This Moment

Husking corn while camping!

Joining Amanda at SouleMama!

Morning::Night {August 1}

*Camping was lots of fun! The weather wasn't the best but we still enjoyed ourselves!

*I'm joining the August Break for the month. Being out in nature for 3 days away from the computer was nice. I'm going to try to do that for the month of August. And take more pictures. And really enjoy these last weeks of summer with Ree!

*So the plan is for a Morning & Night picture each day. A few words here or there (maybe). Always a weekending post as I really enjoy those as well as a This Moment post!

Weekending

This weekend was full of Olympic watching and Olympic knitting! And a whole bunch of laundry & packing too (who knew it takes almost as much stuff to just go camping during the day as if staying all week? Thank goodness we're not sleeping there or else it wouldn't all fit in the car!)

That picture of my Team USA socks was taken at the end of the Opening Ceremony. I am now almost finished with the gusset. My hands are VERY Sore! I think once this sock is finished I'll work on something that uses thicker yarn (like the Miranda Hat!) and knit the second sock after a few days of rest for the hands. They aren't used to knitting sock weight yarn this quickly!

Linking up with Amanda at The Habit of Being!

Our Garden

I'm linking up with Ginny at Small Things to share how our gardens are growing.

The first picture of the tomato is out of focus but I'm still proud! We have one tomato growing on each plant (I was just told by my husband that there are 2 on the beef steak plant). Lots of flowers are on all so I'm expecting more tomatoes soon! I thought we were having a problem with thrips but am not sure now. 

 Here's the whole bed of tomatoes, peppers and eggplant. They all are going great (I think!) There are little buds on each of the pepper plants.

 Our loan little lettuce has been joined buy a bunch more (I took these pictures Wednesday night). The carrots are really going strong. 

 Our gladiolas are growing well too. I'm still hoping we'll be planting another bunch of these

We aren't growing these per-sey as it's a huge weed of thistle in the side yard. I think it's very pretty and the goldfinches are having a field day with it. I love sitting in the driveway doing sidewalk chalk with Ree and listening to the little yellow birds sing as they eat!

This Moment

Watching Water Fire!

Linking up with Amanda at SouleMama!

Ravellenic Games

Tomorrow night is the opening ceremonies of the Olympics! We had a lot of fun watching the Olympic trials for swimming and gymnastics a few weeks ago. Ree had a blast pretending to "dive" and do jumps as we watched.  So we're pretty excited for tomorrow night!

Another reason I am excited is the opening ceremony also marks the beginning of the "Ravellenic Games" going on over at Ravelry. I'm not exactly sure which Olympic Games this began at & this is my first time participating. The idea is to cast on your knitting project during the Olympic Opening Ceremony and then cast off your project before the Closing Ceremony. Just as the Games are a challenge for the athletes participating the knitting should be a bit of a challenge as well.

While none of the things I've chosen (finally!) to knit are very challenging, I think the number of things I hope to accomplish in about 17 days is the challenge! I've finally narrowed down what I hope to do and while it may be far reaching to expect that I'll finish everything, I'm hoping for 3 out of 4.

 I came across this yarn at Joann's very big clearance sale about a month ago. I had already decided I wanted to knit a pair of socks for the Ravellenic Games and when I saw the red, white & blue sock yarn I was sold. These will be my Team USA socks. I'm planning on using the Basic Ribbed Pattern. I've knit it before and it's a simple pattern that will show off the variegated yarn well!

For my next project I plan to knit up the February Toddler Tunic for Ree. She's been telling me she wants a blue sweater.

I also plan on knitting two Miranda Hats to send along to Evelyn along with all the other's I've made. I haven't picked out yarn for those yet, but I'll just go stash diving and pick something from there!

This is a very ambitious list and I'm hoping to at least have 2 hats and a pair of socks finished by the end of the Olympics. Here's hoping that the very very hot weather doesn't come back so just the thought of knitting makes me uncomfortable!!

Yarn Along

These are weeks 7 & 8 of the Granny Square Sampler Along. Only week 9 left and then I'm all caught up. Just in time to start my Ravellenics knitting! Once I finalize my plans for that anyways. Which I should probably do in the next day or two as the Olympics start Friday!

I picked up The Ghost at the Table the other day at the library. I know I got the suggestion for a yarn alonger--I think it was Amanda but can't remember now! (Nope not from Amanda, although I've gotten quite a few great titles from her this summer! But The Ghost at the Table recommendation was from Evelyn!) It's very good and riveting!