I'm back from my vacation in The Adirondack Mountains. I miss the lakes and streams, the water and lush green of the trees. I stayed in a small cottage with my 87 year old Dad. Sleeping in the same bed since I was eleven. Up above through the trees is the "bunkhouse" where the rest of my brother's family and my kids were. I got washcloths done when I was gone and gave them to my hosts. I also read a lot and I read "The President Is Missing" by Bill Clinton and James Patterson which was the perfect vacation read. Riveting, interesting, believable and lots of fun! A book scarfed up at the airport on the way that lasted until just as I got home.
When I got home I grabbed a shawl I started a few years ago and that gave me a satisfying head start. The Antarktis Shawl I am calling the Blues Antarktis and is made from Knit Picks Hawthorne Fingering Multi in Goose Hallow.
I came home to two Book of The Month books because it was my birthday month. One book by Katherine Center "Things You Save in a Fire" is amazing. Last year I read her book "How To Walk Away" and loved that. The writer has a unique voice. It's descriptive, sensitive, always first person and funny, even in not so funny circumstances. This time the circumstances are not as dire as the first book which deals with the recovery of a burn victim. This time our heroine is a firefighter forced into working a firehouse in the NorthEast filled with guys who are not sure they want to work with a "girl" and she is constantly having to prove herself. Meanwhile trying not to fall for the handsome new guy, because that is just not done, especially since she's a newbie "girl" in a guys world. That she had won an award for top Fireman previously in Austin, TX and can outdo all the other guys physically barely registers in this misogynist environment. My only regret is I'm reading it too fast and I wish it was thicker. A definite winner!
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Oh, my! Your photos are so beautiful! And, I LOVE your yarn in your new Antarktis!
ReplyDeleteI've had Antarktis in my "to knit" list for a while, yours is so pretty! I'm adding Katherine Center to my "to read" list!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos. Your vacation sounds lovely. I have knit Antarktis and enjoyed it. I do wish mine was bigger. I can't remember if my skein was a little less than the pattern called for and so required knitting the pattern a little smaller or if I knit the pattern as written.
ReplyDeleteLove your newest blue shawl.Thanks for the tips for summer reading. I'll just pretend I'm reading in the Adirondacks!
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