may to august part 2: june

this june was crazy. of course it started out in san francisco with the family, then i flew straight to missouri for conference. good time with some good old friends. i hung out with my old roommate rebekah and her cousin dane, had dinner with my best friend from high school at 40 sardines where her boyfriend was singing that night, went bow shopping with chad (oh, how fun.....) and basically wore myself out even more than i was when i arrived. you know when you are just getting to know someone and you stay up all night talking about everything you can think of? well, there were a few nights of that. and then of course when you know someone almost as well as you know yourself but have to stay up all night anyway because you haven't seen eachother in a while? there was also some of that. in any case, it was fun and really worth the trip...a cause for a little soul searching, but that is ok as well, i suppose.
when i got home, i set to work on this great button hole bag from mason dixon knitting. i really love the way that it turned out. here are pictures of it before felting and then after the first felt. i haven't taken photos of the finished product, but i will have to do that soon.

may to august - part 1

ok, today i will attempt to catch up from three months of neglectful blogging. the summer has been slightly busier than i planned and i have not had a spare moment to even think about posting. we’ll see how this goes.

for memorial day weekend we went to san francisco to spend some time with my aunt and uncle who live in castro valley. mom and dad went to a conference in san francisco and i set out to check out a few different grad programs in the area. i thought that I would be going alone, but uncle dan and aunt Kathy decided to go with me….so we spent a few eventful days wandering the streets of san francisco, looking at plenty of modern art exhibits and eating bowl after bowl of that great west coast clam chowder. all of this was made even more amusing because my uncle dan just detests the city!
we also found our way to Berkeley one day, roved up and down telegraph ave. (from bookstore to bookstore) and through many thrift/antique stores on the way home (u. dan & a. Kathy are antique dealers). we also went to the best cemetery ever in oakland! it started me thinking about a new book of photography i want to put together…ah, well, someday.
when mom and dad were done with their conference, we all went out and visited some of the more touristy spots that we had never been to on previous trips, like the golden gate bridge and the conservatory of flowers to see the big, stinky corpse flower that was about to bloom. we also headed up north of the city to muir woods. one of the nicest forests i have ever been in.

uggh!

some days i hate computers! i had this nice, long post all ready to go, complete with photos, and safari shut down! dangit....

finally back in town

well, here i am, finally back in town and ready to be home for awhile. while tomorrow there may be a much more lengthy post on my runnings-around from the past month, for tonight I am going to at least post the track listing for the cd's i made for piddleloop.com's cd swap (which were due mailed on saturday...i will get them in the mail tomorrow). I decided to do a mountain music cd in honor of all the music festivals i travel to in the summer throughout the rocky mountains. a rather odd mix, with a lot of familiar songs, but still quite a bit of fun. :)