8kWz9Eo/s3088/231209hastings.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlP7dqHhdfinvgUb4tJsXsF2xGdzLCOF95UhRSeasVr-JB6qQTbcdnECj3LYVtnX5h1vSZs-luDkcSKhRrf6FCtDBZz-tfS0FH1HeF6qlYigZUCFeGf7nmCcgqFW6bL7u0upyMtu4WfxnjUxJgeODGqalMonRPIUwK4lb0cVsmfCGFY8kWz9Eo/w300-h400/231209hastings.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">June 17, Hastings Branch<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFp6nzdEJxEXNZzDJmNpTsSnnvjtRJDItFdzK8hBzEBYeAnBRKwiDfI-vwnaznCTcuYn5Nai6P3ytl91at8wyLPaJaBDGp_-OQExIuXNoxL0LA8NHhBMgjXh_zygvEeUOXnu-rdRZCJeNIPyxRsbADE4ZgvD8GkY4aLYGy-3_s4nd3z7sKnRhD/s3088/231209kerrisdale.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFp6nzdEJxEXNZzDJmNpTsSnnvjtRJDItFdzK8hBzEBYeAnBRKwiDfI-vwnaznCTcuYn5Nai6P3ytl91at8wyLPaJaBDGp_-OQExIuXNoxL0LA8NHhBMgjXh_zygvEeUOXnu-rdRZCJeNIPyxRsbADE4ZgvD8GkY4aLYGy-3_s4nd3z7sKnRhD/w400-h300/231209kerrisdale.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">June 21, Kerrisdale Branch</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjza22z7Z6nlEHHsuuhMjzjLn24RbeKhF9SGNvu6vLKkDqtWwUPwuBi2pawJe24XuOiKLD2YkwKOOuJIvNMKXg6bhUz3CW-sm8UTEIQ9kYRL7j3z09oSMk69za61TOI0pkYss0Totc2twIKk1jrmRNSUpkwM0Mm2a1QpZb-3dGYlzAwJ3SMsGZ9/s3088/231209marpole.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjza22z7Z6nlEHHsuuhMjzjLn24RbeKhF9SGNvu6vLKkDqtWwUPwuBi2pawJe24XuOiKLD2YkwKOOuJIvNMKXg6bhUz3CW-sm8UTEIQ9kYRL7j3z09oSMk69za61TOI0pkYss0Totc2twIKk1jrmRNSUpkwM0Mm2a1QpZb-3dGYlzAwJ3SMsGZ9/w400-h300/231209marpole.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">June 21, Marpole Branch</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9fL41GjOfsexKmZ8-qOr-T6Vn3S7wv1AIicvLCDFH8OEv5wt3rS15aW7PhpQwC9o79ziAB6EEHb8TCC41uuP8jodsssHpqOKsWD2LJpL4XLEn2qZLrnmKPaCz2d6C0noLn1n82vD9As_8fMV9PnyGkrev7pyE1u75FERmusyKAKffBRV7DKkS/s3088/231209newwestpointgrey.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9fL41GjOfsexKmZ8-qOr-T6Vn3S7wv1AIicvLCDFH8OEv5wt3rS15aW7PhpQwC9o79ziAB6EEHb8TCC41uuP8jodsssHpqOKsWD2LJpL4XLEn2qZLrnmKPaCz2d6C0noLn1n82vD9As_8fMV9PnyGkrev7pyE1u75FERmusyKAKffBRV7DKkS/w300-h400/231209newwestpointgrey.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">August 8, the new location of the West Point Grey Branch</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEcXjDVKdDyE92J4SD8U82W4dYD5FZpp-KlylfotV_1vGlEW6u9W7HLuPsQoVbejO1nGH7LWcG28FBP-_tHEJEl_LT4Y_4Bkhd8A_9kAaM_IhQKq4c3mwVPL_juD6SCxegZ-Om2CAhfr6yCevSopSiPKtAKLPi2jQLu8fiyN6lUgecaj6sdvuY/s3088/231209champlain.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEcXjDVKdDyE92J4SD8U82W4dYD5FZpp-KlylfotV_1vGlEW6u9W7HLuPsQoVbejO1nGH7LWcG28FBP-_tHEJEl_LT4Y_4Bkhd8A_9kAaM_IhQKq4c3mwVPL_juD6SCxegZ-Om2CAhfr6yCevSopSiPKtAKLPi2jQLu8fiyN6lUgecaj6sdvuY/w400-h300/231209champlain.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">September 5, Champlain Heights</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGK4gF5kH4QztJv_tSosWlsU5vlku-eIIknAHHLckYdCvnfIsRbAaWLs8jU6Byms4ZH75MuGo6d2H_7wvPuntRzBYp-KTIHJdc0o92lLrwVZJv_hgG-awTw52HOEHBGeha3yDdNo7QiwsATKmBrV4STnF2yQd2pp5Z8Ab5FLOPmX1IPVbAJSbb/s3088/231209fraser.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGK4gF5kH4QztJv_tSosWlsU5vlku-eIIknAHHLckYdCvnfIsRbAaWLs8jU6Byms4ZH75MuGo6d2H_7wvPuntRzBYp-KTIHJdc0o92lLrwVZJv_hgG-awTw52HOEHBGeha3yDdNo7QiwsATKmBrV4STnF2yQd2pp5Z8Ab5FLOPmX1IPVbAJSbb/w300-h400/231209fraser.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">September 5, Fraserview Branch<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEfe0tv_8gF3sAg5q-DeUquGFViOCqjO7UIwWx9J3fvADPVsgv-9tkiq1pVw3IHtT1mXtKJdmnViYknAYDZzPxlfx0WyYWk5AV11DhBgndruPIWJm3X9WJOxyNSeXWW5j7fxDDS_kBRqsVAghYd6WT4W7TB25WWSKOktnkyTKVuTKBvizjf-o5/s3088/231209mountp.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEfe0tv_8gF3sAg5q-DeUquGFViOCqjO7UIwWx9J3fvADPVsgv-9tkiq1pVw3IHtT1mXtKJdmnViYknAYDZzPxlfx0WyYWk5AV11DhBgndruPIWJm3X9WJOxyNSeXWW5j7fxDDS_kBRqsVAghYd6WT4W7TB25WWSKOktnkyTKVuTKBvizjf-o5/w300-h400/231209mountp.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">November 7, Mount Pleasant Branch</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpuxDaTu2qZf90lPLI9C042h-SzvHq7LzFBg8zZLffyjgfdmG2MnelxMZxoysq4tnOC-_ySyHMrxaxjohcILe4vszLn672i0h1pY4SVV3HW4hrdiMBN25BxhqgDkEmO4hRfjB9KEoaUdWFPE7LEHoDClISeFZHTFGBJrrb6-BFEHnMK7dtBkPy/s3088/231209kensington.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpuxDaTu2qZf90lPLI9C042h-SzvHq7LzFBg8zZLffyjgfdmG2MnelxMZxoysq4tnOC-_ySyHMrxaxjohcILe4vszLn672i0h1pY4SVV3HW4hrdiMBN25BxhqgDkEmO4hRfjB9KEoaUdWFPE7LEHoDClISeFZHTFGBJrrb6-BFEHnMK7dtBkPy/w300-h400/231209kensington.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">November 7, Kensington Branch<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ZofHYW-OxcmySmVAdEsov6B2RoDTFyW5Qc84Oty8Z23akZJRjPM97ZsVTabimUBAAHd4mXGu3DUbhUXbvIMIb5aGDYCLIWxXqnJvD1Q53kcAFtmYEzGiPHRPlSkypa4hv3jIq9GQ4JmfzFr7avR0THdLLdk8gvR-l7-WpP75DaMqh8IwACNb/s2712/231209strathcona.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2712" data-original-width="2342" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ZofHYW-OxcmySmVAdEsov6B2RoDTFyW5Qc84Oty8Z23akZJRjPM97ZsVTabimUBAAHd4mXGu3DUbhUXbvIMIb5aGDYCLIWxXqnJvD1Q53kcAFtmYEzGiPHRPlSkypa4hv3jIq9GQ4JmfzFr7avR0THdLLdk8gvR-l7-WpP75DaMqh8IwACNb/w345-h400/231209strathcona.jpeg" width="345" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">December 6, Strathcona Branch</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>And that is all the libraries! </div><div><br /></div><div>This was a fun project which did what I wanted it to do: make me take a walk in all sorts of different neighbourhoods I would otherwise not go to. I found that most of the branches are small neighbourhood places where you can sit and read, have storytime for children, find a magazine, find a public washroom and pick up the books you have put on hold -- not every little branch has all the books you might want, but the system is large and you can get any circulating book delivered to your local branch. </div><div><br /></div><div>What will next year's ticky-list project be? Bus routes? Parks? High schools? We shall see. </div><div><br /></div>Mary deBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15239201755151355538noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14193473.post-25500489768795278062023-10-23T19:07:00.000-04:002023-10-23T19:07:10.666-04:00Big old museum<p>We went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art one day. It was big... I'd been once before with Elaine (reported in <a href="https://knittingonthecam.blogspot.com/2011/06/mish-mash-of-pictures.html">this long and rambling post</a>) and Stephen had never been. We went especially to see the exhibit of <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/manet-degas">Manet and Degas</a>, but of course, there is so much to see! </p><p>First just a couple of Egyptian things, a lovely sheep, for example. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsAN5qo40poPgB4vdJYCqhc2BM75dKs-GEsT81tjmTNqBgTSNlqE81oC_Y7j3KbEGiYo8ce-UXlficgMIYJQY8YJCj-WW_n_CRepcEOoKCydPfFWnzQKlVaold9XlYlWmeoejOiVn37Xlb2CtxynJQGS7EgDkVjTlsCo0VmWy4a5QpojL1nUMv/s4032/231023met9.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsAN5qo40poPgB4vdJYCqhc2BM75dKs-GEsT81tjmTNqBgTSNlqE81oC_Y7j3KbEGiYo8ce-UXlficgMIYJQY8YJCj-WW_n_CRepcEOoKCydPfFWnzQKlVaold9XlYlWmeoejOiVn37Xlb2CtxynJQGS7EgDkVjTlsCo0VmWy4a5QpojL1nUMv/w400-h300/231023met9.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p>This is a "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fayum_mummy_portraits">mummy portrait</a>." Faces painted on boards and placed on mummies. I found this one surprising and very modern looking. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx_aY1M68hyphenhyphen8PbQ8z8xgyKGZYqL2Rqf9Gx9H6oav120a8YSckaDaE5IXUlqzDDzfkghrxABe8AOzQUJQXXVcK5EsF6YKJN43k_gZVAvZxCOQy3Khhptjre3UDLcKPdbBJ4qS7I2g0DYRZtUAKKkqXz8GzDnoCWs4Z3w1XKEKpq6191hTkhCopD/s4032/231023met8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx_aY1M68hyphenhyphen8PbQ8z8xgyKGZYqL2Rqf9Gx9H6oav120a8YSckaDaE5IXUlqzDDzfkghrxABe8AOzQUJQXXVcK5EsF6YKJN43k_gZVAvZxCOQy3Khhptjre3UDLcKPdbBJ4qS7I2g0DYRZtUAKKkqXz8GzDnoCWs4Z3w1XKEKpq6191hTkhCopD/w300-h400/231023met8.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><p>It's hard to take pictures of a giant painting, but here is a bit of Christ's leg, as painted by Manet. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_-iSllBNi_UqExI7ZflSfomhSeVoOZ4ZWEzi5AJm9hClm9OwewaoFF-_Wc95Xfgxqupglv9quY1ARSUXzstxOpHb7PpJg8IDObeU9-2rpe-mYu3ZyVSV7lBOeJv_TXInHwj9D-HIf4v2mwchvMTwusAG_CzOY0l9NvrM5qPxg4iHXqApjqQNo/s4032/231023met6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_-iSllBNi_UqExI7ZflSfomhSeVoOZ4ZWEzi5AJm9hClm9OwewaoFF-_Wc95Xfgxqupglv9quY1ARSUXzstxOpHb7PpJg8IDObeU9-2rpe-mYu3ZyVSV7lBOeJv_TXInHwj9D-HIf4v2mwchvMTwusAG_CzOY0l9NvrM5qPxg4iHXqApjqQNo/w300-h400/231023met6.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><p>And the legs of a dead Toreador, also by Manet. Just look at those silk stockings!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Z6gQf0KENQbBdyXgIOCr0VXhZw7twxe0UdR5ayqTc6aN6Z2UjbUhunFRJKl73udy-rZcNiOjSMdadNRRLVy8wtZYcXW08FIjKP5mJf3vXsex87s-EFuYWgo8uxFV3YU75brSJQdRE0N9n-oYkGVmTXMblhUfDP8yM_iEcOPfltPmyGj65eW7/s4032/231023met5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Z6gQf0KENQbBdyXgIOCr0VXhZw7twxe0UdR5ayqTc6aN6Z2UjbUhunFRJKl73udy-rZcNiOjSMdadNRRLVy8wtZYcXW08FIjKP5mJf3vXsex87s-EFuYWgo8uxFV3YU75brSJQdRE0N9n-oYkGVmTXMblhUfDP8yM_iEcOPfltPmyGj65eW7/w400-h300/231023met5.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Three girls peeling potatoes, dressed in vibrant red! By Leon Frederic. You notice this one from across the room, and I found it surprising they were not noble ladies doing handiwork, with those red dresses. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg9R2PRlYApF9Ir5SIyddVifVRQO-C4C29ueGaflY6DK64J9f5wkUuWft8zbfDY3xrAKjBbpIL5r3L1W-UYtzm64ma5xeKT65i3DTWYFD4h_hz_Tbps7Tjzis9gGLUOnA0b4vDGXr2lFtVN2uXIr8auXbUeyrpbooNF0W9rcd9bkdTKF0NjENo/s4032/231023met4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg9R2PRlYApF9Ir5SIyddVifVRQO-C4C29ueGaflY6DK64J9f5wkUuWft8zbfDY3xrAKjBbpIL5r3L1W-UYtzm64ma5xeKT65i3DTWYFD4h_hz_Tbps7Tjzis9gGLUOnA0b4vDGXr2lFtVN2uXIr8auXbUeyrpbooNF0W9rcd9bkdTKF0NjENo/w300-h400/231023met4.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzVOi9SaKrxiNlhOZfm10plvbc6lGWBi-2I1OEVjWKn-aSIUsr7mXS70WCY9SA_sj2HQ4uxgcZh-D-awlkc8XNrix9CF2ahrgCH0yYTqY-lesrRIDHJ1u7OwbNLNGKKjFceAbsCLFf9scy8zfpc6bIr3HKLB_jsUQnDuUg8ByeuTaj7r2KfelN/s4032/231023met7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzVOi9SaKrxiNlhOZfm10plvbc6lGWBi-2I1OEVjWKn-aSIUsr7mXS70WCY9SA_sj2HQ4uxgcZh-D-awlkc8XNrix9CF2ahrgCH0yYTqY-lesrRIDHJ1u7OwbNLNGKKjFceAbsCLFf9scy8zfpc6bIr3HKLB_jsUQnDuUg8ByeuTaj7r2KfelN/w300-h400/231023met7.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiBWe9FL2XtNDZcH6MO5L9GhdwtTM89n8VvwEF0RVjK7-Vce5Hr6PjdMh5hVZJZpmUYyZPPmrsQ7g487H1WkzV11aFNPV_P2L4VCW4i919XAPzR26M4r2YaEncwLH9mZE50uqPSnQIEK5UKlxoIieUskcI4Ycs3H6J7XnWCZ5R2qC3h8AAv_cI/s4032/231023met3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiBWe9FL2XtNDZcH6MO5L9GhdwtTM89n8VvwEF0RVjK7-Vce5Hr6PjdMh5hVZJZpmUYyZPPmrsQ7g487H1WkzV11aFNPV_P2L4VCW4i919XAPzR26M4r2YaEncwLH9mZE50uqPSnQIEK5UKlxoIieUskcI4Ycs3H6J7XnWCZ5R2qC3h8AAv_cI/w300-h400/231023met3.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY2hE2WP3eT4P9MaVKxKz-1A3R4vy5SyeIDCUyvDAR8-mwcN-Q2m4kXKyCaK67nr2rFmJNjpfaim95PLsfGJnvFXZhLdgC0fHGzHX8TqkEyR9eknCp8A0DKKR-KIzFZkuvMxH79am9WGIJqmtlzsqZEt_FdQGGY_riJMIudGrXFJW9AD_TZJuL/s4032/231023met2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY2hE2WP3eT4P9MaVKxKz-1A3R4vy5SyeIDCUyvDAR8-mwcN-Q2m4kXKyCaK67nr2rFmJNjpfaim95PLsfGJnvFXZhLdgC0fHGzHX8TqkEyR9eknCp8A0DKKR-KIzFZkuvMxH79am9WGIJqmtlzsqZEt_FdQGGY_riJMIudGrXFJW9AD_TZJuL/w300-h400/231023met2.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>So many paintings. So many other things! The gift shop alone would take a day to explore fully. <div><br /></div><div>And so we say farewell to the Met museum. Perhaps I'll be back again when I am 80 or so. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdp3hgOEQTxUFz8cSqLjrUP3OY14uMWdFq2PThdWKzZUzU0ubCavX8yitIC7zoybq6RFGzAQ_nuXkFwqTsbZ0ZMYZvcUrWCiJPnu3T1kqxSTsrW5ojjQRolhiaw3OYrmIbNw9Bt3opwsKYMDwTrVWkt5FEtrDMrv9FzCqta58v_eAmZ3Oi3ee9/s4032/231023met1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdp3hgOEQTxUFz8cSqLjrUP3OY14uMWdFq2PThdWKzZUzU0ubCavX8yitIC7zoybq6RFGzAQ_nuXkFwqTsbZ0ZMYZvcUrWCiJPnu3T1kqxSTsrW5ojjQRolhiaw3OYrmIbNw9Bt3opwsKYMDwTrVWkt5FEtrDMrv9FzCqta58v_eAmZ3Oi3ee9/w300-h400/231023met1.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p></p></div>Mary deBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15239201755151355538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14193473.post-67989488088286700302023-10-22T19:36:00.002-04:002023-10-22T19:36:22.653-04:00Really, tomorrow<p>Guess what, I cannot face the millions of pictures I took at the Met. I volunteered at the VIFF cinema this morning and am going to see <a href="https://viff.org/whats-on/metropolis-reworked/">Metropolis</a> this evening, with live music and everything. Still jetlagged, I'm just not feeling the blogging energy. </p><p>So I give you this 19th-century nekkid man as a placeholder, and will be back again tomorrow!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQPA9TuO1puVlB9ufRDMRJwGu0-mq0vAq0Zdo-OAtep8qqO8u8QtcDNuk20pEcQgMdW_H0dtK1gEKG1leZwuEMMNlHVZv583MoVRAmQd8Kwa-7PSOUig5eJm8B-2xBYl-C9O7Bgkyyxb-rj9dCKMNomlHC1qKYTCyBFjnRJkPBH-DHdUF4dO5U/s4032/231022bum.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQPA9TuO1puVlB9ufRDMRJwGu0-mq0vAq0Zdo-OAtep8qqO8u8QtcDNuk20pEcQgMdW_H0dtK1gEKG1leZwuEMMNlHVZv583MoVRAmQd8Kwa-7PSOUig5eJm8B-2xBYl-C9O7Bgkyyxb-rj9dCKMNomlHC1qKYTCyBFjnRJkPBH-DHdUF4dO5U/w300-h400/231022bum.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Mary deBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15239201755151355538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14193473.post-74714913892841086522023-10-21T23:28:00.002-04:002023-10-21T23:28:37.000-04:00Back at home<p>I was away and now I'm back. </p><p>We went to New York City because Stephen was involved in a "<a href="https://quinsin.com/patterns-from-nature/">music and art inspired by physics" event</a> at Hunter College. We stayed nearby in Midtown Manhattan; we went to rehearsals and performances and Stephen watched a day of recordings while I found a yarn shop and other things. We ate with the artists and performers, often in Brooklyn. We looked at skyscrapers and other things; took the free ferry to Staten Island; went to the park. I didn't include any pictures of our day at the Metropolitan Museum of Art -- maybe tomorrow. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjesHvnoZ8j3Xn9onLEPg4tXh6lWoyBdaUOltePKVIHs3-OpqCy-qUgjw1WJwN3SCzTnIUroLNFO2on3IUycZW7m-NUXtdxdyWR4y0BbCY7WNznNCdEmb2graP2WuoFhzn7L4An8dhq5j2HTSCSUSpbCFREYeimGTZRrnzZTDbTH2Ow0ZHrmg3U/s4032/231021bloomies.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjesHvnoZ8j3Xn9onLEPg4tXh6lWoyBdaUOltePKVIHs3-OpqCy-qUgjw1WJwN3SCzTnIUroLNFO2on3IUycZW7m-NUXtdxdyWR4y0BbCY7WNznNCdEmb2graP2WuoFhzn7L4An8dhq5j2HTSCSUSpbCFREYeimGTZRrnzZTDbTH2Ow0ZHrmg3U/w400-h300/231021bloomies.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYY3JctAW1Xa5wryYdHkTiGInGh2xcisP1694p8kRtNSuj611wkU6ROqsTCbgntdXSAZG5Be044cqCAnOOTStGcm64BkQrGjEhK-ZP9MnzbBbKn2axGwPZbE5jlpP2W8s2Im-PnnAhBrq2CelxpmEvMYxKzcrVCdpB37lxQYJXdELTZWFcKrgH/s3088/231021bridge.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSxjxQdVscfI_Zx3X_7-r_AvtUfXPrdYtfJK1HKPwN5qdBbjIZ1ksr9Jw9Sfvc0di3TElUGAxz4iNjvN5xYZQkkiMHH-ucfyC8iJQ5QTp_JFKOEEXiuQcY9cGIlUhTgXpdKw1WI13D_TPJAEFyFv7vMbbQP-0bmPBe9NP2Exj600bja1WESVOM/w300-h400/IMG_1221.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="300" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hoo boy, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shed_(arts_center)">the building actually moves on wheels</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSxjxQdVscfI_Zx3X_7-r_AvtUfXPrdYtfJK1HKPwN5qdBbjIZ1ksr9Jw9Sfvc0di3TElUGAxz4iNjvN5xYZQkkiMHH-ucfyC8iJQ5QTp_JFKOEEXiuQcY9cGIlUhTgXpdKw1WI13D_TPJAEFyFv7vMbbQP-0bmPBe9NP2Exj600bja1WESVOM/s4032/IMG_1221.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0vrFYNC42vxSwD3qD9x1Ar7Qf3t5PukbhnHsd879hOTAPs7NpsOOI-aiRHwGPnF8-sjmmh8O9ofCU0YfAHnzN3v8JEH-3O10a1X3c3jWrzQ1ycWPpMd09F6B0ElKkIOA9nJOTWzgW4stzm2w4_B_axbmduGtRu12ozpTz2tc4dqNW0IwyLZlC/w400-h400/232121sg.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A coffee shop</td></tr></tbody></table><p>And now we are home, the leaves are quite golden around here; my Christmas cactus bloomed in my absence. Tune in tomorrow to see if I can face the gazillion pictures I took at the Met. </p><p><br /></p>Mary deBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15239201755151355538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14193473.post-75738431266551561772023-10-10T19:07:00.001-04:002023-10-10T19:07:15.813-04:00The state of the knitting<p>Sometimes Blogger still surprises me, after all these years. For example, today it uploaded all my pictures in the opposite order to what I wanted. It is all knitting, and I suppose I could just tell my story backwards, but I really think I have to move things around and get it the way I want. </p><p>Ahem.</p><p>The main thing I am knitting these days is my blue cotton top. I really want it done by, um, the day after tomorrow, but I realize now that that might not happen. </p><p>This is the front, with the faux cable. The dotted line there shows where I started increasing for the sleeves. Of course the front and back are not the same, so I have to do what I can to make sure things match up.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiafTO4E8MWSodkKuiC6vCkHS2pFiYfPuyI2PfcvJfLKiqZTfrKfqObapPTLWrZ5EBFIOIVzkVgU7UdFkeWRhZLIhLcTPGrAeKraqSnFaj1MyG0dlsEmk92uSYu-O4KoqZqlZL1x68HPkGMecpaRmxFWZgKe-NseSdVxbU3DE114gmQlUXemLTu/s4032/231010denim2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiafTO4E8MWSodkKuiC6vCkHS2pFiYfPuyI2PfcvJfLKiqZTfrKfqObapPTLWrZ5EBFIOIVzkVgU7UdFkeWRhZLIhLcTPGrAeKraqSnFaj1MyG0dlsEmk92uSYu-O4KoqZqlZL1x68HPkGMecpaRmxFWZgKe-NseSdVxbU3DE114gmQlUXemLTu/w300-h400/231010denim2.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><p>That cable was such a pain to knit that I did something different on the back, copying a chart from an old Rowan pattern. Now I think the back will be better than the front. The troubles I have....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZrtZKCqshU2dm-xjfQ_MLWJYh-Hqe3xjWBe4O7_xcN029xdOIl8-8Zx-27TgJQTWTnt9SBAdzbB0HIgFfFyIVxV84bFp_bhD7d9zgoge8bLxY2L5RYTyfuC4Y1JI4IDHsGGkcLA7czHApZBA8j0-McNm0rFg0MLWdw0WeBjeCSUHIRTVBU0dI/s4032/231010denim1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZrtZKCqshU2dm-xjfQ_MLWJYh-Hqe3xjWBe4O7_xcN029xdOIl8-8Zx-27TgJQTWTnt9SBAdzbB0HIgFfFyIVxV84bFp_bhD7d9zgoge8bLxY2L5RYTyfuC4Y1JI4IDHsGGkcLA7czHApZBA8j0-McNm0rFg0MLWdw0WeBjeCSUHIRTVBU0dI/w300-h400/231010denim1.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>That project requires me to look at the pattern and keep track of my rows, and it just was not suitable for film-lineup knitting. Of course, when I got home from a day of watching movies, I was not full of liveliness and concentration, so it didn't get much attention at all during the last week or two. </div><div><br /></div><div>I took my scarf of scraps to lineups. I am almost finished the bright green, moving through some greys. I will have extra grey and am not sure how the whole thing will come together. We'll just have to wait and see. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaSs7UcqQcHRAGxSKO4UUVuz1TUQTqfqGVU-qVKf0bE71W_HLYyrkQ05NabC3F2dy4-3c9SEIo71mSWOdk3CMi6gvR7o6sG3ep5Ulx76ybHyinNvFHD78ptRi1UtzC66j2kw7yrf2k33cUGxrgyeGTisQays1nRY4VSoUAcAOVl8Txcn0vgkbm/s4032/231010scarf.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaSs7UcqQcHRAGxSKO4UUVuz1TUQTqfqGVU-qVKf0bE71W_HLYyrkQ05NabC3F2dy4-3c9SEIo71mSWOdk3CMi6gvR7o6sG3ep5Ulx76ybHyinNvFHD78ptRi1UtzC66j2kw7yrf2k33cUGxrgyeGTisQays1nRY4VSoUAcAOVl8Txcn0vgkbm/w300-h400/231010scarf.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>One day something made me not take that scarf, but to start on a dishcloth instead. I can't now recall what the issue was, but now I have a 3/4-knitted dishcloth. <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwW1oY-ort6f7N4LOwwdDa_97F315IoU2SjaSD7vTwrik3e0dY5dIDpxAbPs4qnBM-3b4z9bCe_JqTEWWT0JOwp7rxWXLcFJKax1ysH-vjqCAm9Zq4n1KmYgHoe6rriLNPfXzsyEdYIHORlAukjkGNbpehuCrF0iLT4vW4S5JWTQdYShxvtX9Q/s4032/231010dishrag.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwW1oY-ort6f7N4LOwwdDa_97F315IoU2SjaSD7vTwrik3e0dY5dIDpxAbPs4qnBM-3b4z9bCe_JqTEWWT0JOwp7rxWXLcFJKax1ysH-vjqCAm9Zq4n1KmYgHoe6rriLNPfXzsyEdYIHORlAukjkGNbpehuCrF0iLT4vW4S5JWTQdYShxvtX9Q/w300-h400/231010dishrag.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I ran out of the "mortar" colour, added a new one, ran out of the "brick" yarn and so will finish with bricks and mortar all one colour. That is the joy of knitting dishcloths! Who really cares what colour it is?! </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGw3x-eIyTmxqq6cUJoF039oL5HplN0xq82GiRNZNEcDGNVZ_WArGdGXjISz1uwiHMeAz2B-iGMkPyaEstIcLFebhtlAHgLeAkBpFeMvFrm4y_HhkMTnz1-DcMQnxw4Xiop5aowKTUUgsLM4leKm9E596u6tSs_1hyphenhyphenN-rxlZ1gL6fuS459XkGW/s3024/231010dishrag2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGw3x-eIyTmxqq6cUJoF039oL5HplN0xq82GiRNZNEcDGNVZ_WArGdGXjISz1uwiHMeAz2B-iGMkPyaEstIcLFebhtlAHgLeAkBpFeMvFrm4y_HhkMTnz1-DcMQnxw4Xiop5aowKTUUgsLM4leKm9E596u6tSs_1hyphenhyphenN-rxlZ1gL6fuS459XkGW/w400-h400/231010dishrag2.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p>On Friday we will set off to New York City for a week. I will tell you more about that shortly, but one of the things I have to do to prepare is find a suitable knitting project for planes, hotel rooms, sitting in the park or the Shake Shack. I bought this yarn called Jack O'Lantern at the Knit City a while ago (oh, my goodness, I didn't tell you about that...) and it is perfect for <a href="https://www.westknits.com/products/zoolandia?_pos=1&_sid=845552b73&_ss=r">Zoolandia</a>, an oldie but goody from Stephen West. Kind of interesting, kind of easy pattern to remember. If New York is really boring, I'll have this for Halloween! (I hope it won't be.)</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXBR-ikITArACbnJC4XMWYrIr4s11W6_0LGJMpia9eAXAN_bs9IU0IcGXqGaIaxjuodygaIgDCR4Ajh6dibSrt-3e3HQe5eDflkfnuG0XcczLKAwrYfRGo4-fdygKXd2uKSRXyOHoKr_NBlYTHoRmOi8vMd71j-wnVPQo2fPYut3bkwN654fNO/s4032/231010zool.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXBR-ikITArACbnJC4XMWYrIr4s11W6_0LGJMpia9eAXAN_bs9IU0IcGXqGaIaxjuodygaIgDCR4Ajh6dibSrt-3e3HQe5eDflkfnuG0XcczLKAwrYfRGo4-fdygKXd2uKSRXyOHoKr_NBlYTHoRmOi8vMd71j-wnVPQo2fPYut3bkwN654fNO/w400-h300/231010zool.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>Knit City was a big fair and sale of all things knitty, at the end of September. There were tons of vendors and I think I did well to only buy a couple of skeins of this yarn. I don't think you can see, but there are tiny sparkles throughout the yarn! Two skeins will make kind of a giant shawl!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYcUzH6I4R6vToe3aP_8MbgMbiGS_cjKVZjqQMHJyyKFedUMKyQxljXTXeTSeQCxORqG0vYyA2Ik4m_EO_NmSuYGX25Cq550zuqTYEkmyHAjTsb7u-cuWTj9pQd8wmnsYTzq1NR0Rs6rX8I51hCUTi85Jwpy5rDwoHF7KxATiVpanm5unOUQSc/s4032/231010yarn.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYcUzH6I4R6vToe3aP_8MbgMbiGS_cjKVZjqQMHJyyKFedUMKyQxljXTXeTSeQCxORqG0vYyA2Ik4m_EO_NmSuYGX25Cq550zuqTYEkmyHAjTsb7u-cuWTj9pQd8wmnsYTzq1NR0Rs6rX8I51hCUTi85Jwpy5rDwoHF7KxATiVpanm5unOUQSc/w300-h400/231010yarn.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><p>I don't tend to do much for Halloween, especially not hand-knit a specially spooky shawl, but this could be kinda fun! And even for the rest of the season, it is just my murky colours. </p><p>Back tomorrow (or the next day) with travel plans! I don't suppose I will take the laptop with me, so Blogtober might end sooner than planned, but one never knows. </p></div>Mary deBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15239201755151355538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14193473.post-38376251912966459842023-10-08T22:24:00.002-04:002023-10-08T22:24:21.453-04:00Festival roundup 2023<p>I am home from my last VIFF movie. It was <a href="https://viff.org/whats-on/viff23-pot-au-feu/">Pot au Feu</a>, originally titled La Passion de Dodin Bouffant, a movie about cooking and food and passion and love and more cooking. To honour it, a teeny bit, I fried some shallots with my frozen hamburger patty for dinner. This was partly to clean out the fridge -- those shallots had been there all week, waiting for me to find a moment to eat at home!</p><p>Movies I saw this festival: </p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Swan Song</li><li>Mr Dressup</li><li>I'm Only Here for the Riot</li><li>Old Oak</li><li>Octopus Skin</li><li>Il Boeme</li><li>Pot au Feu</li><li>Winter Chants</li><li>The Promised Land</li></ul><div>Octopus Skin was kind of weird; one had questions. I saw it because I was ushering, and actually had to dip out at the very end, so the big question is whether any of the questions were answered. I suspect not. Winter Chants was probably better than I thought, but I found myself nodding off! </div><div><br /></div><div>Il Boeme was full of opera, singing, Italian sights and sounds. We learn at the very beginning that our hero dies of syphilis; which of the beautiful women in (or out of) their wonderful period costumes gives it to him? </div><div><br /></div><div>I kept bumping into people in the lineups. That's one of the great things about a film festival -- talking to people in line! I know a few co-volunteers, but I seemed to come across them all the time. And they knew the person behind them or someone passing by... I got a lot of recommendations for even more films. I can't do the 2 or 3-a-day, especially since Stephen was out of town these last few days. No one but me to come up with something to eat at the end of the day! But I am happy with my first VIFF; looking forward to many more. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><p></p>Mary deBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15239201755151355538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14193473.post-50387273271466958812023-10-06T10:23:00.000-04:002023-10-06T10:23:12.185-04:00Missed a day<p>Oh, dear, I didn't blog yesterday... there goes Blogtober!</p><p>I was busy!</p><p>I went to see <a href="https://viff.org/whats-on/viff23-the-promised-land/">The Promised Land</a> in the afternoon. It was great: full of action, moody Mads Mikkelsen, good and evil and all sorts of fun stuff. Since it was in the afternoon, I found myself coming home at around 6 pm, so I sat at the beach and waited for the sunset. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSLxhuwcKOMGkKKE3NHV3EHxtewsjbbcQ9GRd3yLhJji1qizQ-XRhftIs1rdPLC92o1uyod7eSKd-1ocy4U-XLWm93LtKxGYlpPuLiYAHqZO6fToHuVP2uWxwtVVogojHdKduQ2jV2o1EHmIB9WEPq7GNZZ3L5EYn5wvrNbz6iJ6vveIQpy02X/s3024/231006sunset.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSLxhuwcKOMGkKKE3NHV3EHxtewsjbbcQ9GRd3yLhJji1qizQ-XRhftIs1rdPLC92o1uyod7eSKd-1ocy4U-XLWm93LtKxGYlpPuLiYAHqZO6fToHuVP2uWxwtVVogojHdKduQ2jV2o1EHmIB9WEPq7GNZZ3L5EYn5wvrNbz6iJ6vveIQpy02X/w400-h400/231006sunset.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div>Stephen is out of town for a moment and there is nothing good to eat at home, so I went to a restaurant that I have often looked at and he has often pooh-poohed. I had some pretty good shakshuka, but next time I'll go for the stuffed eggplant. <div><br /></div><div>To do today: another movie, and dinner at a friend's. This retired life is exhausting! </div>Mary deBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15239201755151355538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14193473.post-90980627344999681082023-10-04T13:55:00.001-04:002023-10-04T13:55:05.285-04:00Actual knitting for October 4<p>Today is grey and gloomy, but at least that means no awkward shadows on the knitting. This is my scrappy scarf I've been carrying around lately. I have here a bit of Koigu -- the wild green -- and a few plain grey bits that were once heels and toes in socks -- I think actually one unworn sock which I inherited somehow and unravelled. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx0l9_IdtsXoW0SVXQcSqmnaU13_dN7lTHRrgxsM5p6va899eOboGY3D4H-7s0hj63yqS4TA0iiwJ8ELuGjmZ59Oa4qWJwgV-P8tz3l7ZwIkaGnbzV_XqsWSbHn1ySPcX_L349R3eZ_gSXlWvhhyphenhyphen8P1zVX42h_8sqY0WD1gRh1Gs6zzYBTpj5V/s4032/231004knitting.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx0l9_IdtsXoW0SVXQcSqmnaU13_dN7lTHRrgxsM5p6va899eOboGY3D4H-7s0hj63yqS4TA0iiwJ8ELuGjmZ59Oa4qWJwgV-P8tz3l7ZwIkaGnbzV_XqsWSbHn1ySPcX_L349R3eZ_gSXlWvhhyphenhyphen8P1zVX42h_8sqY0WD1gRh1Gs6zzYBTpj5V/w300-h400/231004knitting.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There is some other sock yarn in there. I seem to recall making Elaine a pair of socks of this when she was quite wee. Fifteen years ago, maybe? (Ah, wait, <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvemV5_SlpLU-jXgUrpLkXSUcrIsF7d7LB7a4HM7n3y8utsoi2U36F21UDyVQw9hSEFsRVYBO4k0yuqyaHLUsQ2MR1e9UF8LvO15U0ur_9KqKbuTtz9yECbAEklBvKCyfMXPg37g/s1600/110420table.jpg">only 12 years ago</a>. That links to a picture from a long blog post from 2011!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2F-niscaRmtnCbd1QVxfVLz1A0rcUGHyh1yOkH6RYzF1yYCT7KUpjhNiNGCe0Hea6aK3VGnZFVyZ4Zxr4xpq7tKdoULv5SsIuGRAE6Zd7KKj0mGXgmR7UQhZiikRMG0tsJ84RId7m1f0C-X-JCH6Q9KFzhFtpMDQGVBUkfr5Oktx7hhi8hSK2/s4032/231004knittingclose.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2F-niscaRmtnCbd1QVxfVLz1A0rcUGHyh1yOkH6RYzF1yYCT7KUpjhNiNGCe0Hea6aK3VGnZFVyZ4Zxr4xpq7tKdoULv5SsIuGRAE6Zd7KKj0mGXgmR7UQhZiikRMG0tsJ84RId7m1f0C-X-JCH6Q9KFzhFtpMDQGVBUkfr5Oktx7hhi8hSK2/w300-h400/231004knittingclose.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div></div><p></p><p>Today's adventures have just begun. Looks like we will be going out for lunch somewhere, then I will go to the cinema and Stephen and his sister will get on the little float plane and buzz off to Victoria. I will, I suppose, get some leftovers for dinner when I finish my shift. And I get to pick the next little ball of yarn to fit in to the scarf!</p>Mary deBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15239201755151355538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14193473.post-3696849604698641162023-10-04T01:00:00.003-04:002023-10-04T01:00:31.868-04:00October 3<p>I might have said that I'd show you my knitting, but alas, the day has fled away from me. </p><p>I can tell you that I had a rather boring day volunteering and a frustrating dash through the streets to try to catch the sunset.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGkd9POUFuEtjoXVJGsSy-ZuSknbRLCEKRoadTS4hYQf69WEn13Q8qMOQyT7nXATcMGzfYWX8t6iRvbsqpE7DfQ69_sdnBjF6C7lsQi-37keaEkTKkVeBXWRu1hujAtxRAYRoy4UsrUCWxbM4DsakCAvDy3vmBmWON8M3jKyAvOCBze6YL3FeQ/s4032/231003sunset.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGkd9POUFuEtjoXVJGsSy-ZuSknbRLCEKRoadTS4hYQf69WEn13Q8qMOQyT7nXATcMGzfYWX8t6iRvbsqpE7DfQ69_sdnBjF6C7lsQi-37keaEkTKkVeBXWRu1hujAtxRAYRoy4UsrUCWxbM4DsakCAvDy3vmBmWON8M3jKyAvOCBze6YL3FeQ/w300-h400/231003sunset.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><p>While I was going around the block to find an open passage, Stephen and his sister were sitting in a bar with a view of the sunset. Oh well, the sun will set again, I feel sure!</p><p>One day soon I will have lots of time and write you a great tome here. Just not today.</p>Mary deBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15239201755151355538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14193473.post-9384675465791707182023-10-02T17:47:00.001-04:002023-10-02T17:47:15.097-04:00Day two<p>Today, actual knitting content. Sort of. </p><p>I can show you the yarn I have not yet knitted up into a scarf, but I cannot show you what I have knitted, because I went to volunteer at the VIFF festival this morning at 8 am, did some knitting at my post and on my break, and then left it behind. I just realized, and sent off an e-mail, so I hope it is there tomorrow when I go again. Who would steal a bit of knitting from a fellow volunteer, right? </p><p>I blame the coffee and pastries. I was working at an industry event, so directors and producers and whoever were coming in for networking and talks, and we had laid on free coffee and sugary breakfast pastries, yogurt, fruit and so on, and there were plenty of leftovers for us. Since it was so horribly early, I had a cup of coffee when I arrived, and then another, and an apple turnover and maybe some sweetened yogurt, and maybe even another cup of coffee. I was positively vibrating when I left, so no wonder I didn't remember my knitting. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6-0M5erbaSk2IWP2-qMBD4pWkoFWeNioP-K8Jr3Cj4oVZoa5nGBvK71A1dREe9jv7ezn1CsbarYUGuNdYgRgHwCu0tPEaLvmE8w9hOrY_OuWkD7eyDZahbwuB_Fna0gGVfvaCflu_nG2gcfkyNY_NsMHrDXd92WiaZH-dDPQ47LlCfsLH5fVb/s4032/231002yarn.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2457" data-original-width="4032" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6-0M5erbaSk2IWP2-qMBD4pWkoFWeNioP-K8Jr3Cj4oVZoa5nGBvK71A1dREe9jv7ezn1CsbarYUGuNdYgRgHwCu0tPEaLvmE8w9hOrY_OuWkD7eyDZahbwuB_Fna0gGVfvaCflu_nG2gcfkyNY_NsMHrDXd92WiaZH-dDPQ47LlCfsLH5fVb/w400-h244/231002yarn.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>As you see, I have a bunch of fingering weight scraps, mainly greeny-greyish-blue-and a few bits of red. Terrible photo, because the sunshine has disappeared and so you get reflections on the countertop. </p><p>I started out making a triangle, but then realized that all these scraps would make a pretty skimpy triangle, since I'm just knitting garter stitch on suitably small needles. Now we have a long thin scarf, with one pointed, triangular end. One day, if all goes according to plan, it will get another point at the other end. </p><p>Tonight I go see a movie; tomorrow another shift. The saga of the lost knitting will continue!</p>Mary deBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15239201755151355538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14193473.post-36593422897460434432023-10-01T21:28:00.004-04:002023-10-01T21:29:20.560-04:00The only way to do it<p>They say it is Blogtober! That's kind of like NaBloPoMo, but in October instead of November. I will give it a whirl and see if I can kickstart this blogging business again. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhltp1MusUqWm6nv2kEDksCmNjlImf-L4j-lzLyWPtmWhO-oEutVroWSpmvYmlBatfEEe8FKwWxpBoHflDWZ1sJWzVCU35z6RwsWBQ15xtku8d9EaQq_ZQylfbqh1mv8bxdGq4tx0zZ_pX5Gey_56a18RjyD1wdmqGbTEgRk77loKJh5pAaJvn4/s3024/231001leaves.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhltp1MusUqWm6nv2kEDksCmNjlImf-L4j-lzLyWPtmWhO-oEutVroWSpmvYmlBatfEEe8FKwWxpBoHflDWZ1sJWzVCU35z6RwsWBQ15xtku8d9EaQq_ZQylfbqh1mv8bxdGq4tx0zZ_pX5Gey_56a18RjyD1wdmqGbTEgRk77loKJh5pAaJvn4/w400-h400/231001leaves.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful trees just down the street</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Now that I am in Vancouver, the annual schedule of festivals and things has changed. The Vancouver International Film Festival is on right now; in Toronto I might have done TIFF in early September, but was really busy at the end of April with HotDocs. </p><p>I have seen three movies so far, and do my first volunteer shift tomorrow. The Old Oak was about a small town in northern England dealing with incomers from foreign lands. Some people are nice and some are horribly racist and stuck in their ways. It could have become a bit sappy but it was well done. There is a happy ending; it's just not the happy ending one might expect. </p><p>Yesterday I saw Mr Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe. For a Canadian of a certain age, Mr Dressup was the guy, in 1968 or so. Actually the show continued for almost 30 years! It was a feel-good movie with lots of interviews and chats with his coworkers and children and grandchildren. It will be on the CBC next year sometime. </p><p>Another documentary today: Swan Song, about Karen Kain and the National Ballet of Canada, and covid, and Swan Lake, and ballerinas. It was lovely, but I now find these things so depressing. Mental stress, physical injuries, grand traditions that include racism and harmful stereotypes... who needs it? Karen Kain does seem like a lovely person and I would gladly sit down for a glass of wine with her, though!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdl1esQMFM_DVXQi1pUrSaTGjOWTyIIqi6sjTHe8mN13javS5i7dKRS7qgS2y49qy3tooC8BiRI8fbtXsEPDdvfnGZlKNrfgAypQcGaAU77qBNpw_gJxPC4N_g7Q_8h7T0NshBTNe-Ieat1efdRMIiI-SRaGMDYSLt83HVOVnvRUCRiJa8P_yx/s4032/231001viff.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdl1esQMFM_DVXQi1pUrSaTGjOWTyIIqi6sjTHe8mN13javS5i7dKRS7qgS2y49qy3tooC8BiRI8fbtXsEPDdvfnGZlKNrfgAypQcGaAU77qBNpw_gJxPC4N_g7Q_8h7T0NshBTNe-Ieat1efdRMIiI-SRaGMDYSLt83HVOVnvRUCRiJa8P_yx/w400-h300/231001viff.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old habits die hard: I was very early for today's show</td></tr></tbody></table><p>This film was also made with the help of the CBC and will show on their platforms in a short while. I think the CBC version will be longer and multi-part. </p><p>I have a knitting project for home -- the blue top I showed you last time, and a knitting project for movie lineups -- a bunch of fingering weight scraps that I am knitting into a scarf. But it's dark now so I will show you that tomorrow!</p><p><br /></p>Mary deBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15239201755151355538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14193473.post-17433028858576156562023-09-02T16:19:00.003-04:002023-09-02T16:20:21.726-04:00May, June, July and August have whipped past<p> Oh, hello, if anyone is still out there. </p><p>That was quite a long absence, wasn't it. </p><p>In May, I went to England and Scotland. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-3Mp-4n5p3NfC4uWOUYAO8q5iWBg4NQ8wWZGX9uCPDryRx752MHeallEa3lKdQSaB9ycisk2fEeu2yMXnDqlsnpj-vlBVle0nEQVIshUeArkCxLDWFDcxhSKW12idFIGUlh_QxVy-oPrfX-1BsIPtqAFpSvuQj2mztZkzGREb6yQ42Qua18Uc/s4032/230902arch.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-3Mp-4n5p3NfC4uWOUYAO8q5iWBg4NQ8wWZGX9uCPDryRx752MHeallEa3lKdQSaB9ycisk2fEeu2yMXnDqlsnpj-vlBVle0nEQVIshUeArkCxLDWFDcxhSKW12idFIGUlh_QxVy-oPrfX-1BsIPtqAFpSvuQj2mztZkzGREb6yQ42Qua18Uc/w400-h300/230902arch.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-EI0pDIpK8p-1exB6uY9Hg8hsV4lc8Yrdcm_DCi_oqTCSFkFZYo_xP6lUGXaB7trrH05bzIZYbniTdQo4tums1tXnmGXv-3uU0WKb44N2k6kF6LWzSycy_l_PLpTu2cizMGzq9NxSHXYVAP4ToMQtsNPSYFhK2HjN2_4HecQUvjLGxAOoCA7/s4032/230902lichen.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-EI0pDIpK8p-1exB6uY9Hg8hsV4lc8Yrdcm_DCi_oqTCSFkFZYo_xP6lUGXaB7trrH05bzIZYbniTdQo4tums1tXnmGXv-3uU0WKb44N2k6kF6LWzSycy_l_PLpTu2cizMGzq9NxSHXYVAP4ToMQtsNPSYFhK2HjN2_4HecQUvjLGxAOoCA7/w400-h300/230902lichen.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One day I will make a grey and lime green sweater</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4rqgxFXzMxM1InX61s08GIiASxCwJMHJklnsGsWPWESjiDiVPGYFTNSP81E3vocLwNFmtcgcOGJssIXvelMeM_kKVZY3T-c-SSaHDR4z0hMLBhQCg2qtKcbZc1_vRhBKN6VPK9RpaKnpi5aJx9ICPnoXOr3VmqEmPRpY37o5UjY8RO47CuUn9/s4032/230902mountain.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4rqgxFXzMxM1InX61s08GIiASxCwJMHJklnsGsWPWESjiDiVPGYFTNSP81E3vocLwNFmtcgcOGJssIXvelMeM_kKVZY3T-c-SSaHDR4z0hMLBhQCg2qtKcbZc1_vRhBKN6VPK9RpaKnpi5aJx9ICPnoXOr3VmqEmPRpY37o5UjY8RO47CuUn9/w400-h300/230902mountain.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKnCQuafkd6YujdXMRHdkXDJvZbkdHDRh6tdT6SferVtT6dSKBcvv9FI3DGKbhPk1r29Ukne5I--Wt6uJZHpGmKMsxRoBhwz80PT9DcPZ5p45JlIQp0TiruMkbT2XFhz6pCyyUKrwbAiJkZQHPlJq_1nZA6L6abvw4kTcXkSCcob0FXom34t9D/s4032/230902scene.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKnCQuafkd6YujdXMRHdkXDJvZbkdHDRh6tdT6SferVtT6dSKBcvv9FI3DGKbhPk1r29Ukne5I--Wt6uJZHpGmKMsxRoBhwz80PT9DcPZ5p45JlIQp0TiruMkbT2XFhz6pCyyUKrwbAiJkZQHPlJq_1nZA6L6abvw4kTcXkSCcob0FXom34t9D/w400-h300/230902scene.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p>And so on. So many pictures. We had a really good time. </p><p>Then we came home and renovated our kitchen. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSNlelXg6yLrKz6ncaju-areFme8Xt5yCtXs6hBHocaSrkB6mMmGMhTbBpjCnsiAqdRkGa2YRyRIQlSN7h5_-2tGkK0fcH-SLXLgyhBamc2Y-I0mFNsk06CdAX4GIRU_ezShzEX0fvgBACJbHhSPAZoBY8dM8iK58NGuZ27LPLLtU-c38EQPNZ/s4032/230902kitchenbefore.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSNlelXg6yLrKz6ncaju-areFme8Xt5yCtXs6hBHocaSrkB6mMmGMhTbBpjCnsiAqdRkGa2YRyRIQlSN7h5_-2tGkK0fcH-SLXLgyhBamc2Y-I0mFNsk06CdAX4GIRU_ezShzEX0fvgBACJbHhSPAZoBY8dM8iK58NGuZ27LPLLtU-c38EQPNZ/w400-h300/230902kitchenbefore.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I don't seem to have a real "before" picture</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9nIM01yRwBV6atoiUy4uDcadXocvd72P6FNtBdnn6EWgolKe5_xeURn_hb3oI5kE5NQc36NkPxlINjgtJDcDOQofjHWF4JHcmGOHBebAaNCsUnafKWToSh4NCkBGygUzQZ-ePj7QL6Z7j9uK6-bhaPFyI_YQF4zS34T2ZQTjiaXYYRm4fm_7Q/s4032/230902kitchenlater.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9nIM01yRwBV6atoiUy4uDcadXocvd72P6FNtBdnn6EWgolKe5_xeURn_hb3oI5kE5NQc36NkPxlINjgtJDcDOQofjHWF4JHcmGOHBebAaNCsUnafKWToSh4NCkBGygUzQZ-ePj7QL6Z7j9uK6-bhaPFyI_YQF4zS34T2ZQTjiaXYYRm4fm_7Q/w400-h300/230902kitchenlater.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After: we still haven't turned on the oven</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>In July and August we attempted to recover our equilibrium. We went on a wee trip to Vancouver Island; we had some visitors here; we seem to have been busy. Now it is September and although we don't have anything at all to do with the school year, it seems time to resettle, reorganize, step up and all that. <div><br /></div><div>So I will tell you that this month's photo theme is People. I have been paying attention to the themes quite well, enjoying Reflections and not having much to say about Tools. People should be interesting. </div><div><br /></div><div>This month's cookbook is Jamie's Italy. The cookbook game sort of fell apart, what with going away for almost a month and then not having a kitchen for more than a month! However, I am still here, eating, so I hope to get back on track with this. </div><div><br /></div><div>I have a few more libraries to visit. I'll certainly get them all done in the year, which was what I set out to do. </div><div><br /></div><div>Since this is a knitting blog, I will say that after a bit of knitting doldrums, I am presently making a sweater for myself! </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG8RaTUhmkahW26T39T4CVR7WN4RHXcoLrRtZcIR2kbdWCs2J6xpM05Yb-X7jpxQV6xfl8wOyLSlqYcgd1tHJMY9nICy5y_RDcOHHwkpNhorX22yb4WCQdB_bpnYEBiwYfu2xenjE3NRZP5KzcLkOe0ZtPcaw6dDZp3lZXSKx5fEiPuGBO0L_q/s4032/230902knitting.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG8RaTUhmkahW26T39T4CVR7WN4RHXcoLrRtZcIR2kbdWCs2J6xpM05Yb-X7jpxQV6xfl8wOyLSlqYcgd1tHJMY9nICy5y_RDcOHHwkpNhorX22yb4WCQdB_bpnYEBiwYfu2xenjE3NRZP5KzcLkOe0ZtPcaw6dDZp3lZXSKx5fEiPuGBO0L_q/w300-h400/230902knitting.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>This is the back, a single faux cable up the middle of reverse stocking stitch. It is progressing well enough, but I am making up the pattern as I go along, with a couple of model sweater patterns at my side, so it takes thinking time as well as knitting time. But we shall persevere. I want it done in six weeks from now because we are heading off yet again, this time to New York City. </div><div><br /></div><div>And now I am off to peruse my cookbook. I hope to be back here more regularly. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /><p><br /></p></div>Mary deBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15239201755151355538noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14193473.post-48247623695942200382023-05-06T16:40:00.003-04:002023-05-06T16:45:09.772-04:00I have been to some libraries<p></p>Once again I find myself having to catch up before leaving town for the next big adventure. I'll tell you about my <a href="https://knittingonthecam.blogspot.com/2023/01/first-tick-on-ticky-list-for-2023.html">library quest</a> first of all. <div><br /></div><div>And because I scrolled backwards through my pictures to document this, we'll go backwards in time. </div><div><br /></div><div>A couple of weeks ago I went to a foot nurse on Broadway (in my never-ending quest to have my feet not hurt) and then headed up to <a href="https://vancouver.ca/parks-recreation-culture/queen-elizabeth-park.aspx">Queen Elizabeth Park</a>. I have a friend who lives nearby, and we met at the <a href="https://www.vpl.ca/location/terry-salman-branch">library branch close to the park</a>. I confess, I have no idea who Terry Salman is, and the street the library is on, Clancy Loranger Way, was also completely unknown to me. </div><div><br /></div><div>The library branch is in a community centre, surrounded by sports fields and a stadium. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaPiL4k1AHsblMM8jsJ-mfXPla8ENsUoc3EIqla85jbNa2DFWtuVJMvLCZslZhWoqYCGYIR_TblHszCSXzSFTPivwmG64xTdfz-7pyrvmJ_Hq3epusvKxY3eAuXJUnXPDP-uUVL4cBMIzjXepXW1BRyvzPDsQi5n3eD7T4h2x44ko4CB4oZw/s4032/230506outside.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaPiL4k1AHsblMM8jsJ-mfXPla8ENsUoc3EIqla85jbNa2DFWtuVJMvLCZslZhWoqYCGYIR_TblHszCSXzSFTPivwmG64xTdfz-7pyrvmJ_Hq3epusvKxY3eAuXJUnXPDP-uUVL4cBMIzjXepXW1BRyvzPDsQi5n3eD7T4h2x44ko4CB4oZw/w400-h300/230506outside.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYhKFg2wxCX_DQolizP6dYzbYebOVevmjhsE6TEGvr0g6vQZrCgycjEo84mH7pZnLYlQ5OVyq42VmXXK5YTNvOhOL6scZlHQ09PQRjCN-0ZYnXkR7ys2PMo_rDE3AFOcJHuj473djD7iCEcuAJEQ-aakIIKsTMilmoeEh8TdcrTbBo74ejjA/s3088/230505terrysalman.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYhKFg2wxCX_DQolizP6dYzbYebOVevmjhsE6TEGvr0g6vQZrCgycjEo84mH7pZnLYlQ5OVyq42VmXXK5YTNvOhOL6scZlHQ09PQRjCN-0ZYnXkR7ys2PMo_rDE3AFOcJHuj473djD7iCEcuAJEQ-aakIIKsTMilmoeEh8TdcrTbBo74ejjA/w400-h300/230505terrysalman.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Inside it was nice, well equipped with chairs and computer terminals and hold shelves and all the good things. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4R31Wm4lkgxssvbidKWQDiZh7pUEEYqBsWgn358W8UQP_9ghzPfYDwwhUwnvxArXDeUayOoZOefqGQ27QFPwcxbe4RqbADQeR6tSl8wjMWKBP0R1JHJF1kr4xSrAQAf8F-GPd25_6V56hrXHqAGjN-31w0Dzo7HaYvUfUCi6ZUb7JUt2T9g/s4032/230506books.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4R31Wm4lkgxssvbidKWQDiZh7pUEEYqBsWgn358W8UQP_9ghzPfYDwwhUwnvxArXDeUayOoZOefqGQ27QFPwcxbe4RqbADQeR6tSl8wjMWKBP0R1JHJF1kr4xSrAQAf8F-GPd25_6V56hrXHqAGjN-31w0Dzo7HaYvUfUCi6ZUb7JUt2T9g/w400-h300/230506books.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Queen Elizabeth Park is on a hill, and we duly clambered up to the top and saw tons of different daffodils, cherries, rhododendrons and other spring flowers. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsi70-sLVXcF5uchmLWNicxYug5lcD4PeGkNQQb0rugh1QeoUeYf5y3WfYeNiMbTr-V2Fk1SAhQBFntkGbJeviZ9DOEa0AelUAx0HtDFt1LrmyAyTNevCNq9WyXvfVMRV4ILd0TsoHlO4H88Nf_dcm_aDx-upgSY-Xco_1pqA3NnnAOeZOLA/s2943/230506daff.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2684" data-original-width="2943" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsi70-sLVXcF5uchmLWNicxYug5lcD4PeGkNQQb0rugh1QeoUeYf5y3WfYeNiMbTr-V2Fk1SAhQBFntkGbJeviZ9DOEa0AelUAx0HtDFt1LrmyAyTNevCNq9WyXvfVMRV4ILd0TsoHlO4H88Nf_dcm_aDx-upgSY-Xco_1pqA3NnnAOeZOLA/w400-h365/230506daff.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvBkDuovDvhJ7GxuOSVDkaX-xTKoyolX1diHBiv6xBR-FjX1a8TmiVQpDFmKUcrBlTT0pRFoZbjdVaCvnSVQd4NRm5X8YwVuAbAIDaSRo9ZyiOY6slG0CbgFld7mo4tqDSygmhMcgUhG5qIpXetq52fbqTq0Ub5g5yUBTPWU3_ocH5D7AgSA/s4032/230506flowers.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvBkDuovDvhJ7GxuOSVDkaX-xTKoyolX1diHBiv6xBR-FjX1a8TmiVQpDFmKUcrBlTT0pRFoZbjdVaCvnSVQd4NRm5X8YwVuAbAIDaSRo9ZyiOY6slG0CbgFld7mo4tqDSygmhMcgUhG5qIpXetq52fbqTq0Ub5g5yUBTPWU3_ocH5D7AgSA/w300-h400/230506flowers.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I bet that right now the tulips are going crazy up there. There is a dearth of cafes in the neighbourhood, but luckily I got a cup of tea at Monique's house. A thing I wish I had taken pictures of is the line of sequoias <a href="https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=11506">down the middle of Cambie Street</a>! It's a grand boulevard, and I am still astonished at how many sequoias we have in Vancouver. Funny how, as a teenager, I didn't know or care. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our next stop could have come at any time in this series, as it is <a href="https://www.vpl.ca/location/joe-fortes-branch">my local branch</a> where I go every week or so. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4t_5vEOFyDkGQaYTKLMFm2nU_GBZrRhgIMGT7PnVd64iSLIqHioA6q6yi6rVKc89Yp1CxuKKIkRmnZwlU73DLk0xGQqNye8zYWm8tTiK_oXiKlERdqVg5tiJH9KPAYR1vgHGS-LU8ddNPY9FIjIC4kHgsGxDvaO9c4mETa1pXkwG6wwd0ZQ/s4032/230505joefortes.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4t_5vEOFyDkGQaYTKLMFm2nU_GBZrRhgIMGT7PnVd64iSLIqHioA6q6yi6rVKc89Yp1CxuKKIkRmnZwlU73DLk0xGQqNye8zYWm8tTiK_oXiKlERdqVg5tiJH9KPAYR1vgHGS-LU8ddNPY9FIjIC4kHgsGxDvaO9c4mETa1pXkwG6wwd0ZQ/w300-h400/230505joefortes.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><p></p><p>It is also in a community centre, with a skating rink and an active pottery group, among other things. The library is named after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Fortes">Joseph Seraphim Fortes</a>, a lifeguard on Vancouver beaches, swimming teacher, immigrant and all-around good guy. </p><p>The library is surrounded by shops, cafes, apartment buildings and all the downtown liveliness. </p><p>In late March, I proposed a two-library trip to the western end of the city, including the little <a href="https://www.vpl.ca/location/dunbar-branch">Dunbar branch</a>, where both Stephen and I had our first library cards. We went on a Sunday, and the Dunbar branch was closed when we started off in the morning, so we walked to the <a href="https://www.vpl.ca/location/west-point-grey-branch">West Point Grey branch</a>, through the woods and <a href="https://www.vancouvertrails.com/trails/pacific-spirit-regional-park/">Pacific Spirit Park</a>. </p><p>Our friend Jennifer came along, with her book about the cherry trees of Vancouver. We saw a good one down a back lane and had to go and inspect it. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQE6y-ANrOQuYb_-KyGyMhiYnA6lnBUyc9ZrALq9_KeoA-FXcoUz-eAlhq--tHoL7jl9xqX_JBCs0CtlcSLxCaBa9PkVxlAUktORF-hEmmJ299tLxUiQ7pZlULrTJ4h69NnQLJZ6MEaM_z-hAQPBTBWBzeJ6d6MvzoebQLHIasiiyB8ewxfA/s4032/230506tree.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQE6y-ANrOQuYb_-KyGyMhiYnA6lnBUyc9ZrALq9_KeoA-FXcoUz-eAlhq--tHoL7jl9xqX_JBCs0CtlcSLxCaBa9PkVxlAUktORF-hEmmJ299tLxUiQ7pZlULrTJ4h69NnQLJZ6MEaM_z-hAQPBTBWBzeJ6d6MvzoebQLHIasiiyB8ewxfA/w300-h400/230506tree.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1KZRluT3wdAoeK_B9Qv6GyUPnOpW47zfwQ4hz3Lgygx_45F3PPz8uR0B2R9sg_SKumOwGr995FnDip4QU-sHXdi4WJvCuWZVFWM3V7NgzTJ_sJMJ8BrXj0NoawZ1LyLyq4_3pyw4POCHv3zeIjXmOIrxCfZ_F_TTZz6RMpziPIAZeG6NIpQ/s4032/230506tree2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1KZRluT3wdAoeK_B9Qv6GyUPnOpW47zfwQ4hz3Lgygx_45F3PPz8uR0B2R9sg_SKumOwGr995FnDip4QU-sHXdi4WJvCuWZVFWM3V7NgzTJ_sJMJ8BrXj0NoawZ1LyLyq4_3pyw4POCHv3zeIjXmOIrxCfZ_F_TTZz6RMpziPIAZeG6NIpQ/w400-h300/230506tree2.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>When we got to West 10th, we had a nice lunch down the street from the library. There is <a href="https://www.urbanyarns.com/">an excellent knitting shop</a> across the street, but some people were not keen to visit. Another time... </div><div><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyLFOJwK9XNCPemU0VQUgqkd2fYmIYgHF-FRFmm2R1WCVXGx77yHoQw5W6jZwuZ0dl62qPBS03gqaZcA-oTJyApQwjUBhdP4314KUpNs1eTy95RAABuISt2TFasKg5t_vnXqC9ITsK1IJt3cnzaJekXBBbErQ6bS9hCrdv0Wr5EMgsJqdYiA/s4032/230505WestPG.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyLFOJwK9XNCPemU0VQUgqkd2fYmIYgHF-FRFmm2R1WCVXGx77yHoQw5W6jZwuZ0dl62qPBS03gqaZcA-oTJyApQwjUBhdP4314KUpNs1eTy95RAABuISt2TFasKg5t_vnXqC9ITsK1IJt3cnzaJekXBBbErQ6bS9hCrdv0Wr5EMgsJqdYiA/w400-h300/230505WestPG.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: right;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><span style="text-align: left;">A pretty cool book drop, eh?</span><span style="text-align: left;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOVEYw5RMG7a595QnIfi4Q-3_K2QxRTJuC9OgL4HhwWXdZf2lK0DD4Cfn1oHliBoSB-pER_9KfAPBAaEbqjF_LoEr4ZtRh0Aj5TgUbYBRtJbMhkP6DVtNoK1_jYUN92uN5JXZKuTt2KKn0Z8uYS-92Ohs6ogaX6r-tpoRoARPWpEccg-UVmA/s3024/230506mouth.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOVEYw5RMG7a595QnIfi4Q-3_K2QxRTJuC9OgL4HhwWXdZf2lK0DD4Cfn1oHliBoSB-pER_9KfAPBAaEbqjF_LoEr4ZtRh0Aj5TgUbYBRtJbMhkP6DVtNoK1_jYUN92uN5JXZKuTt2KKn0Z8uYS-92Ohs6ogaX6r-tpoRoARPWpEccg-UVmA/w400-h400/230506mouth.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="text-align: left;">On our way back to the Dunbar library we passed what used to be the <a href="https://www.heritagesitefinder.ca/location/3851-w-29th-ave-vancouver-bc/">Convent of the Sacred Heart</a>, a big old Catholic school and convent. Now it's part of a boys' school. I don't remember it being quite so visible from the road; I think there were hedges or at least lots more high plants. </span></div><div><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0RwWRwswI_0i3bDPvROLjtE9kXfkLfSN-pj7l2EQklny3_fg0Dj6wPXFacuYTZXJ2zOds_i0i2eTve4qr2S1BiPoFt29bkdBxvbQBkUmdkdFthFvppd38KZvG0iCJRdYpVUqMBPS3YnWELCy4iGM1AUb4Ow_2_B_N1C9-OqcevztNwdWSVQ/s4032/230506mon.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0RwWRwswI_0i3bDPvROLjtE9kXfkLfSN-pj7l2EQklny3_fg0Dj6wPXFacuYTZXJ2zOds_i0i2eTve4qr2S1BiPoFt29bkdBxvbQBkUmdkdFthFvppd38KZvG0iCJRdYpVUqMBPS3YnWELCy4iGM1AUb4Ow_2_B_N1C9-OqcevztNwdWSVQ/w400-h300/230506mon.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div>Back to the Dunbar branch and memory lane. Both these branches are little single-storey buildings on local main drags. The Dunbar branch is tiny, really, but the check-out desk is just where it always was, kid books on the left, adult on the right. </span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU0CSAmAqB0t4yOVY6LjAaCsAHUQIx83Ut8G3a3d3-PFTmDtfbbaH0msh6NwYpeR_i7sPq9hKgXAlhd8542GVFg1T--Nc1wug98jpHwxHPQJddC2-i9vVFO9dI1a3vO-92pAbGFsiVwuKIAuGiFeYqo7Y1wiVIEG-sCS7xxbw7t7y41wfPsA/s3088/230505dunbar.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU0CSAmAqB0t4yOVY6LjAaCsAHUQIx83Ut8G3a3d3-PFTmDtfbbaH0msh6NwYpeR_i7sPq9hKgXAlhd8542GVFg1T--Nc1wug98jpHwxHPQJddC2-i9vVFO9dI1a3vO-92pAbGFsiVwuKIAuGiFeYqo7Y1wiVIEG-sCS7xxbw7t7y41wfPsA/w400-h300/230505dunbar.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">Last on our tour is the <a href="https://www.vpl.ca/location/kitsilano-branch">Kitsilano</a> branch, early in March. I believe this was also connected to a visit to the foot nurse, so we have come full circle. This is another little stand-alone branch, serving the local community with story-time when I was there. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia60Ik1w_efBnn3p5hEM8QzidHVXdFaXzouRxbPTdoaguDLyut4VwlmmjD3WtkhAw82cv7xVGaf2YyfZXgvTjoGT2NRIo2kPE11F3YdUhRKrAuVhgTudkT4coishXZhyyQpyJjBKJ_Ibo-XN8KhwSM7ycU4RP_qWdwBoh-UzfUYP1u3aKRgA/s2879/230505Kits.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2046" data-original-width="2879" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia60Ik1w_efBnn3p5hEM8QzidHVXdFaXzouRxbPTdoaguDLyut4VwlmmjD3WtkhAw82cv7xVGaf2YyfZXgvTjoGT2NRIo2kPE11F3YdUhRKrAuVhgTudkT4coishXZhyyQpyJjBKJ_Ibo-XN8KhwSM7ycU4RP_qWdwBoh-UzfUYP1u3aKRgA/w400-h284/230505Kits.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">I have twelve more branches to go! I like doing the walk from one to another so I will try to make some interesting routes. </p><p style="text-align: left;">Right now, though, I am off to the UK for another walking trip! Stephen is joining me, my brother and his partner, and my friend Patricia, <a href="https://knittingonthecam.blogspot.com/2022/06/i-was-away-and-now-im-back.html">who went to Norfolk with me last year</a>. We go tomorrow morning! You can always see what I am doing on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/square.mary/">Instagram</a>, and of course I have every intention of blogging it all up when I get back. </p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p></div>Mary deBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15239201755151355538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14193473.post-49919419272164777972023-04-15T17:09:00.000-04:002023-04-15T17:09:00.271-04:00Actual knitting content<p></p>In the summer of 2021, I started this blanket, an extra-wide <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/mohairino-medley">Mohairino Medley</a> shawl by Stephen West. It has five main colours -- plain green, green/black marl, brown, blue and pink/grey striped -- and whitish and cherry red for single-line accents. <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5HLTmixrDIS5kwB8YfUIrCrjDo2v_fPym1T-RlXQ83hDN1Y4eHsewk9zCNC_wvc5I5upgClzlJYAcEsle2NGdVVyU7ZhZizovwFph9lvEXm5eE4SuBztW2Aps_x2Nsu5HsWe4pdVqHoBzjtJlQ7J97UI0xYPueVBGftOfuG-DxtsqTCw8XA/s4032/230415blanket2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5HLTmixrDIS5kwB8YfUIrCrjDo2v_fPym1T-RlXQ83hDN1Y4eHsewk9zCNC_wvc5I5upgClzlJYAcEsle2NGdVVyU7ZhZizovwFph9lvEXm5eE4SuBztW2Aps_x2Nsu5HsWe4pdVqHoBzjtJlQ7J97UI0xYPueVBGftOfuG-DxtsqTCw8XA/w300-h400/230415blanket2.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I like how the grey and pink stripes mean that neither one takes too much space. The greens predominate and the blue is a colour-changing yarn, and the brown came in a gradient pack of 5 supposedly different shades. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihISdZ3WzJZ9faK3XEcyaCxQAcgWkyyfxLSOHuPi8QHzDvINq38Jifix1BVUjHiJv35RCnPsaTuRMb45z1mTUnU7ACZh2rNYsDRDS8q4RmBf30_Q5UioldQp66SwNbYNCy8wcCKwSAxfWYRoU8ESh3c89JG8gy5BdGSvR4xPqGqFvmqdyRmA/s4032/230415blanket3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihISdZ3WzJZ9faK3XEcyaCxQAcgWkyyfxLSOHuPi8QHzDvINq38Jifix1BVUjHiJv35RCnPsaTuRMb45z1mTUnU7ACZh2rNYsDRDS8q4RmBf30_Q5UioldQp66SwNbYNCy8wcCKwSAxfWYRoU8ESh3c89JG8gy5BdGSvR4xPqGqFvmqdyRmA/w300-h400/230415blanket3.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>A sock knitter might notice the very small yellow bits: a certain sock yarn company puts yellow in to mark where you should start the two socks so that they match perfectly! Not important here, but a bit of yellow never hurt. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvDyTsqo2ctjQYCLrOj2vSTdJGIHOj8yaLz_-2GPE99R3r28kiFLldijXo9H-JB21XrDtPq-4vQLmRQAKYU2M0e0sotLkWhAvvaMKxzDtDJMJSx7pkNhuYb9XRPJO--BLYNPWh1KugECry-_QxxmOJi0mQS3hXfZ0ZoQOtU7DwX8gies8iEQ/s4032/230415blanket4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvDyTsqo2ctjQYCLrOj2vSTdJGIHOj8yaLz_-2GPE99R3r28kiFLldijXo9H-JB21XrDtPq-4vQLmRQAKYU2M0e0sotLkWhAvvaMKxzDtDJMJSx7pkNhuYb9XRPJO--BLYNPWh1KugECry-_QxxmOJi0mQS3hXfZ0ZoQOtU7DwX8gies8iEQ/w300-h400/230415blanket4.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I changed the colour sequence from the pattern after a couple of repeats, so that I could get the two greens together, the pink and blue together. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaWWSg73nC9xQCYkaHDie9DUFY5OiL3pObhVuNOZ6VFii76-esPiWR52XpwzzHQYXnVONunclwMv-eiv6mt9OWsz56TVWIN8QelYeyZutcZrCkpyqKHchAERFFMs3uXkzieG7xVVFKAdyOSCdYz3c3XY6U3HIzqxg4yvnHWh39kJo7nUtYIw/s4032/230415blanket5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaWWSg73nC9xQCYkaHDie9DUFY5OiL3pObhVuNOZ6VFii76-esPiWR52XpwzzHQYXnVONunclwMv-eiv6mt9OWsz56TVWIN8QelYeyZutcZrCkpyqKHchAERFFMs3uXkzieG7xVVFKAdyOSCdYz3c3XY6U3HIzqxg4yvnHWh39kJo7nUtYIw/w300-h400/230415blanket5.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Ta da!</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyQ64s3zwIrM62A-KVaJJV81TGcSt5ZyyubC8QtWq2nguLKnqOQf-YoW6l_V2YS2ktCdlo3mffGJaCqZohLnb1xwmGwtCndm-d1hFgnPi5l-czr5dTP0v7CE5IWhUXquv18r1T0BNlNxbe6LRfgPrKpUm4LOH4y6RaLI-Y32hxQHnt8QAwXA/s4032/230415blanket.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyQ64s3zwIrM62A-KVaJJV81TGcSt5ZyyubC8QtWq2nguLKnqOQf-YoW6l_V2YS2ktCdlo3mffGJaCqZohLnb1xwmGwtCndm-d1hFgnPi5l-czr5dTP0v7CE5IWhUXquv18r1T0BNlNxbe6LRfgPrKpUm4LOH4y6RaLI-Y32hxQHnt8QAwXA/w300-h400/230415blanket.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>And here is the very basic inspiration: </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCtIk6MC03cQmdS2EEB1GvcZDV2LIqgvbJ1PcQ2au_R714BPa_yWYTIraJcDQcWDH9GzGimdCzcK4iZCEAxnYbZeZgIDWQzCXQqfwOmMiuAlGMuTbz8plKD6d-NRb8dxRawLok3Na635AowHx3aEFmQ8lanp9ekQ9pTaXC14TAO27U-apGDw/s3004/230415blanketinspo.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2921" data-original-width="3004" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCtIk6MC03cQmdS2EEB1GvcZDV2LIqgvbJ1PcQ2au_R714BPa_yWYTIraJcDQcWDH9GzGimdCzcK4iZCEAxnYbZeZgIDWQzCXQqfwOmMiuAlGMuTbz8plKD6d-NRb8dxRawLok3Na635AowHx3aEFmQ8lanp9ekQ9pTaXC14TAO27U-apGDw/w400-h389/230415blanketinspo.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Green, green, green, blue water and sky, pink flowers, grey seawall, bits of darker red and white, brown tree trunks. (Believe me, cherry blossoms were nearby!)</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7bIiaE82Gi1XUBNu0_Cj4tyWnGMF5Eb0-7wdGfvpvw7Y1IpbcL4qG1IpABYLZO6846FnmVeWWPb7mG86ZxuadeKaobacNnMZShvi5pUdV__CFZdHf2bVhbLowbns3nDRZCHBj6sAR1ITee9DOmK2Q_zjBUVLecKPPudyuPpgkx1X2jUC7DA/s4032/230415cherry.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7bIiaE82Gi1XUBNu0_Cj4tyWnGMF5Eb0-7wdGfvpvw7Y1IpbcL4qG1IpABYLZO6846FnmVeWWPb7mG86ZxuadeKaobacNnMZShvi5pUdV__CFZdHf2bVhbLowbns3nDRZCHBj6sAR1ITee9DOmK2Q_zjBUVLecKPPudyuPpgkx1X2jUC7DA/w300-h400/230415cherry.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br />Since starting this blanket we have learned that we hardly have to turn the heat on in the winter, and a lap-rug might not be needed. We also managed to find a non-grey couch after the shortages of mid-pandemic. We do have two grey chairs, though, and this will brighten things considerably. <p></p></div><div><br /></div>Mary deBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15239201755151355538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14193473.post-74030419162276271522023-04-15T13:28:00.004-04:002023-04-15T13:28:56.175-04:00Vegetable month<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjixK4gcSPNhcoOuLZI2NgdPmk9Pp3ZVHMMMJ1Wt9Fr0sSpbvRkgGDAKwQMblyxyaK_S0ZCuO_WsvRDc_IBEA9S71hR-zoTYZa_cbdbbsAB6ul4hNHNXl8x7FyZ4wT4IK3af7LVFhT5VQT34IAA_ITz6r20qUdg0juT18OU70sHMreKNHbWug/s3192/230415kale.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3192" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjixK4gcSPNhcoOuLZI2NgdPmk9Pp3ZVHMMMJ1Wt9Fr0sSpbvRkgGDAKwQMblyxyaK_S0ZCuO_WsvRDc_IBEA9S71hR-zoTYZa_cbdbbsAB6ul4hNHNXl8x7FyZ4wT4IK3af7LVFhT5VQT34IAA_ITz6r20qUdg0juT18OU70sHMreKNHbWug/w379-h400/230415kale.jpeg" width="379" /></a></div><br />Welcome to April, halfway through. I have a catch-up post partly written but figure that life is short and we should just plunge ahead without worrying too much about missed blog posts. <p></p><p>And here I am doing the recap in my head. </p><p>Onward! </p>Mary deBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15239201755151355538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14193473.post-13947564241539601752023-02-20T19:47:00.002-05:002023-02-20T19:47:29.336-05:00More on yellow<p></p>I am going away for a few days; I will probably take pictures, but if I am going to update the blog while it is still February, I'd best do it now. <div><br /></div><div>I did cook some things from Jamie Oliver's book this month, but didn't write them up. I did a lot of the recipes from that book when I first got it so didn't want to repeat, although I can say there are a lot of nice things in there. This month I made a chicken and potato dish which was nice but a bit fussy. You boil the potatoes, and fry up some bits of chicken, then put it all in a pan with some cherry tomatoes and bake it. Seems excessive, though it was very good. When I get back, it'll be March and time for Ottolenghi's Plenty More. </div><div><br /></div><div>I now present a bucket-load of yellow things!</div><div><br /></div><div>In no particular order...</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhglMAGNRhEw5qw1EwkBVHlEMV9S2PMP8l9a6NTzrZrpL536CG6SRFYAW0GzAnCa3dwFD9aO3EJfkprV3VbZAjpcPQp_o9yVXeOf-dBrTagIt5Pku7Z1wu0X65vmWNgtNPiyfA_WWORM_VWZyGBX6XGOXAWA0_Jw_9SuzPDfUnxd1e62x8jqg/s4032/230202yellow3.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhglMAGNRhEw5qw1EwkBVHlEMV9S2PMP8l9a6NTzrZrpL536CG6SRFYAW0GzAnCa3dwFD9aO3EJfkprV3VbZAjpcPQp_o9yVXeOf-dBrTagIt5Pku7Z1wu0X65vmWNgtNPiyfA_WWORM_VWZyGBX6XGOXAWA0_Jw_9SuzPDfUnxd1e62x8jqg/w300-h400/230202yellow3.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Witch hazel</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw0oF3cXLObNB96_x1YW_2PyUN5Mwd29mlr1KTupuAbDYNsfAyyBjBebzXrCMEX21eonBJSy0fBkgQDkw0nYdcAYhkG43MW9GafhJ4Pe2nfWFahPSs0QJaUTO4x5S0dUCfY1j2s1AVYpzbeVbD0-5VjSNtY8qNWs1OfaXQ1ZRKg4_ziOWMeA/s4032/230220yellow1.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw0oF3cXLObNB96_x1YW_2PyUN5Mwd29mlr1KTupuAbDYNsfAyyBjBebzXrCMEX21eonBJSy0fBkgQDkw0nYdcAYhkG43MW9GafhJ4Pe2nfWFahPSs0QJaUTO4x5S0dUCfY1j2s1AVYpzbeVbD0-5VjSNtY8qNWs1OfaXQ1ZRKg4_ziOWMeA/w400-h300/230220yellow1.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I don't think this is forsythia</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWFJosXSKGccP_cJ4G3Vaesv6qGASj5HOAJujUrc-_0gDKgGZg_3opuJ1vsXeq3e8pmaM2uPkGUfqksjvysoek10OKqwnrH-q-zNN2HrG-YGqMT_o4vFzgSXUHWcBz65LYgPW1j-yXL_RuCLxOOlN622gm5cw08SbO4QmPBW-cex35dAzp_g/s4032/230220yellow2.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWFJosXSKGccP_cJ4G3Vaesv6qGASj5HOAJujUrc-_0gDKgGZg_3opuJ1vsXeq3e8pmaM2uPkGUfqksjvysoek10OKqwnrH-q-zNN2HrG-YGqMT_o4vFzgSXUHWcBz65LYgPW1j-yXL_RuCLxOOlN622gm5cw08SbO4QmPBW-cex35dAzp_g/w300-h400/230220yellow2.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A yellow building <a href="https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/history/1990s-travel-guide-west-end-vancouver-bc-1931359">with some history</a>; now a coffee shop</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk7Z5QQ-ws4YGSZRia1Zusbk-iq69CL2VqIq_Dm2SDoHtaS8KGND6lXad2rPYcMy6rcaDAUw7byOCgFMWvbe4wehr8vf_SMa3EIwuo2QBHKGWdtLcMgUfQ92rOAOBTp5CiuDAV-HCyPWkhOmLWF1UxSEvw_AeQC659E5SELIikl7-kfdciMA/s4032/230220yellow4.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk7Z5QQ-ws4YGSZRia1Zusbk-iq69CL2VqIq_Dm2SDoHtaS8KGND6lXad2rPYcMy6rcaDAUw7byOCgFMWvbe4wehr8vf_SMa3EIwuo2QBHKGWdtLcMgUfQ92rOAOBTp5CiuDAV-HCyPWkhOmLWF1UxSEvw_AeQC659E5SELIikl7-kfdciMA/w400-h300/230220yellow4.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sulphur piles in the harbour</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPv_rAqWWJ5VbY8VPWKKwPztvp772a6mvccRPlTgowCr2asxh1BaiK2VNSuO1pZ5Q63gp9SwPMAb-M5WENvTUEmBBEhV1RfD4WJWkYOEPjUGE3Wu03jankkpdJiuTocbWTji3FpvdfPNigPbhsBF8gWZqjzXrxHzTfN_jH1XB4Sdh5-EZBkg/s3950/230220yellow5.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2962" data-original-width="3950" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPv_rAqWWJ5VbY8VPWKKwPztvp772a6mvccRPlTgowCr2asxh1BaiK2VNSuO1pZ5Q63gp9SwPMAb-M5WENvTUEmBBEhV1RfD4WJWkYOEPjUGE3Wu03jankkpdJiuTocbWTji3FpvdfPNigPbhsBF8gWZqjzXrxHzTfN_jH1XB4Sdh5-EZBkg/w400-h300/230220yellow5.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lichen</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbn_Yynb8MkPPr9zWTr1tE3uTlnApyIzDiFn-Ig99YpZ1B-8yfu0Qe3X51hGM2qgqgH68ZTVYRDXmR9ERCdwmZIuxhS3G5iTSrCIW5iSZ7AAqIe2zAS3ZIeX9uQnePgosdAXJUuR1MKrYOYmKbyP_tpJBrEUm-AHBeCKM2Ujq86XDP7ZIhdw/s4032/230220yellow6%20(1).jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbn_Yynb8MkPPr9zWTr1tE3uTlnApyIzDiFn-Ig99YpZ1B-8yfu0Qe3X51hGM2qgqgH68ZTVYRDXmR9ERCdwmZIuxhS3G5iTSrCIW5iSZ7AAqIe2zAS3ZIeX9uQnePgosdAXJUuR1MKrYOYmKbyP_tpJBrEUm-AHBeCKM2Ujq86XDP7ZIhdw/w300-h400/230220yellow6%20(1).jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My new knitting needle holder on my yellow wall</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTqdXsARWz9U6atmYBt2rTIDybGBTP4SCBm9zowbc4IHSfThHAbAk39iBb_bX6gF_gIGbMCtctfC3drZ3tKD5sVP-MKYhbJI6EFSmR1PHO8VDKv3i8n-vpDCBopCVyt-xmH84b5Wj_KXqFxewuRkF3BHcgq-OhgzrPaEuasfJEGAIqsKQ-LQ/s4032/230220yellow6.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTqdXsARWz9U6atmYBt2rTIDybGBTP4SCBm9zowbc4IHSfThHAbAk39iBb_bX6gF_gIGbMCtctfC3drZ3tKD5sVP-MKYhbJI6EFSmR1PHO8VDKv3i8n-vpDCBopCVyt-xmH84b5Wj_KXqFxewuRkF3BHcgq-OhgzrPaEuasfJEGAIqsKQ-LQ/w300-h400/230220yellow6.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yellow is for caution</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVXD8renylV9CEYsjAA0s5OPN21SqHq4OPJdsz1UZmEJEr_q39qoLlmz_LHqlcHd131m910iAwh6DL5WrSTkTyFfVw8ACTBBbvwPzuo-KWjAqen8lr5kueHtzEvL5hBijV-g6hTUwj8rWHrLiqUmjpKsDTwg60Z0dCTPYH8EyGLiahVqcl1Q/s2308/230220yellow7.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1717" data-original-width="2308" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVXD8renylV9CEYsjAA0s5OPN21SqHq4OPJdsz1UZmEJEr_q39qoLlmz_LHqlcHd131m910iAwh6DL5WrSTkTyFfVw8ACTBBbvwPzuo-KWjAqen8lr5kueHtzEvL5hBijV-g6hTUwj8rWHrLiqUmjpKsDTwg60Z0dCTPYH8EyGLiahVqcl1Q/w400-h297/230220yellow7.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This woman in yellow had to work hard at her job</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLDn4QntJrEZQSAMl519W9jd3jXYs9GZsGuTdnDoemPorGly5-xb0HYNeGKeqiIfzUL9yjJsp6DBesqJ047QAWqmQYSRIPGFIKalB4Cq3E_IABzuxWICY3337qPks07jnH75IF2zfVYp8o6bNbLyz1WXx19F4-pTo-QaOmeOiKYOnvhdMMrQ/s4032/230220yellow8.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLDn4QntJrEZQSAMl519W9jd3jXYs9GZsGuTdnDoemPorGly5-xb0HYNeGKeqiIfzUL9yjJsp6DBesqJ047QAWqmQYSRIPGFIKalB4Cq3E_IABzuxWICY3337qPks07jnH75IF2zfVYp8o6bNbLyz1WXx19F4-pTo-QaOmeOiKYOnvhdMMrQ/w300-h400/230220yellow8.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More signs</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCQhMAqsFWLiNxwvrpCI4-0o4arxd1itss1kvnWw_JqoRwg8BcF5PmHM5_0Fu91s0rWlhpl-7-_ZAD4IHfkiWqxWyLsbJ9N2qSVbJCWR1dkB1BSu507inzn3IHLEr-0Zx0bNd61mcGE9szRZ0uzs2HCPAcCjvJwywyIFcEAHAGFVO5sjeW9w/s4032/230220yellow9.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCQhMAqsFWLiNxwvrpCI4-0o4arxd1itss1kvnWw_JqoRwg8BcF5PmHM5_0Fu91s0rWlhpl-7-_ZAD4IHfkiWqxWyLsbJ9N2qSVbJCWR1dkB1BSu507inzn3IHLEr-0Zx0bNd61mcGE9szRZ0uzs2HCPAcCjvJwywyIFcEAHAGFVO5sjeW9w/w300-h400/230220yellow9.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Greater Vancouver Water District</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDneEB1R5TD8ammMGdCoqneafs5qgQOPFe7WPKXWzW9qebYR1mGyN1WX9B_9_1vG1fXEuJNsVw9ZTaPvXpA8QlP6Q_5YqGtM7Xywsw6IGrrA7HszIe7CCySg7Pb_K6qqD31qK-xWIfRStWzoEuCr-m1EFNMyaydQjlNQ2cEKLd0cp1oaXR0A/s4032/230220yellowcar.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDneEB1R5TD8ammMGdCoqneafs5qgQOPFe7WPKXWzW9qebYR1mGyN1WX9B_9_1vG1fXEuJNsVw9ZTaPvXpA8QlP6Q_5YqGtM7Xywsw6IGrrA7HszIe7CCySg7Pb_K6qqD31qK-xWIfRStWzoEuCr-m1EFNMyaydQjlNQ2cEKLd0cp1oaXR0A/w400-h300/230220yellowcar.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This car often parks in our lane</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKxkLN2W3-uCrN6bD4oIlWxJyPre0CGC0MPpyELSvoit7zqHPPaFZRb6igfaEAqbPm5iJ8ICPHTOwXPwAIUEy1b9xhkuwMQu9qeNMaGA5mu-Bl5r9WVI5pL9gdZ2SWCkQpizQ9mEl4KDlQsnEq9d0AC81n0nRifNjK0ip_IvDvo6Cw7aItzA/s4032/230220yellowleaves.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKxkLN2W3-uCrN6bD4oIlWxJyPre0CGC0MPpyELSvoit7zqHPPaFZRb6igfaEAqbPm5iJ8ICPHTOwXPwAIUEy1b9xhkuwMQu9qeNMaGA5mu-Bl5r9WVI5pL9gdZ2SWCkQpizQ9mEl4KDlQsnEq9d0AC81n0nRifNjK0ip_IvDvo6Cw7aItzA/w300-h400/230220yellowleaves.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yellow leaves</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi47TSa5Yxdjtk2B7nIQKbkKAsWTW1D3No19xY34Z_wO0mjUh0ifVhA4WNxHujcj7PiRJAWBUQDqw37M91ZhsY2uXpaXeLhMIYIJJycHI-UUntpZZRoSr9aFxIBy_Tw7mNf7NTR2Jp0cKDDjcBMJH2tQitJL0icd2EAMBS7PSa2wjVb82K5yQ/s4032/230220yellowpub.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi47TSa5Yxdjtk2B7nIQKbkKAsWTW1D3No19xY34Z_wO0mjUh0ifVhA4WNxHujcj7PiRJAWBUQDqw37M91ZhsY2uXpaXeLhMIYIJJycHI-UUntpZZRoSr9aFxIBy_Tw7mNf7NTR2Jp0cKDDjcBMJH2tQitJL0icd2EAMBS7PSa2wjVb82K5yQ/w400-h300/230220yellowpub.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yellow pub</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh71S3VjV0Fpl_rAmd9pAjVIQkc6-_mC5ro8AYlC1aYZWPWwF0SqFXQHO7sk1lWjAjRJAgp41Ui7M6t-X9kQ0CkqjTjpZoZrPzDKJ04FKjZzM0z2sL5b_EapyGEQFPNd6l599OMYrCHZJowpe_0wd93JB1MZcJtGtQmt9TZhjAv2m0M4dRkhg/s1000/230220yellowsquare.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh71S3VjV0Fpl_rAmd9pAjVIQkc6-_mC5ro8AYlC1aYZWPWwF0SqFXQHO7sk1lWjAjRJAgp41Ui7M6t-X9kQ0CkqjTjpZoZrPzDKJ04FKjZzM0z2sL5b_EapyGEQFPNd6l599OMYrCHZJowpe_0wd93JB1MZcJtGtQmt9TZhjAv2m0M4dRkhg/w400-h400/230220yellowsquare.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I watched other people run a half-marathon around the park. Much yellow, but there was more black<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">In March we will take a look at Weather for the photo theme. Should be good, because we are full of weather here. </div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p></div>Mary deBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15239201755151355538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14193473.post-12727190223215442602023-02-05T14:40:00.001-05:002023-02-05T14:40:23.759-05:00Yellow month<p></p>I can tell already that yellow month will be a bit of a challenge. Not because there is nothing yellow around, but because it's all traffic signs and caution tape and lines on the road. And things at the grocery store. <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_77Rgg7u9wzxs-YVD9_2tE34dBUBM4TzO_Y4N6fZIq2cOAScdrrfo-rZBpBFamx8hBC0gYStN329XSnHpge8cX9fYAyk78TiRr85WvgeYwtn2a5lg7hUAPblIYgW1CoJKoNFdmhTFq7eCXR62YoudV2-fwaBpTZjQOhwzamgTvmk5YFjlWg/s4032/230205carts.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_77Rgg7u9wzxs-YVD9_2tE34dBUBM4TzO_Y4N6fZIq2cOAScdrrfo-rZBpBFamx8hBC0gYStN329XSnHpge8cX9fYAyk78TiRr85WvgeYwtn2a5lg7hUAPblIYgW1CoJKoNFdmhTFq7eCXR62YoudV2-fwaBpTZjQOhwzamgTvmk5YFjlWg/w300-h400/230205carts.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Our nearest grocery store is a No-Frills, the land of no name, the yellow label. We like their olives for "everyday," but you can get everything with a yellow label. I will try not to take too many pictures of food. </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU_kMS8A4XUkRVPyc2sTdw_HwELqu4-6u7Ws-yf0xvKmD0eqUcvMVk4z2f89YCyDAbA6LcExs7nk4UCohR_0bTVKexmTiYRhv-txhA8xYeqjJL8m5bC_Gscoz4JOwFLX77CknR5oo2dl28fZH55i8SVk4rZRQeO12cQcmJKPetQB4beIhcCQ/s4032/230205jar.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU_kMS8A4XUkRVPyc2sTdw_HwELqu4-6u7Ws-yf0xvKmD0eqUcvMVk4z2f89YCyDAbA6LcExs7nk4UCohR_0bTVKexmTiYRhv-txhA8xYeqjJL8m5bC_Gscoz4JOwFLX77CknR5oo2dl28fZH55i8SVk4rZRQeO12cQcmJKPetQB4beIhcCQ/w300-h400/230205jar.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is a warning sign that at least is a bit unique. There aren't many signs warning the trucks to avoid low tree branches. The tree in question is a beautiful red oak in a park; I'm sure there would be trouble if the city tried to cut the gigantic low limb off. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirrNoNkpTNFrn97Gv1ugmrV2prPpI5XHYuMxGriAuJN2AskpQxLE1p4U3YMc-Vlh3uvSdpg4L2vidGGG0_aRMGdsDDYZKYepIrWelYtSJn8-fBVVGXUcOis96HJqpufwpXt-1Eg0vDunSGpPZO-eoDy8_NLkupv4cPOXqfZrFaj5eGnT49lg/s3380/230205sign.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><img border="0" data-original-height="3380" data-original-width="3007" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirrNoNkpTNFrn97Gv1ugmrV2prPpI5XHYuMxGriAuJN2AskpQxLE1p4U3YMc-Vlh3uvSdpg4L2vidGGG0_aRMGdsDDYZKYepIrWelYtSJn8-fBVVGXUcOis96HJqpufwpXt-1Eg0vDunSGpPZO-eoDy8_NLkupv4cPOXqfZrFaj5eGnT49lg/s320/230205sign.jpeg" width="285" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>In the natural world, we are not quite ready for daffodils here, but I got some yellowy catkins. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd0FTqzPgtJyQBC4W3XizTkSKF_7ecprHiVT9UiKLuzL0Q_aglsyCzeKi967BYrkOYYA3F0eYked29qMkQZkPJWzLplOsKFynu0HMvD-on1AzLVBFnZfQB3sofuMOv3bECj5WOjgnvjTuhJqCZ6dLFi-V46SMA5g_sirWtcfdlsM138-v9WA/s4032/230204catkins.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd0FTqzPgtJyQBC4W3XizTkSKF_7ecprHiVT9UiKLuzL0Q_aglsyCzeKi967BYrkOYYA3F0eYked29qMkQZkPJWzLplOsKFynu0HMvD-on1AzLVBFnZfQB3sofuMOv3bECj5WOjgnvjTuhJqCZ6dLFi-V46SMA5g_sirWtcfdlsM138-v9WA/s320/230204catkins.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I will continue to look out for daffodils, and I'm pretty sure I can get some of those before the month is out, and I must find some yellow that is not traffic signs or other obvious things. <br /><br /></div>Mary deBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15239201755151355538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14193473.post-28421702076662320832023-02-01T10:51:00.005-05:002023-02-01T10:51:53.261-05:00A word about stitch numbers<p>Yesterday I said I had 40,000 stitches left to do on my blanket. Incorrect! My rows are actually only 262 stitches wide, so that cuts it down to 26,200. I knit 3 rows last night, that makes 786, so that leaves me with 25,414 to go. If I want to finish in a week I have to do 3,630.6 stitches per day. Which is 13.9 rows. More or less. Seems doable so I will try to do that. You heard it first here. </p><p>It is February, so time for Jamie Oliver recipes and photos of yellow. Road signs, daffodils, sunsets, spring clothes? </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYHnoTXkrEHvRolhwyxkAXsduKfUVmTTcayrT1gnKVK2e3XX6xwgTaWiPPTHoGGy4RjhPCCngMC7qluT9AwKRMTOKpDabj91ImUsDun9wmvNUH5LWUHpxMovvqvyIETnFNj-IRyalAJR1MeHSKafYJlo4lP1Bt_fpIhzo4qEMIsTIrUnU39A/s4032/230201yellow.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYHnoTXkrEHvRolhwyxkAXsduKfUVmTTcayrT1gnKVK2e3XX6xwgTaWiPPTHoGGy4RjhPCCngMC7qluT9AwKRMTOKpDabj91ImUsDun9wmvNUH5LWUHpxMovvqvyIETnFNj-IRyalAJR1MeHSKafYJlo4lP1Bt_fpIhzo4qEMIsTIrUnU39A/w300-h400/230201yellow.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Mary deBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15239201755151355538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14193473.post-88176239139539736142023-01-31T19:31:00.003-05:002023-01-31T19:31:33.589-05:00The final zigzag<p>Since this is a knitting blog, I will show you my zig-zaggedy knitting. I've been working on this since July 2021, but I was going back and forth to Toronto, and it was staying here in Vancouver. I figure I have about.... 40,000 stitches to go! I can hardly believe that, but it seems to be so, if my rows are almost 400 stitches wide and I need to do a hundred of them. But, I mean to finish 'er off soon!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKaB_NlFPV18EEWzX_N783cXUfVNMrkNJvow2N-rnEiFerdTjAUhZGZQBeQFE2_m6LCQ_8__OReNDgz0dK2d1NAVnqE7t2WqjJyfIMJ0u18q7KsFEbIeB6aRUaAqWF8VZkWqa1sPfG5IzElA3Fod9TnInyPRoZW3OlvLBYV9jmjOBpZxceGg/s4032/230131blanket.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKaB_NlFPV18EEWzX_N783cXUfVNMrkNJvow2N-rnEiFerdTjAUhZGZQBeQFE2_m6LCQ_8__OReNDgz0dK2d1NAVnqE7t2WqjJyfIMJ0u18q7KsFEbIeB6aRUaAqWF8VZkWqa1sPfG5IzElA3Fod9TnInyPRoZW3OlvLBYV9jmjOBpZxceGg/w300-h400/230131blanket.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Brown and green zigzags: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiD1XHz1e6Ychs5SIUoRyR0M8LFDoCuVIjfw2g_xsdt6_AsCNzhb0NlK_nRgYmIs5x6jrwnQV5C1beTxUtFRdWAYFbSHy5tCoQoanfSTcWEeRAo9qpNZuW8wOc_6aL3ZyxMLj6oqD4EkqtLM2JVQ6mtK9Wai2pjmgG_Xy5I5bZIiC6cFtRow/s4032/230131zz.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiD1XHz1e6Ychs5SIUoRyR0M8LFDoCuVIjfw2g_xsdt6_AsCNzhb0NlK_nRgYmIs5x6jrwnQV5C1beTxUtFRdWAYFbSHy5tCoQoanfSTcWEeRAo9qpNZuW8wOc_6aL3ZyxMLj6oqD4EkqtLM2JVQ6mtK9Wai2pjmgG_Xy5I5bZIiC6cFtRow/w400-h300/230131zz.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Green and other green zigzags: </p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRVx70QvAD2DydXY5KfCjIi_yi9WZxKc-QSloUpnx9t-HjBL_yKDst-qyU2jMN-qPNCwKuyQ9nH0H9NQ-EJBnTkPSnZnh0UQbXmXPNfh7T87C04ERFAvAvu1J7_7du8lr-mB2P4D5us1q4sdHOKKuX5D9d753wbqsPNWQJwy-2vIb_0SwcyA/s4032/230131zigs.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRVx70QvAD2DydXY5KfCjIi_yi9WZxKc-QSloUpnx9t-HjBL_yKDst-qyU2jMN-qPNCwKuyQ9nH0H9NQ-EJBnTkPSnZnh0UQbXmXPNfh7T87C04ERFAvAvu1J7_7du8lr-mB2P4D5us1q4sdHOKKuX5D9d753wbqsPNWQJwy-2vIb_0SwcyA/w400-h300/230131zigs.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Blue and brown zigzags: </p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhObgietehEbdLLc69aDAy8Zc9LinItWt_YLrwbjslbmSSRrqBIcvthOyB7KNGmgxIOHL5-3NTCnqKBI2JIfznz1d-r3xhLoE7czd6bQ7FUtvIshsuYkDX8-xJmnppnP3uXg3uJR1lbs2vu6W6J82s5ho1FmU0qRYE55wvPgJBFalzZojQDaA/s4032/230131zig.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhObgietehEbdLLc69aDAy8Zc9LinItWt_YLrwbjslbmSSRrqBIcvthOyB7KNGmgxIOHL5-3NTCnqKBI2JIfznz1d-r3xhLoE7czd6bQ7FUtvIshsuYkDX8-xJmnppnP3uXg3uJR1lbs2vu6W6J82s5ho1FmU0qRYE55wvPgJBFalzZojQDaA/w400-h300/230131zig.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p>It's supposed to reflect the colours of the park: greens, blues, brown and the occasional pink of the cherry blossoms. I think it is a bit more zingy than the park on an average day, but it works. We were faced with buying furniture in the pandemic and everything available seemed to be grey, so we wanted something lively. </p><p>I made my last recipe of the month from Moosewood Restaurant Favorites yesterday. So easy, so good. Take your feta cheese and cut it into bits. The picture in the book has nice even rectangles, but mine crumbled and broke. Zest and juice a lemon. Mix the juice with a bit of olive oil and drizzle that on the cheese, sprinkle the zest over, grind some pepper. The end! It is lovely on crackers, they say you can add it to a salad, or just pop it in your mouth and eat it! Yummy. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvIZzu1n47uyIFu3_UpQ2EBi4rsyoI8fJrt_KGDen_xO5ysETj6PKBGbLa12SowznBw2sM-mUSJKQ3BGiFL3M5Xf_yP6BIkdsxILGpNz6o1wzUE3gKuxLBoLU3l4FfTsoGhSOavynBT-cruX5NyxQqxoRhmx7ZU3epOdYKuLpNUM7N3INi7g/s4032/230131zzz.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvIZzu1n47uyIFu3_UpQ2EBi4rsyoI8fJrt_KGDen_xO5ysETj6PKBGbLa12SowznBw2sM-mUSJKQ3BGiFL3M5Xf_yP6BIkdsxILGpNz6o1wzUE3gKuxLBoLU3l4FfTsoGhSOavynBT-cruX5NyxQqxoRhmx7ZU3epOdYKuLpNUM7N3INi7g/w300-h400/230131zzz.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><p>I took a walk around Lost Lagoon this afternoon and saw this heron looking all majestic. A day with a heron is always a good day. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNkiZ5Mm-g5bddNTMDnP2Ikthblc4FVn-YentCqNbdd4wqcpsVL7l_sjLn1QTZaenavLVPFMIAkMbpTWS2hRax_hu4F8iWLRZauiINA3LVJiSj6bzF2kmOlqCSTbIrMcH6yo-m73wT_QPWSbmwHfx8lNRB8jv-V_34UK1RKVPIL0pDw6MR7g/s4032/230131heron.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNkiZ5Mm-g5bddNTMDnP2Ikthblc4FVn-YentCqNbdd4wqcpsVL7l_sjLn1QTZaenavLVPFMIAkMbpTWS2hRax_hu4F8iWLRZauiINA3LVJiSj6bzF2kmOlqCSTbIrMcH6yo-m73wT_QPWSbmwHfx8lNRB8jv-V_34UK1RKVPIL0pDw6MR7g/w300-h400/230131heron.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><p>A day with a duck is also a pretty fine day! This one was walking on the slushy ice, which was probably about half an inch thick. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgQlikiHZW9_xFykvWLu8bufn-JLiPAMDqxgJNKxy-27-mGZqW_n2qHNkEmXm0puNcBVVN5r7P6nfIRj0EN2bRLIN0K4-2W0fHAjndg5fecahit6CS_ChF7ufp-bvAl1Jox0i0wiXfxy18LgIYD6R0IqrP3QZZmGrCB5ns38WnHJ2Ovzx_gw/s4032/230131duck.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgQlikiHZW9_xFykvWLu8bufn-JLiPAMDqxgJNKxy-27-mGZqW_n2qHNkEmXm0puNcBVVN5r7P6nfIRj0EN2bRLIN0K4-2W0fHAjndg5fecahit6CS_ChF7ufp-bvAl1Jox0i0wiXfxy18LgIYD6R0IqrP3QZZmGrCB5ns38WnHJ2Ovzx_gw/w300-h400/230131duck.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><p></p><p>And now I must get back to my knitting! Forty thousand stitches to go!</p>Mary deBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15239201755151355538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14193473.post-69397949396334514582023-01-30T14:32:00.002-05:002023-01-30T14:32:13.215-05:00Mapo tofu and more librariesYesterday a friend and I ticked two more libraries off the list. <div><br /></div><div>We started at a SkyTrain station in East Vancouver, found a<a href="https://topcantonesecuisinerestaurant.com/"> dim sum restaurant</a> and had a great lunch, and then walked to the <a href="https://www.vpl.ca/location/collingwood-branch">Collingwood Branch</a>.
It's a small branch, in a purpose-built building from 1951 -- they had some pictures in the foyer of it being opened. My friend actually remembered going there as a child! </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3j3nYJYSUIK_e46ZX24av7IZoDK01ihiLhT4bM8_gINb-jxUnd7HafBOHj19w4asTUFrN2fZ9-peR_4ohr3d0KPY40Ppuw-DuDYHsAWbI4zO-KtXTRoVJHZhqcJetBHaH0BXOSDRhRAPireEbWb1_VOA-RPcb2lv48s5LnLilLCIT7U3lJw/s3088/230129coll.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3j3nYJYSUIK_e46ZX24av7IZoDK01ihiLhT4bM8_gINb-jxUnd7HafBOHj19w4asTUFrN2fZ9-peR_4ohr3d0KPY40Ppuw-DuDYHsAWbI4zO-KtXTRoVJHZhqcJetBHaH0BXOSDRhRAPireEbWb1_VOA-RPcb2lv48s5LnLilLCIT7U3lJw/w400-h300/230129coll.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>There was a Chinese language section, a decent-sized children's collection, and enough books and magazines, including a good shelf of "things to do around Vancouver" books. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXAWpfk4qBEnu3usylCYBS5cr7ZVkPykQYj5HPo16S_Hz2KGB2wzuQOMs1lqY1Xuwpq-tb8cxH3w6WP-mxLM-nmFq9XcBBi8k-q9kKF4CKxyxgfwMLjaKImUe8EMEjXRiTJUHajSybhOu3ZIYyPS3QjJMmWW4uHkFYNeTk_AYg6fCWnItjVg/s4032/230130books.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXAWpfk4qBEnu3usylCYBS5cr7ZVkPykQYj5HPo16S_Hz2KGB2wzuQOMs1lqY1Xuwpq-tb8cxH3w6WP-mxLM-nmFq9XcBBi8k-q9kKF4CKxyxgfwMLjaKImUe8EMEjXRiTJUHajSybhOu3ZIYyPS3QjJMmWW4uHkFYNeTk_AYg6fCWnItjVg/w400-h300/230130books.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>I was seduced by the Vogue Knitting magazines and picked up two; there was a display for Veganuary so I got a cookbook to look at; and I even found a book about trails in Stanley Park, so I was well loaded-down when we left. </div><div><br /></div><div>We discovered that another branch was not too far away, and getting there involved walking by a ravine, so we tried that out. </div><div><br /></div><div>It's great to see the mountains to the north of the city from a different angle. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlQoeu9nrzZz0vBHfzuIbD0SlZj1IA6nt-awmA8bNzVCVTa5SMu2zpfT0r20pLx1OXkNFG85jRXYNHYtag_qpilapACSdXr2kaG-jDMYPDlODsSONE0VythFz0BS38IN00uUsbb3-4-VnI4gKagiyCocwOBBO107wJlU1RCPLYbChMOkPAiw/s4032/230130view.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlQoeu9nrzZz0vBHfzuIbD0SlZj1IA6nt-awmA8bNzVCVTa5SMu2zpfT0r20pLx1OXkNFG85jRXYNHYtag_qpilapACSdXr2kaG-jDMYPDlODsSONE0VythFz0BS38IN00uUsbb3-4-VnI4gKagiyCocwOBBO107wJlU1RCPLYbChMOkPAiw/w300-h400/230130view.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div>The <a href="https://www.vpl.ca/location/renfrew-branch">Renfrew branch</a> is in a community centre complex, and we first went in the building with the swimming pool and some 8-year-old's birthday party, but a friendly dad sent us in the right direction.</div><div> <div class="separator"><div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8RwkycmctcAiortvydvUlt1abYTWPaUfdlrcfSo7DEVz2EU4OlU740cU-QdvWaiL6c4vG7nbV5DZQJKNN_GQBvhb8IY66gm5fNfb7Y59XQgnCvGU-3O8P-d9PsNjFI8TGl3XDtikK9rtunEIGxxWY6M1QdVKg0iJaX-Eb40xWaLAygzwrqw/s3088/230129renf.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8RwkycmctcAiortvydvUlt1abYTWPaUfdlrcfSo7DEVz2EU4OlU740cU-QdvWaiL6c4vG7nbV5DZQJKNN_GQBvhb8IY66gm5fNfb7Y59XQgnCvGU-3O8P-d9PsNjFI8TGl3XDtikK9rtunEIGxxWY6M1QdVKg0iJaX-Eb40xWaLAygzwrqw/w300-h400/230129renf.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My selfie skills need some work</td></tr></tbody></table><p>A new building, with a large, airy main room for the library, really quite nice! We looked at more and more books, but didn't burden ourselves with any more to carry. We also didn't look around for a coffee shop or anywhere to have a muffin, but just walked back to the station and headed out. </p><p>It was a good walk and a good lunch and I found a ravine, so a successful day!</p><p>Since it's the end of the month I should update you on the cookbook situation. We had a great success with Moosewood's Mushroom Mapo Tofu. You marinate cubed tofu in chili-garlic sauce with vinegar, soy sauce, ginger, tomato paste, sesame oil, water and sherry, except we didn't have any sherry. Then you cook up onions and a ton of mushrooms, add the tofu and cook it all together for a while. Serve it on rice with broccoli, voilĂ . Throw some green onions on for pretty, and they suggest walnuts as well. Oh, yes: this is vegetarian, but if you happen to have some ground lamb around and you wonder what to do with that, it goes in this very nicely! </p><p>I've also made coconut rice, which is rice cooked in coconut milk: not very thrilling really. I made their ratatouille as well, which is a bit crazy for January, since we used canned tomatoes. It was eggplanty spaghetti sauce, which I like, but Stephen said was "not very exciting." And there was hummus: a very basic recipe in which you throw chick peas and tahini and lemon and garlic in a blender with a bit of spice and whoosh it up. </p><p>There are other recipes I love in this book but I wanted to try new things. The mapo tofu will certainly be a recipe we go back to. We have to eat today and tomorrow, so who knows if we will get another recipe in? For February, we get to look at Jamie at Home, a good Jamie Oliver book. It's quite familiar, but I am sure we can find some new treats. </p><p>Zigzag month is also coming to an end. We have some human-made zigzags, like a staircase and a pattern in bricks. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzdjQ7ZRSjtbXG7Sxnclis-TCs1lTM4EyKKx9hqrp7B73yGuE48h6QjllmnVXSs-GlhJH8Zhzy5ANha6ru524r-v-QRErMBzKOBvGJ_HqZVgCTq3K10o2kQkJY47MeE0uYFowrR5g9kL5YbOwdlvOABYLuBHOOqYzMro0BtZNEomNzBdu_yg/s4032/230130zig1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzdjQ7ZRSjtbXG7Sxnclis-TCs1lTM4EyKKx9hqrp7B73yGuE48h6QjllmnVXSs-GlhJH8Zhzy5ANha6ru524r-v-QRErMBzKOBvGJ_HqZVgCTq3K10o2kQkJY47MeE0uYFowrR5g9kL5YbOwdlvOABYLuBHOOqYzMro0BtZNEomNzBdu_yg/w300-h400/230130zig1.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj9nEUC5e1z5E-VnnFyZPot4z_TqH-zl85LfToTAMZZ19Eed9J1Z2STc9Hkhty5W8Mv5DtzqePpi5EyfrjqWCD3j5k9REj3k6KMu2ggG53djeoV7NccXIw6qZgHrkmjrzSul_ramHozoByGTk10TOz6AcCVXoo2uX4sjgaSs_UXCUkNaiGzA/s4032/230130zig4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj9nEUC5e1z5E-VnnFyZPot4z_TqH-zl85LfToTAMZZ19Eed9J1Z2STc9Hkhty5W8Mv5DtzqePpi5EyfrjqWCD3j5k9REj3k6KMu2ggG53djeoV7NccXIw6qZgHrkmjrzSul_ramHozoByGTk10TOz6AcCVXoo2uX4sjgaSs_UXCUkNaiGzA/w300-h400/230130zig4.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We also have a couple of natural zigzags: a leaf and a crack in some bark. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPNheLM2v-lTbnYZ4gkQBkkqJ0YgkRxfO9wrA0frifpFw9WqKJZzV3aW4dTcY00TJcLwroZzbMzlD__nSa5fEg-Qsr1qn0LTvswlZVddGC8XRQikKfwHWsH1WPYP5gVzsEW_94s4rvbEXRs0sTdyPL3eCi-x-u-Kr949h5YENb3V6ANt2hRA/s4032/230130zig2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPNheLM2v-lTbnYZ4gkQBkkqJ0YgkRxfO9wrA0frifpFw9WqKJZzV3aW4dTcY00TJcLwroZzbMzlD__nSa5fEg-Qsr1qn0LTvswlZVddGC8XRQikKfwHWsH1WPYP5gVzsEW_94s4rvbEXRs0sTdyPL3eCi-x-u-Kr949h5YENb3V6ANt2hRA/w400-h300/230130zig2.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9fYLnFbsFUIwwZltXXHp7spjoi0RXIZx-2LIVzfJeKpga7l3w5fsEKZ00j880h3hccRY74n9NjQa7TEckzha5YCXwRJ-ofBwOJT9Gunk8DMr1W8lGII4pXZtgqtE5mSwBWCQvDYguK8pRJ7xrX7IlhfYVpcSf051IOAYTWKllk7gUVPDP1Q/s1816/230130zig3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1816" data-original-width="1270" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9fYLnFbsFUIwwZltXXHp7spjoi0RXIZx-2LIVzfJeKpga7l3w5fsEKZ00j880h3hccRY74n9NjQa7TEckzha5YCXwRJ-ofBwOJT9Gunk8DMr1W8lGII4pXZtgqtE5mSwBWCQvDYguK8pRJ7xrX7IlhfYVpcSf051IOAYTWKllk7gUVPDP1Q/w280-h400/230130zig3.jpeg" width="280" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I like these things that are not too clear-cut. What exactly is a zigzag? </div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />I have one more zigzag to show you tomorrow. </div></div><p></p><br /><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><br /></span></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div></div>Mary deBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15239201755151355538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14193473.post-5116670694160482112023-01-23T12:30:00.000-05:002023-01-23T12:30:27.654-05:00Some zigzags and another library<p></p>I was out the other day looking for zigzags. <div><br /></div><div>There's one way across the water, but my poor wee camera phone couldn't zoom quite enough. <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv7rEa7pnCBymN56fn5lg_EZAfaMMXoBCnYEvn2DPboASMcJ1ViDTeiBMg416dEW82qae_tiS--TpKjFAJGiePLsWCmECep4ssaxltqVR3zTPXh8l806UDaaO4kLrQz4Aq6kxhXutnq9c2-vfFfR-fxRenRxmCTaf9wb7hTAGYBJGp9SVjYA/s2034/230118zig.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1369" data-original-width="2034" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv7rEa7pnCBymN56fn5lg_EZAfaMMXoBCnYEvn2DPboASMcJ1ViDTeiBMg416dEW82qae_tiS--TpKjFAJGiePLsWCmECep4ssaxltqVR3zTPXh8l806UDaaO4kLrQz4Aq6kxhXutnq9c2-vfFfR-fxRenRxmCTaf9wb7hTAGYBJGp9SVjYA/w400-h269/230118zig.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Coming around Stanley Park, we see the zigzags of the boat houses at the yacht club. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtcrcG1tRY683W9H_i2qkqNb3yAV7s9UaK52c-yp2EedBZLszIRtl2sgnJRhWx26oe6AqSQBjGrFv-vwfOfDV--xb7Ajma0HFhqEbtCnj7Hjs88SQlFEsgBB3EtRIwTIVYyDmrvYSiT4NkyHe1j7nDuS9HVy_7l4SVMitEen08UbjnqLYvwA/s4032/230118zigs.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtcrcG1tRY683W9H_i2qkqNb3yAV7s9UaK52c-yp2EedBZLszIRtl2sgnJRhWx26oe6AqSQBjGrFv-vwfOfDV--xb7Ajma0HFhqEbtCnj7Hjs88SQlFEsgBB3EtRIwTIVYyDmrvYSiT4NkyHe1j7nDuS9HVy_7l4SVMitEen08UbjnqLYvwA/w400-h300/230118zigs.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>That's about as close as I am likely to get to the yacht club. There is a rowing club nearby which apparently has a nice bar and a dock to sit on in the summertime and watch the boats go by, so we are thinking of joining that. As my friend says, I am good at sitting and watching, perhaps with a drink in hand. </div><div><br /></div><div>More boats, more zigzags. These clearly installed to keep the riffraff out of a dock, without wrecking the view too, too much. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6MmWvVZm88QpUWVIl6jTObRQMLkwAi3c57bi4qhrACoffwXNsEz-dK0LVCN6IFT-EXmvhUzn0miB6Jr3dMVSjZYIhpAIEHGcfoqij7dPgf_aU4TXrjjPUErCD7QrdOIogDT2hHjZpjNfBL2-GE6V6PpYBbDqqMsWRWkvfXiL90xg-qq6XOQ/s4032/230118zigzag.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6MmWvVZm88QpUWVIl6jTObRQMLkwAi3c57bi4qhrACoffwXNsEz-dK0LVCN6IFT-EXmvhUzn0miB6Jr3dMVSjZYIhpAIEHGcfoqij7dPgf_aU4TXrjjPUErCD7QrdOIogDT2hHjZpjNfBL2-GE6V6PpYBbDqqMsWRWkvfXiL90xg-qq6XOQ/w400-h300/230118zigzag.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div> </div><div>Does the line of trees over there count as a fine-toothed zigzag? Or perhaps it's just an excuse to show a wild sunset picture!</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCtQazR6eF9vcA8pv8bXMJUykknUu1bj1w0hn0nXPm2OHauWbgkJG9mrgDbFpkGI5VBk9wnFB5Rc2tXq8SHb__0u2AfXuf67smPeaFVeuqn-3C-O6hPzjTu1E7ak8qKZ1FDnrQ7PvR1FhSbBgU83VBOYKROw0L3X4bVMy34jP3Bm0TPMK-Ug/s4032/230123zig.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCtQazR6eF9vcA8pv8bXMJUykknUu1bj1w0hn0nXPm2OHauWbgkJG9mrgDbFpkGI5VBk9wnFB5Rc2tXq8SHb__0u2AfXuf67smPeaFVeuqn-3C-O6hPzjTu1E7ak8qKZ1FDnrQ7PvR1FhSbBgU83VBOYKROw0L3X4bVMy34jP3Bm0TPMK-Ug/w400-h300/230123zig.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div>As well as zigzags, I have been thinking of libraries. This one was once again tacked on to another errand. I had some scarves and things to donate to the <a href="https://dewc.ca/">Downtown Eastside Women's Centre</a> and the <a href=" https://vancouver.ca/files/cov/carnegie-40-year-history-booklet.pdf">Carnegie Centre</a> is right there, so I looked in. </div><div><br /></div><div>The area is terribly rundown; there are tents all along Hastings Street and of course it is quite stinky. The women's centre was bustling and full of people. They offered me lunch, even though I like to think I don't look destitute... But when I showed them my bag, I was sent in the right direction and I gave it to someone who thanked me. It made me think I should knit plain, warm caps and mitts for next winter, though I bet someone will be happy with my extra shawls and scarves. </div><div><br /></div><div>A block up the street is the Carnegie Centre, the old main library of the city. If you click that link up above, you will get the history of the place. It was closed for a while and then reopened as a community centre, with <a href="https://www.vpl.ca/location/carnegie-branch">a small branch of the library</a>. There were security guards on the main doors, and on the main floor and in the library were a few tables with people who were likely homeless reading the paper or a magazine. I didn't linger or take pictures of the library, but one can see that the building was once rather magnificent. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQw0Q2cG40ltcR1LrZYdqVnPCWFqJTbGqHNYMHiguL4aMRE3UXp-tlu6bLbwsAii2-YWXC7uoNvhmt7go4BTcnG_dKs1DrDa5G-FeXddG9R0BTSx1kJ2Yc6HWG0FydCG4T6-rfIj_eEtJUe25dCYJ-hr9SPi9VMKDJDEBAshr-xHlbukzY9w/s4032/230118library.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQw0Q2cG40ltcR1LrZYdqVnPCWFqJTbGqHNYMHiguL4aMRE3UXp-tlu6bLbwsAii2-YWXC7uoNvhmt7go4BTcnG_dKs1DrDa5G-FeXddG9R0BTSx1kJ2Yc6HWG0FydCG4T6-rfIj_eEtJUe25dCYJ-hr9SPi9VMKDJDEBAshr-xHlbukzY9w/w300-h400/230118library.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Up this curved staircase is a window with Milton, Shakespeare and Spenser in stained glass. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRQvvQqNDnmsLBSuOENV9bmnxdr7OelWh5er85y3tgLBI3vpkdPvjnvvx6IjClCrijqSi1n_6DKC2pEbQMoNAAQCBe8XxQFizF8xd-7D0DTE67GX-fFb57UDFVdDprNDoDEZC9zeexqeJfyGfmllBcd4qApgfud95iTIUpwgk0rIU0a3_W9Q/s4032/230118shake.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRQvvQqNDnmsLBSuOENV9bmnxdr7OelWh5er85y3tgLBI3vpkdPvjnvvx6IjClCrijqSi1n_6DKC2pEbQMoNAAQCBe8XxQFizF8xd-7D0DTE67GX-fFb57UDFVdDprNDoDEZC9zeexqeJfyGfmllBcd4qApgfud95iTIUpwgk0rIU0a3_W9Q/w400-h300/230118shake.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shakespeare!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9BXhneN74dZxph48mSt8cFIedrGLDM-GERduidcPIHqhed-DAAQYIwPmErV6otzHExYCrroSJcs6c7TT_D0znDR1zyEQ4TOSEZiN-4v9AzLuvQLpoXFmk31_TZEBMyPyHpH1D-O88dJX0WyHfhD9OSCc1CXRWEe-WoKFh9IbMF5ua3I5Xlg/s4032/230118milton.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9BXhneN74dZxph48mSt8cFIedrGLDM-GERduidcPIHqhed-DAAQYIwPmErV6otzHExYCrroSJcs6c7TT_D0znDR1zyEQ4TOSEZiN-4v9AzLuvQLpoXFmk31_TZEBMyPyHpH1D-O88dJX0WyHfhD9OSCc1CXRWEe-WoKFh9IbMF5ua3I5Xlg/w300-h400/230118milton.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John Milton!<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>I am sure the library staff would have helped me if I'd had a question about the special collections, but I felt like a fish out of water in that company and wanted to flee back to the land of people who have access to running water on a regular basis. The problems of homelessness and poverty and addiction and public policy and all that are just overwhelming, and I'm afraid a bunch of knitted hats might not solve them all. </div><div><br /></div><div>As I waited for a bus a block from the library, there were no tents on that street. We were no longer in the Downtown Eastside, but in Chinatown. Restaurants and shops were open, though you could see they could lock up behind gates at night. I don't think this new city government will be great on this issue, but they are going to try to <a href="https://vancouver.ca/home-property-development/chinatown-transformation.aspx">revitalize Chinatown</a> (again). </div><div><br /></div><div>Back to my privileged life of looking at trees in the park. <br /><br /><p></p></div></div>Mary deBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15239201755151355538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14193473.post-67175285650563794812023-01-13T16:35:00.002-05:002023-01-13T16:35:57.040-05:00Is a bunch of triangles a zigzag?I'm going to call the edges of these buildings "zigzags." <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNCZmnlAsS_PSC_mfN_gPhVNATGRLFKMlY_ldvPZEPt2XqPfkPPvM_9o5gilxJe3-5qA_C3BLB3U2qzxbDWNO5Gjt2hTgQDIpP83yZtxO2b4h153OLSzpWCq2qvbCr_zA3JhJ17YLaliTXo-D0wAaBZLJZxq71b0kzEBscMJ6P9SPpz0DO5w/s2603/230113zig.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2603" data-original-width="1527" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNCZmnlAsS_PSC_mfN_gPhVNATGRLFKMlY_ldvPZEPt2XqPfkPPvM_9o5gilxJe3-5qA_C3BLB3U2qzxbDWNO5Gjt2hTgQDIpP83yZtxO2b4h153OLSzpWCq2qvbCr_zA3JhJ17YLaliTXo-D0wAaBZLJZxq71b0kzEBscMJ6P9SPpz0DO5w/w235-h400/230113zig.jpeg" width="235" /></a></div><div><br /></div>This is perhaps more of a sawtooth edge, but one could easily draw a zigzag along that edge. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSkksdqUpbkCOz0T7DvOJ4IeYtgppSHsF57WFfEcpA-U8aa3tFaawmJu8vexLODbCHUQmo4RlUvCqy3HsxguKnM6dwc84I5ltF5NBGGEzptRXIy9Uk1CEKGi_4dJ2EOo736hOCZH6UjPppaYghKXMpMK4IJyXwM7btn2WVSHNGvxs62eyeJQ/s2565/230113zag.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2565" data-original-width="1628" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSkksdqUpbkCOz0T7DvOJ4IeYtgppSHsF57WFfEcpA-U8aa3tFaawmJu8vexLODbCHUQmo4RlUvCqy3HsxguKnM6dwc84I5ltF5NBGGEzptRXIy9Uk1CEKGi_4dJ2EOo736hOCZH6UjPppaYghKXMpMK4IJyXwM7btn2WVSHNGvxs62eyeJQ/w254-h400/230113zag.jpeg" width="254" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>And that's all for today. I did make another trek to a library, so I'll write that up shortly. I've even done some cooking, and some knitting. Oh, my. I'll get right on all that!</div><div><br /></div>Mary deBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15239201755151355538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14193473.post-30205908590259721302023-01-09T09:57:00.000-05:002023-01-09T09:59:40.100-05:00Some zigzags<p></p>The photo theme of the month is Zigzags, and I found the best zigzags right off the bat!<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6e0cnPtpYL4w340t-t7f4LXiQqxYipb5a4eK_oQdt-MQFeVoP_6hWOCf4IXysC3j6P_-P8AihfeFruGKD37ocIyt3MR624F0Tr4TiuKohtaiuBJQyHf2-wlYeLZFStyOq2xe7t3hFD1Hc5jKR70BI-mIYDLB3aPwv5jxFl4HGJ4QsoDTbvg/s3024/230109zag.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6e0cnPtpYL4w340t-t7f4LXiQqxYipb5a4eK_oQdt-MQFeVoP_6hWOCf4IXysC3j6P_-P8AihfeFruGKD37ocIyt3MR624F0Tr4TiuKohtaiuBJQyHf2-wlYeLZFStyOq2xe7t3hFD1Hc5jKR70BI-mIYDLB3aPwv5jxFl4HGJ4QsoDTbvg/w400-h400/230109zag.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>These are the steps at the <a href="https://www.arthurerickson.com/government-buildings/law-courts-complex/1/caption">Vancouver courthous</a>e, designed by Arthur Erickson in 1973, and I remember these long, elegant, useful ramps being pretty exciting in those days. Ramps! </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig6WiN4fNQHJ9RQFSYXdvDZ84IPRoNtb82xhuoDQwA_OMmUXVABWy6WcsKIiCIOe3_ZMaU3U0rIttGvfn_9KSGMBeVV448DNWl9tg0j6D8yGEwPM_LuBS7oT56PiRJ4su5i_b9m8XRoLDexF4hWYKdnrVmKn6wasim3bEI3kQYXCzhSWGvXA/s4032/230109zigzag.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2144" data-original-width="4032" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig6WiN4fNQHJ9RQFSYXdvDZ84IPRoNtb82xhuoDQwA_OMmUXVABWy6WcsKIiCIOe3_ZMaU3U0rIttGvfn_9KSGMBeVV448DNWl9tg0j6D8yGEwPM_LuBS7oT56PiRJ4su5i_b9m8XRoLDexF4hWYKdnrVmKn6wasim3bEI3kQYXCzhSWGvXA/w400-h213/230109zigzag.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br />As with arches last year, there might be some issues in defining the term. Do a bunch of triangles form a zigzag? <p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXwRhZermY0oWcsagYvu3vAG5DQlgy7TZ_dTkFW9Bj9w8OBhBhjPURzPQUsXsboTr9GYKmIkjnoXfSlZh1GT2uZkCdj2I-f-kkrCzusL0eH3XOzBD3JB-ndPyR1DYFbBHBG4-xoRUikqyEsL5NVjnfSczPqqaH9QqrQRwW9nQPok96Q6KmcA/s4032/230109question.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXwRhZermY0oWcsagYvu3vAG5DQlgy7TZ_dTkFW9Bj9w8OBhBhjPURzPQUsXsboTr9GYKmIkjnoXfSlZh1GT2uZkCdj2I-f-kkrCzusL0eH3XOzBD3JB-ndPyR1DYFbBHBG4-xoRUikqyEsL5NVjnfSczPqqaH9QqrQRwW9nQPok96Q6KmcA/w400-h300/230109question.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>Not sure. More research is needed. </div>Mary deBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15239201755151355538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14193473.post-80076099903272676062023-01-04T20:11:00.002-05:002023-01-04T20:11:23.762-05:00First tick on a ticky-list for 2023<p>What is a ticky-list, you might ask. Jolly good question, answered best <a href="https://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2022/09/tickylists.html">here, by Diamond Geezer</a>. (He makes one word of it, but I'm sticking with my hyphen.) It's a special to-do list, an amusement, a spot of order in one's random world, and my ticky-list is a way of exploring parts of town I might not otherwise get to. </p><p>This year I am going to visit, in no particular order (<i>drum roll, please</i>) <a href="https://www.vpl.ca/hours-locations">every branch of the Vancouver Public Library</a>. There are 21 branches, including the one at the end of the block, the one I went to as a wee child and the different ones I frequented as a teen or student. Of course, there are several I've never been to at all. I figure the library is in a neighbourhood, easily accessible, surrounded by other stuff like shops and schools and parks. So I can get there on transit, walk around, find a coffee shop and see what is in Mount Pleasant or Marpole. I might even walk from one to another, after a gander at the map. With 21 little goals, I will start out aiming for 2 a month, and we'll see what happens. </p><p>For Christmas, I was given a gift certificate at Michael's, the giant crafting store. So today I found a library within walking distance of a Michael's and off I went. </p><p>I chose the Firehall branch, which is on 10th Avenue near Granville Street. I had not even known there was a library near here, though I have been in the shops around there often, and even recently. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUK5fE11psCmqrvDdEyYiHNir7fl-xqvHqjCJUWcBzsTh8WHeusPqe5uoId4i8VwJW3mcjrzK3BQMonhK5CWAzprSxSHJjTuIN7yGrXpSFaY9nbeh2YppydIZPL1YSu2z9wP_k_TokH2J-0a2evW9Vn-yaWfWMd7pW0nK1F-uY_iset4Kh1w/s3004/230104granvill.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="3004" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUK5fE11psCmqrvDdEyYiHNir7fl-xqvHqjCJUWcBzsTh8WHeusPqe5uoId4i8VwJW3mcjrzK3BQMonhK5CWAzprSxSHJjTuIN7yGrXpSFaY9nbeh2YppydIZPL1YSu2z9wP_k_TokH2J-0a2evW9Vn-yaWfWMd7pW0nK1F-uY_iset4Kh1w/w400-h233/230104granvill.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I crossed the street. I don't recall seeing this hand on the "push here to get a walk signal" buttons before. Kinda freaky, I say. <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ21ykC3lk5J3A9AbCgBd6ifZmTDKrNydRKld-VuBR0_mNmuOxU04DMe0DWPzDzlBaXLIv3dO1kJIRUNVtjbrZOc1KPcuvI9msoKeWYGiq46GHcd0Cfqw39iHJtO_er7AWRAf2Am8T7W7vneklw_fBMZryTpdZ8sjadE2_ag4NznFUOuqeNg/s4032/230104push.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ21ykC3lk5J3A9AbCgBd6ifZmTDKrNydRKld-VuBR0_mNmuOxU04DMe0DWPzDzlBaXLIv3dO1kJIRUNVtjbrZOc1KPcuvI9msoKeWYGiq46GHcd0Cfqw39iHJtO_er7AWRAf2Am8T7W7vneklw_fBMZryTpdZ8sjadE2_ag4NznFUOuqeNg/w300-h400/230104push.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Just half a block in, there is the firehall, and the Firehall branch of the library. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicPjpumFOvhTZHrskLilYECwOXo8aig_thaqOthqXI8fMezv04WKftnijWT7MjmsFVBxybyEny0tMDyUPN2DJjD2ZBb8kP6wI7_kZ7I65iDjG9gFIg3cxFh1Lsu8J3b9Vn7RZg5j_Uo-X6qm25bX_f0z3gvklm99-E5AlKq49M8353E826kg/s4032/230104qfirehall.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicPjpumFOvhTZHrskLilYECwOXo8aig_thaqOthqXI8fMezv04WKftnijWT7MjmsFVBxybyEny0tMDyUPN2DJjD2ZBb8kP6wI7_kZ7I65iDjG9gFIg3cxFh1Lsu8J3b9Vn7RZg5j_Uo-X6qm25bX_f0z3gvklm99-E5AlKq49M8353E826kg/w400-h300/230104qfirehall.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p>The library is upstairs, and the front door is not especially welcoming. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLaMkaaZ0QiSx_x_uSW4xSruEob0K1XzRHVfXiYkVctJZWVDGazLB79aDFdQfSFa0__nPtk2F-v57Qiv8RprqvCJpMo95_Wo0P-r9pVoaUGgGVR21H794LeTfPwyXgjrl2Zmz8IVqNrxqcDi-x_IpZaybaHkIUQReScd9oc-nYHQNeaGK-tA/s4032/230104stairs.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLaMkaaZ0QiSx_x_uSW4xSruEob0K1XzRHVfXiYkVctJZWVDGazLB79aDFdQfSFa0__nPtk2F-v57Qiv8RprqvCJpMo95_Wo0P-r9pVoaUGgGVR21H794LeTfPwyXgjrl2Zmz8IVqNrxqcDi-x_IpZaybaHkIUQReScd9oc-nYHQNeaGK-tA/w300-h400/230104stairs.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>But there were books and movies and magazines and all the good things, once I got inside. I took two books out, both local history. Luckily I can return them to any branch! </div><div><br /></div><div>One down, twenty to go! </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5AAuUc0DT8QBVsh02IpZeAIBIFpRw8GkdwdYe3394rofIBF-IeHsalRJgOCJpA4dFUZei4FZ6ylxAYmsxSlUu_HU5ZERq10k5SBfJkMvW2knK2Mapg6zUvgQIqZ_R-5dGa4x3lBsAMf9GZSkV6zE917eX4n99ZxeMFpYn012ZH1-Onx_5BA/s3088/230104selfie.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5AAuUc0DT8QBVsh02IpZeAIBIFpRw8GkdwdYe3394rofIBF-IeHsalRJgOCJpA4dFUZei4FZ6ylxAYmsxSlUu_HU5ZERq10k5SBfJkMvW2knK2Mapg6zUvgQIqZ_R-5dGa4x3lBsAMf9GZSkV6zE917eX4n99ZxeMFpYn012ZH1-Onx_5BA/w400-h300/230104selfie.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>My route then took me eastwards. I could have gone along Broadway, the main street around there, but I walked along 10th Avenue instead, looking at the variety of apartment buildings, none very tall, mostly from the 1940s to 1960s, by my amateur estimation. </div><div><br /></div><div>The big, sturdy, somewhat elegant Shaughnessy Lodge. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYriV1Raa6hwpko_PQfzyfWJsgsAxvVQwn9dmI_9TMRZ4RrphKNGR-OR8DiISEd_-iRak66FPlVcU-GtMTQ0-CjyNSJgEKZp-mPG4Tp5hltPydGGcxThgkC-5cHLV40lw1JX1u-Ia5LDs-CyCE7bCQlC0C1uR1efePUB6xhGfDsyj15oNOwQ/s4032/230104shaug.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYriV1Raa6hwpko_PQfzyfWJsgsAxvVQwn9dmI_9TMRZ4RrphKNGR-OR8DiISEd_-iRak66FPlVcU-GtMTQ0-CjyNSJgEKZp-mPG4Tp5hltPydGGcxThgkC-5cHLV40lw1JX1u-Ia5LDs-CyCE7bCQlC0C1uR1efePUB6xhGfDsyj15oNOwQ/w300-h400/230104shaug.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUWisth_MDR-8GmWM_H2qOUMlexNahOSHuQmLcSee4uwdFBHu_JjdLChNl_zwa8j3O8wwx8t419DALLVXQRsmm4CXiYm5SPHS6rnrQXZj4_OSCQJZ1sAP7i_y8QdS6nwK7dusn1W1-KYkSV1SSRRuuPZV4gntukR9CCGs9UQu8wmi8RLC1Vg/s4032/230104shau.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUWisth_MDR-8GmWM_H2qOUMlexNahOSHuQmLcSee4uwdFBHu_JjdLChNl_zwa8j3O8wwx8t419DALLVXQRsmm4CXiYm5SPHS6rnrQXZj4_OSCQJZ1sAP7i_y8QdS6nwK7dusn1W1-KYkSV1SSRRuuPZV4gntukR9CCGs9UQu8wmi8RLC1Vg/w400-h300/230104shau.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div>The little, striped, postwar building right across the street. I have lived in a couple of these in my day. They are everywhere. <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDW7hOxM3KhIKLrvrtrPJLZy9Yl3fRLlUDQ_4D2M3slsvGI6kz0wZk8x1rXgwPpmaiNNNsey4BIk8QOAsLRuIMpz2cUulntcPxPhoIA1r78iJJXtBSyIn85b5dBIlaxdhMRsol4vRPMGCfctSv3GDU4nDq6s6d1vFxkhRqt0TUlkNtuLIgkQ/s4032/230104street.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDW7hOxM3KhIKLrvrtrPJLZy9Yl3fRLlUDQ_4D2M3slsvGI6kz0wZk8x1rXgwPpmaiNNNsey4BIk8QOAsLRuIMpz2cUulntcPxPhoIA1r78iJJXtBSyIn85b5dBIlaxdhMRsol4vRPMGCfctSv3GDU4nDq6s6d1vFxkhRqt0TUlkNtuLIgkQ/w400-h300/230104street.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>This one had some great ivy, obviously, and wooden frames on the windows. I wonder what it was like inside. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPMU0TxBmynQNHsFv9RcgCsrPCro05hqeumIovOsyUTV9xLZQZuNmrLfKzkgGYV97qvgA-ROhs7Q08_I8FNsKhMbbWlCXJAFbfA6Xu_R9rKxMqGjgESHhb1hImZ47Y6C8491ei0wRuHRLxZqwA8CRzLgADKH_BukbHYaY_4aK843Fc94pvzQ/s4032/230104ivy.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPMU0TxBmynQNHsFv9RcgCsrPCro05hqeumIovOsyUTV9xLZQZuNmrLfKzkgGYV97qvgA-ROhs7Q08_I8FNsKhMbbWlCXJAFbfA6Xu_R9rKxMqGjgESHhb1hImZ47Y6C8491ei0wRuHRLxZqwA8CRzLgADKH_BukbHYaY_4aK843Fc94pvzQ/w400-h300/230104ivy.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I stopped for a coffee in a shop that sold flowers and tea (and the occasional coffee) but I didn't take any pictures and they don't seem to have a webpage. It was cute, though! </div><div><br /></div><div>Finally, I made it to Michael's. That place is overwhelming. </div><div><br /></div><div>Billions of beads. So shiny! </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsbjJts4o1Pe2ADsHStGyhRMcTzTMH78abINr8GdbfyrRGD5V6qJWHLf9___eSz-3DlLwzl_OsCEFcHb6ETxuqkd8N4g3JlL4FfkCeppk1W6Mv5Va0B6paDmSuFcjmUxYtKeaG-PG92JHS4CBWrU0ma8M0HCNjaSwAlVPlGvYh-uPezs-zfw/s4032/230104beads.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsbjJts4o1Pe2ADsHStGyhRMcTzTMH78abINr8GdbfyrRGD5V6qJWHLf9___eSz-3DlLwzl_OsCEFcHb6ETxuqkd8N4g3JlL4FfkCeppk1W6Mv5Va0B6paDmSuFcjmUxYtKeaG-PG92JHS4CBWrU0ma8M0HCNjaSwAlVPlGvYh-uPezs-zfw/w400-h300/230104beads.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Pretty coloured storage solutions! Or are they just more things I would have to find space for? <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6eBZrhQwDOScl3nfAgDvhDmaquwzitZg807gPbFTLDUlBVwzvMLUUy3pG-wR29y52ffk9gftvQw7IpNrwn5UwD0iWuCJIdKwyPTBl7_UUIIMbhN_QCKXPzvJhecDI9tggW2XmZRbXO7xdBLyFDS77SCaA6d0rfPmHRJTiSdJbhncTqCDWMQ/s4032/230104buckets.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6eBZrhQwDOScl3nfAgDvhDmaquwzitZg807gPbFTLDUlBVwzvMLUUy3pG-wR29y52ffk9gftvQw7IpNrwn5UwD0iWuCJIdKwyPTBl7_UUIIMbhN_QCKXPzvJhecDI9tggW2XmZRbXO7xdBLyFDS77SCaA6d0rfPmHRJTiSdJbhncTqCDWMQ/w300-h400/230104buckets.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I ended up with some cotton yarn. Dishcloths for all! </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimndwUFwGpGFKiPaCEZTEt2CZTTOQtxuFrgSBc2hSx_kvOULqc-YnnB7noop78GuMb59EsjyLrkn-mKwBTsH7F9KTUje3ByaauhSPW_4rT30FnujDD2xbaR6_dTwMRLD6G_NgMotm1SGPNxayDAo2bjpxKu4VapmLHS9XZRlxJ3K6uOJTGAQ/s4032/230104colours.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimndwUFwGpGFKiPaCEZTEt2CZTTOQtxuFrgSBc2hSx_kvOULqc-YnnB7noop78GuMb59EsjyLrkn-mKwBTsH7F9KTUje3ByaauhSPW_4rT30FnujDD2xbaR6_dTwMRLD6G_NgMotm1SGPNxayDAo2bjpxKu4VapmLHS9XZRlxJ3K6uOJTGAQ/w400-h300/230104colours.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>I walked almost 9000 steps, found a new library and a new coffee shop and got a stash of yarn. Off to a good start, I'd say. </div></div>Mary deBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15239201755151355538noreply@blogger.com1