OK Miss Fee....you have shamed into posting

...when your friends call it to public attention that you have been neglecting your blog, it's time to post. I've been knitting baby afghans like crazy (stop it ladies! I can't keep up!), making a recycled sari silk bag for myself :), starting a hat for Sonja's fiancee (Oh! Didn't I tell you that Sonja is engaged?!?!?) I have a pair of socks on the needles that have BEEN on the needles since last summer, and a ladder yarn scarf that I'm bored with, and Autumn pulled half of it off, and it's tangled and the ferret ran off with the skein and I just don't want to finish it.

Ok Fee? Is that good enough???

Pictures to follow...

Where has Barb been?

Barb has been sucked into a black hole called, "Genealogy". For those of you who don't know, I've been researching my family tree since July 1. I have over 1,000 people in it to date, with more climbing up the branches every day. I've run into a few mysteries, including these unidentified photos from the album of my grandparents, Kenneth and Katherine Link (Schoenrock) Gee. If you click on a picture during the slide show, it will take you to a larger version of the photo. Leave me a message if you spot anyone you know!


Unknown Photos from Gee Album

In Loving Memory of Dee Harten

Gnorman

Another pattern that is virtually impossible to find in the United States (well, impossible if you want to pay less than $50 for it) is the Alan Dart "Yuletide Gnomes" pattern. After whining about it for quite some time, my very dear friend, Sue from across the pond shipped it over for me. She put a surprise in the package, beard yarn!!! So...after finishing up all of my WIP's (you know the rule), the Gnome was begun. Many names were tossed around for him, but Sonja won with "Gnorman".

The baby afghan is finished

This blanket was a joy to knit. The pattern was easy and the edging not fussy at all. You can find the pattern here in case you missed it when I posted it earlier: Grandma's Afghan

Sonja goes to the prom...

...for the last time. My babies are all grown up now.


Prom 2007

...and the white flag is raised

Look who came back last night

Mr. Bear apparantly has a taste for sugar water. It's hard to see in this picture, but he broke off the pole at ground level. At this point, I think I declare defeat. I will look for options to hang the feeders from the neighbors tree, but it is in pretty sad shape, and the limbs are quite high off the ground. He didn't come in the back yard this time, but there were lights on...maybe that deterred him. I am wondering if a motion detector light will keep him away from the patio. Anywho, I hope they catch him soon, I miss my birds!!