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Mountain Weekend

I  spent the weekend with my sister in the North Georgia  mountains. We stayed in Sautee-Nacoochee at Lucille's Mountaintop Inn. It was literally on a mountaintop. The weather was really nice, and the leaves are just starting to change. We had great breakfasts and desserts in the afternoon.

We met in Dahlonega, at Magical Threads quilt/yarn shop. I thought that was a great combination, and a tuxedo kitty cat who batted at the ties on my pants. I got some Berrocco Sox yarn in purple. I didn't get any quilting stuff. We closed down the store and got out of Dahlonega right before the streets were closed for Gold Rush Days.

We went to the Georgia Literary Festival on Saturday, and went to Hofer's of Helen for dinner, along with everybody else around there  for Oktoberfest.

I got a yarn bowl, something that I did not even know I wanted until I spotted it in the Gallery Too at the Sautee Nacoochee Center

Now for some mountain pictures for my sister

This branch caught my eye, and I kept trying to capture it.

The gazebo was in a little garden below our room. The covered walkway behind it goes from the inn to the spa.

A Little Knitting and a Lot of Snow

(Warning: photo heavy.) OK, I am making up for not blogging and not posting puppy photos.  I have not worked on my 2008 Fawkes (they are in Ravelry) socks for Ravelympics, but I started Multnomah and worked on my very pink Concetta cardigan. I got to watch the entire Olympics opening ceremony because DH is at the hospital with his father in Birmingham for FIL's congestive heart failure. I hear a lot about Lasix and its effects. I checked low-sodium cookbooks and American Heart Association cookbooks out. DH says he is going stir crazy in the hospital and they need to get out soon. Anyway, Belvedere will be glad to see his Daddy. 

Multnomah in Malabrigo Caribeno (imagine there is a tilde over the n, and the e in tilde, LOL) in the snow
 
  

 
Before

After
 

 
Eating snow is the best

 
Whut?

 

 

 
Daffodils are tough

 
Only two more of the boys are around

 

 

 
the fig tree

 

 
Anyone for a swing?

Snow!

I got home a couple of hours earlier from work than usual. It took about 45 minutes to an hour. The last few miles were pretty slow, as I was two cars behind the sand truck. Belvedere, who was under shelter, attached himself to me and came inside where he has remained. I went outside and took photos, and he followed me to the front door, but stayed in the hall by the door when I went out on the front porch. He has been asleep ever since.

 
Apple trees

 

  

 
Nandina berries

  

  

 
Rosemary

 

These photos are from Jacksonville State University-some from 12th floor observation deck and some from the east balcony of the 9th floor.

 
My car is the burgundy one on the right.

 
Pelham Rd/Hwy 21

 
Martin Hall

   
Bibb Graves Hall

Foggy Morn

View from my floor. I am still seeing fog when I look out my office window.

 

  

 

Entrelac, Etc.

To make up for the lack of progress on my entrelac wrap and lack of blogging, I have lots of photos today. First, the entrelac in Plymouth Kudo yarn.

See the Knit Picks Zephyr needle points there? Neat and lightweight.

A few months ago when it was fresh, I hung this what? Deer pelvis. maybe? on the fence to keep it away from the puppy. It's still there.

I looked up at the sky over the pasture. The sky is so blue and the  light is so pretty and golden, that you would think the weather was fall-like. No, I was dripping in sweat after walkng and running up hills.

I looked down in the grass below this sky.

I also got sock yarn in the mail from a destash sale. This is Yarn Nerd 900 MHZ wool/tencel in Palm Beach colorway.

Saturday Sky with Pups

Actually, the Saturday sky photo is with daylilies. It might be years since I posted a Saturday sky photo.

Belvedere is passed out on the floor after playing Bowling with Belvedere with cracker dog Punkin. She ran around in circles, full speed, then ran full tilt into the pup's side, rolling him over with an "oof." (Cracker Dog is from James Herriot and Tricki Woo, the spoiled Pekingese.)


"Grrrroooowwwfff!!!"

He was so tired. Been digging, too. Belvedere is 11 weeks and 40.8 pounds.

Saturday Sky and Tomatoes

I spotted this view from the 12th floor west windows of the Houston Cole Library last Sunday. My first thought was, "Man, I wish I had my camera." Wait, then I remembered my cell phone was in my pocket.

Today, I have done a little bit on the entrelac scarf I started long ago. It still looks pretty much the same. So instead of knitting, a photo essay on tomatoes. I picked tomatoes and made two batches of tomato sauce that came out kinda orange. I wonder why. LOL.

Tangerine Mama plum tomatoes

Sungold and Yellow Pear

A heavy little basket of basil and tomatoes. Cookie stays away from basil, guess it repels puppies as well as Japanese beetles.

There are red Romas. The green is a basil leaf.

A photo of bruschetta in the new Herb Companion magazine led to breaking out the bread machine and making dough for these. I never got to the bruschetta, just ate hot bread. I pigged out on whole wheat angelhair pasta with pesto and tomatoes.

Saturday Sky on Sunday

I did not get this shot on Saturday, because I did not move the car, and did not want to drive to the road where resided the patch of Queen Anne's Lace. I went by it today on my way to get puppy food, which everybody vastly prefers to the ordinary dog food.

Yarn and Blue Skies

The sky was very blue and the weather was gorgeous, and there were no tornadoes yesterday. DH planted the tomatoes in the garden. We still have to finish putting newspaper around them and mulching them.

I found the dogwood tree. It is so small, it gets lost in the plum trees.

The mail brought Cotlin from Knit Picks, 70% cotton and 30% linen in color linen (beige to me.) . I plan to use it for the new topdown version of  Eyelet Cardi. I wore my turquoise bottom up one Friday. I got the pattern again from Chicknits as soon as I found out it was now topdown, as I had so much trouble with the yoke. . Must. Not. Start. Yet!

Here are this week's strays. The bulldog is very sweet. I have not been able to pet the terrier because the bulldog licks my hand when I get it low enough. Anyone want a bulldog or terrier? They both have collars, and have been around for a week.

Snowy Sky

More sky photos. I had the chance to see snow from the 12th floor of the Houston Cole Library at Jacksonville State University. I took these as I was going from floor to floor opening the library.  With weather like this, only the circulation supervisor and I were there. And she  lives a little further away than I do. All the student workers were sick or playing in the snow, maybe.  All these photos were taken around the same time. Weather seems to vary on each side of the library.

West side 12th floor

East side 12th floor

South side, 12th floor

West side a few minutes later, 2nd floor I think.

Before I left, I took some photos while avoiding wet, dirty pups.

Snow on our fence

The most snow accumulation I could find was on my Accord