How to Get a Carpenter...

Look what came for Wee One last week:

A veggie crate from Mandi (thank you Mandi they are too cute and we love them) and...

...A print for his room by James Browne, who I have been trying to find for months after losing his business card and not remembering his name except it started with a J. Check out his site, he has lots of beautiful artwork. He included a story with the picture and signed it for Wee One, how sweet of him! Nature Boy is making a nice rustic wooden frame for it.

So last night, as I came to bed, Nature Boy asked what scent I had on. Told him it was my Kiss My Face Peaceful Patchouli moisturizer. Turns out he thinks it smells like wood, kinda like cedar and would be the smell of "an old store out west." Some gals might not take this the right way, but it was actually the highest compliment one could get from Nature Boy. So if anyone out there wants to get them a carpenter, slather on some patchouli and say, gee, I wish someone could make me a frame for my awesome tree print...

Started a new project for you-know-who:

It's Laurie's own Cotton Sox pattern--so far so good, just very slow going cause I can't work on it in the evenings or on weekends when you-know-who is at Knitsburgh! THANKS LAURIE for the pattern, I think they will be just what you-know-who would want!

I'm still working on the kimono sweater too. I finished the body and started a sleeve, which the pattern wants me to knit the sleeves back and forth, then seam them. Not me, I rebelled and refuse to seam something I really don't have to. So you can see I'm working the sleeves in the round. A girl's gotta put her foot down and revolt for something she really believes in every now and then.

So I'm a vegan and I have many thoughts on animals and their humane treatment. We took the Wee One to the zoo with his aunt this weekend. I feel so bad for the animals there, it made me sad on one hand but it's so cool to see something you would never normally get the chance to see so closely, unless you live in Africa next to a game preserve or something. We did decide to pay a donation to have our picture taken with one of the elephants, which went to helping elephants in the wild. I hope the elephant Victoria somehow knew that by standing there and taking pictures with loud, obnoxious people she was doing good for the 'phants back home. I also have to say that elelphant eyelashes up close are amazing! Nature Boy said for a brief moment her trunk wrapped around his leg too.