Day 223 of 2026

I was not able to attend Flock Fiber Festival this year

 as it was too close to our San Diego trip. 

It would have involved a one day layover at home 

before flying back to the other side of the country.

M agreed to be my personal shopper 

and grab some things I had my eye on 

and to pick what she thought I would like

 when there were options.

 My happy mail arrived today 

and I am very happy with my haul. 

M is a great personal shopper.

 

Day 222 of 2026

What is summer without baseball? 

It was really hot but fun, and as the song goes, 

we did root, root, root for the home team, and they did win. 

It was a good day.

 

Day 221 of 2026

A day at the museum.

 

Day 220 of 2026

I need to make the shape at the top

 out of yarn but much smaller. 

Here's how I'm going to do it. 

I have traced the original (too large) shape. 

Per my calculations,

 my new shape needs to be 40% of the original size. 

I have calculated what the vertical 

and horizontal measurements should be in inches. 

I wrote that down on the original paper. 

Since my original size is bigger than one sheet of paper,

 I marked a cutting line and added diamond marks to line up later. 

I cut my original in half and made copies of both halves at 40%. 

Out popped my tiny copies which I will tape together 

using the diamonds for matching up. 

I will use my now reduced hand written dimensions

 to check for accuracy. 

All that is left to do is make my little yarn piece 

using the tiny pattern to check the shape and size as I go. 

Expect progress pictures.

 

Day 219 of 2026

We had a visitor in the yard this afternoon. 

He was camouflaged quite well.

(zoom in if you can't see him) 

He was definitely looking for some lunch. 

I have completed filling in the photos 

from my time away on days 204-210.

Go take a look.

 

Day 218 of 2026

The squishy puzzle floor is going to be a great addition

 to our baby play space.

 

Day 217 of 2026

GB#6 in the yard discovering a leaf.