Knitting, with Dogs

Iron Man (the movie)

Duuuuuuuuuuuudes..... duuuuddes...

Now THAT is how you make a superhero movie!

It's pretty kick-ass.  Go see it.

Have I mentioned my dogs are spoiled?

Bouncer with his head pillowed on my Snowflakes in Cedarwoods shawl. 

I'm about 1/3 of the way through chart J now, with only one more body chart to go.  There are approximately a gazillion sts on the needle.  And more to come.  Then the endless, endless edging.

/sigh/

The camping post (MANY pix)

So last week we went to Jekyll Island, GA with Jasper and Bouncer.  This is the second year we've taken these two dogs with us.  We left Lucky (the dog I inherited from my dad) with my sister.  (He did very well there!)

I made the pictures small cuz there's a lot of them.  Click on them to embiggen and/or go to the Flickr set.

We got to the campground and got set up Monday afternoon:

It was pretty buggy (ewww, ticks).  Thank Og for heavy-duty insect repellent.  Dear Robert actually got some pictures of me and the dogs this year.  Jasper and I both have head-tilt here.

Then, of course, we set off for the beach.  Much dog running and splashing in the surf ensued.  Bouncer's always a little behind Jasper.  At 11 1/2, he's not quite as spry as he used to be, but he really tries.

There was reading and resting.  And knitting, though nothing significant.

We saw a few other animals.  (There was also apparently a huge raccoon party about 6:00 Thursday am.  They woke us up chittering and chirping and making racket.  Amazingly, the dogs did NOT bark.)

We went walking other places beside the beach:

There was digging,

swimming,

jumping for a ball (notice Bouncer barking on the left):

and making sand angels.

Dogs got wet and sandy (and so did we):

We saw late afternoon vistas

Pawprints on the beach

And dogs who think they can drive.

It was a good trip.

 

I aten't dead

Just busy doing other things right now, like channeling Granny Weatherwax.

We leave Monday for the annual "Take the dog to the beach" trip.  Pictures when we return.

Spinnin' and grinnin'

One of the nice things about doing spinning demos over at Stone Mountain is that you get to meet and know the workers and the regular visitors.  One of the regulars that I always enjoy chatting with is Richard, who's also a good photographer.  Sometimes he sends me pictures he's taken there, like this one, where I'm almost surrounded.  You can just see the top of my head.  (Pictures used with Richard's permission.)

And other times I'm just spinnin' and grinnin'.