Contest #2 - Final Question - Commonalities

Go visit some blogs for people who are participating in this swap. Find THREE people that you have something in common with - BESIDES the fact that you knit ;) Make a post linking to those 3 blogs, and tell what it is you have in common with the person on that blog!

Laurie C. and I would both say that we are shy, reserved and quiet when we first meet people, but love to speak in front of a group. Just ask my co-workers (poor things!).

Like Shawnee H., I never sneeze just once... Shawnee sneezes in threes. I'm usually a triple sneezer but sometimes more. Never less. And I sound like a cat when I sneeze!

Diamonds or pearls? Channon M. and I are both going to say "Pearls, please..." Although I'll never say "No, thank you" to either!

In reading through the blogs, I found that I have lots of things in common with lots of people. What's interesting about it is that often what we have in common, only I know about because I haven't posted about it, if you're still following me... I've added a few more bookmarks to my "blogs" list.

The First Blooms of Spring

I've had these done for a while, but just haven't gotten arround to getting a decent photo of them. My Lilac socks in the lilac bushes... The bushes haven't quite bloomed yet, but they will soon and then it will smell heavenly for a few days.
And another finished object. These are the Dresser Scarf socks from Interweave Knits a few years ago. Sorry - I don't have the issue, I borrowed it from the library and forget to make a note of the date... They are made out of Cascade Fixation. It was the first time that I had used it and I really liked how it knit. The socks were fun, but a bit of a challenge in that the cuff is knit flat and grafted, and not just simple grafting but garter stitch grafting. It was definitely alone in a room without any television, radio or conversation.

And finally, Mr. Me's very basic 2 X 2 rib work socks.

There are a few more FOs around here that I need to photograph, including the red mohair shawl - yay!

The View From Here

And now for some follow up photos. First - my parlour, and yes, Anne, it is very Victorian. But then that's the house overall. It was started in 1872, with the first addition in 1873 and the second and final around the turn of the last century. The couple in the photo above the chair were the recipients of the original land grant. This is the chair that I like to knit in.

And this is the view from my porch swing... I took it this morning. As you can tell, we're a little bit overcast today, but it is going to be VERY warm today - around 28 degrees Celcius here. On a hot summer day, it is a fabulous place to sit and knit, just watching the world and the boats go by.

My little piece of heaven...

Next Question, Please, Spring Felted Bag Mistresses

Where's your favorite place to knit or crochet? Describe (or show!) us where you sit and how you most enjoy your craft!

Honestly - pretty well anywhere... However, my two most likely knitting places are in the right hand corner of the couch - it's where the light is best and there is a table for my tea or coffee or wine (yeah, I drink and knit, wanna make something of it?) or in the "parlour" - no I'm not joking. I live in a very old house and we have a real honest to goodness parlour suitable for entertaining the preacher or the school teacher. The couch is in the living room and I often watch television as I knit. If the kids are watching something that I don't want to watch, then it is the parlour and some music for me.
During the summer, it is also very enjoyable to be able to sit on the porch swing and watch the world go by on the river. It's sort of lazy and decadent, but then that is half the fun, isn't it?
I have also been known to knit in meetings, although only internal ones. I think that it might freak some of my clients out just a bit too much...

I would post some pictures of my knitting spots, but sadly I am away on business right now and don't have access to my photos... I'll try and post a river view from my front porch once I'm home.

Seven Random Things

I'm kind of excited - this is the first time that I've been tagged! Nancy over at Days Go By tagged me. (Thanks Nancy!) So - here goes, "7 Random Things About Miss Me":

1. Thursday is my least favourite day of the week. I don't know why, but I always expect bad things to happen on Thursdays. I know that it isn't rational, but it's just the way that it is.

2. I despise raw mushrooms. You might as well just eat dirt.

3. If my toenails aren't painted when I'm wearing open toed shoes, I might just as well be naked because that is how I feel.

4. I can touch the end of my nose with my tongue.

5. My birthday is July 4th. That's as close to being an American as I'm going to get, I guess. Interestingly enough, my older sister's birthday is February 22nd, Washington's birthday.

6. I can speak French! Yeah - I'm still milking this one because I'm pretty proud of it.

7. Mr. Me is my second husband - and the LAST one! That's not because of the "'til death do us part" thing (any of you who know me know that we've had more than our share of challenges), but because I am counting on my friends to take me out back and shoot me if for any reason I ever think of it again!

And now it's my turn to tag people...
Let's start with The rules:

List 7 random things about yourself. Then, go and tag 7 other bloggers by making a comment on their Blog.Link them to your blog to get the rules.

And I'm tagging:

Alison
Canknitian
Crafty Canadian
Des aiguilles et du fil
Lesley
Scappyhappy
Stephanie Cake

Clearly, no one has to play, but please do if you have a few minutes!

Asparagus

I went for lunch yesterday with my French class. Our teacher (with a little help from her husband) made us a truly lovely meal. The bar has been raised! One of the vegetables with our lunch was asparagus - yum! I LOVE asparagus!!! For me, asparagus is definitely a "Spring Thing". Easter dinner is often ham with asparagus, and you know - the other stuff, the "fillers". I'm not quite sure where it was that we had run into asparagus before, I think that it was probably at a Lunch Causerie (Lunch'n'Learn) at work. The first time, I had had a brief conversation with a couple of my classmates about the effect that asparagus has on the odor of your... uhm... well... pee... They had absolutely no idea what I was talking about. When son the younger was still in diapers, I used to warn the daycare ladies that he had eaten asparagus for dinner since the already funky diapers would be more so that day after.
Encountering asparagus yet again, I raised this rather interesting phenomenom again. I was still met with blank stares... In an effort to confirm my "Super Geek" status, I came home and did a little searching on the net and found this for them. My quest to educate the masses on the oddities of nature continues...

Spring? Pardon?

It's the "May 2-4" weekend already! I've always thought of the May long weekend as the unofficial start of Summer, but the weather this year has put that seriously into question. On the bright side, the weather forecasters were wrong (I was shocked) about the amount of snow that we received yesterday, but it did snow. Snow in May... That is really kind of depressing. Hopefully the plants that I put in the garden last weekend have survived - hostas and daylilies. I tend to kill most plants so I look for things like "Hardy" on the labels now. I kept trying to convince Mr. Me that we should wait until after the long weekend at least, although the new moon in early June would really be better, but he was insistent that we wouldn't get another frost... WRONG!
Remember the Falling in Love socks? They finally told me who they wanted to belong to! They had been hanging out in The Magic Bag in my "sewing room", along with the other homeless FOs, while I waited for them patiently to tell me where they wanted to go. They met their new owner today and everyone seems to be happy. I truly enjoy giving gifts, but most especially when the gifts are unexpected by the recipients.
I do have some *new* FOs that I should post photos of, but unless the weather brightens up a bit, that may have to wait... And since there are FOs and the Canadian $ is strong, I did a little stash enhancement, but shhhh, Mr. Me just doesn't need to know. Cherry Tree Hill Supersock Solid and some Panda Cotton for my Sockapalooza 4 downstream pal. Yummy!
On the needles tonight are the Camelot socks. I may get the first one done this weekend after 3 years as a WIP - egads!