Looks a lot like day 2, actually.
One: the fleece
Two: the combed wool
Three: today's yarn. Not quite a full bobbin, so probably just under 600 yards.
It's getting chilly here. I got a picture of Jasper curled up on the coverlet. Yes, we have dog hair everywhere.
And Dear Robert sneaked a picture of Bouncer curled up next to me. Geeks will note the Star Trek mug beside the bed, and my old Palm Zire that I read ebooks on at night. I had to crop out the chaos that is my bedside table.
Dear Robert had a couple of days off last week, so we thought we'd see if we could find a cabin in N. GA near a lake for one last holiday before the Holidays start. I didn't have any particular destination in mind, so I just went googling for dog-friendly cabins. I stuck a pin in the screen (not literally, of course), and picked Mountain Paws Cabin Rentals up near Blue Ridge, and off we went, determined to enjoy ourselves even though the forecast called for rain.
The directions to the site were excellent, and we arrived and got set up in the cabin with no problems. The dogs were excited by the woods and the smells and the chance to run off-leash.
Here's our cabin -- Reel 'Em Inn. Srsly. But it was cute and cozy. Keep in mind the days were gray, so the pictures came out dark most of the time.
It was nice and private. We keep the house at home pretty chilly, but we decided we'd stay warm in the cabin. They had a gas log fireplace with a remote start -- brilliant. Also cable and wireless. That's nice to have in a cabin in the woods for an internet addict like me. And the little building off to the right houses a hot tub.
In spite of the weather, we got to walk in the woods (actually we mostly walked on the road through the woods).
Laser-eyed dogs in the woods. They did LOTS of running around. On one walk, a squirrel fell out of a tree and almost hit Jasper. Squirrel was fine, jumped up and raced to the next tree, just ahead of Jasper, who was as startled as Robert and I were.
Here are my guys. Note the tongues hanging out. Tired dogs are happy dogs.
There was a little lake associated with the cabin. Since Jasper might as well be an Australian Water Shepherd, he spent a good bit of time swimming in that cold water.
Bouncer doesn't really like to swim, but he does like to follow Jasper, and the lake bottom drops away pretty quickly. So Bouncer swam some too.
There was also diving after a frisbee. It was almost a Hoverdog moment.
And there was a canoe available with the cabin, so I got to realize a long-wanted dream: to paddle in a canoe with a dog. 
It had to be Jasper that went, because Bouncer hates it when the ground moves under his feet. Here we are, about to push off.
I started out with him close to me so I could grab him if I needed to. Jasper looks a little alarmed by the sight of water all around him.
Later, I got a little more confident and let him step over the brace and turn around.
Jasper did really well. He was a little uncertain, but part of that may have been that Dear Robert and Bouncer were walking along the bank, and he hates to miss out on what Robert's doing. (Robert, btw, was filming us, hoping to catch an "America's Funniest Videos" moment if Jasper decided to jump out of the canoe. Ha. Haha.)
So we had a great time in spite of the weather. On Friday we packed up the dogs*
and headed home, vowing to return again to our little playground in the woods.
I'd highly recommend Mountain Paws Cabin Rentals. We thought they were very organized and professional. Our cabin was clean and well-supplied. It was quiet and peaceful, and when it was too dark and rainy to go out, we sat by the fire and watched dvd's/tv (and I knitted.)
*Note: no dogs were actually packed in the trunck.
On Saturday Jun 12, we leashed up the dogs and headed out to the Dog Days of Duluth celebration. You know those cities that have decorated cows and mermaids and stuff, where they parcel out the figurines to artists and the artists decorate them? It was kinda like that. Though honestly, the dog figures were kinda small and hard to find. I don't even think we saw all of them. There were also dog-related businesses and rescue groups set up on the green. (Lots of freebies and samples!)
Some of the dog sculptures we saw looked like these:
or this (that's a butterfly on his nose):
Or this (Bouncer got in the picture):
Or this:
Surprisingly, Jasper didn't try to steal the tennis ball. :)
It was a hot, sunny day. Jasper kept heading for shade and flopping down. We thought he might like to get wet in the fountain, but her really wasn't interested:
Dear Robert and I laughed while we thought about our Sasha. When she got hot, she'd flop down in ANY available water to cool her belly. Whether we wanted her to or not.
This was my favorite dog sculpture. Those are 1's and 0's all over it. Its title is "Computer Lab." :D
That's my elbow, but I looked so hag-like I cropped the rest of myself out.
Knitting new -- a FO!
No, not a serious moth attack, just a bunch of holes on purpose. It's the Full of Holes Triangle Shawl (Ravelry link) from Etsy seller Yummy Yarn. (She's not showing the pattern in her shop right now, but I'm sure a quick email could get you a copy.)
I probably over-blocked a little (I'm an aggressive blocker), but I still like the way it came out. And it's a GREAT pattern for variegated yarns. I used 1 skein plus a little bit of another of Cherry Tree Hill sock yarn.
Obligatory bathroom mirror shot:
Tour de Fleece report: I'm still spinning cotton. I got Eileen Hallmans' video and her tips on getting the charkha set up were worth the price of the dvd by themselves. My creaky old Indian charkha is now purring along much more happily. I ordered directly from Eileen via email, and I think the dvd was in my mailbox before the money was out of my Paypal account. She's that fast. :)
I'll leave you with a last shot of Dear Robert and the dogs before I go off to do battle with laundry and housework.
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/
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.
Out of the snowflakes (mostly) and into the trees.
Snowflakes in Cedarwoods. Chart F completed, and 10 rows into chart G. Over 700 sts on the needles. Yeah, it's a lot of sts, but there'll be lots more before it's done. :) It's an easy knit, though. I did switch to my ludicrously long Addi Lace Turbo needle, and that helped immensely, mostly because it's pointier. I'm not fighting those k2togs and ssks anymore.
And though I can't match ESC with her pictures of stuff on Sadie, we do occasionally put Stuff on Jasper.
Bouncer is bemused. Or maybe disgusted. Or just thinking about something else. :)
Snowflakes on Cedarwoods, Chart B plus a couple of rows of chart C, finished Saturday night:
And a gratuitous Jasper headshot:
I was watching Tarzan on TCM this afternoon. Jasper was watching all the motion on the screen and doing his cute head tilt at Tarzan's yell and Jane's screams and the apes' screeches. He was as entertaining as the movie.
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