Smatterings

  • when Tuesday feels like Monday

    When I went to check out this site, I got this message….


    While trying to retrieve the URL:
    http://nonaknits.typepad.com/


    The following error was encountered:


    • Zero Sized Reply


    Squid did not receive any data for this request.

    Your cache administrator is root.

    OK!  anyone want to EXPLAIN that message??  a ‘ZERO SIZED’ reply??  an administrator named "root’…  sometimes technology is just slap yourself upside the head weird. 

    The sleeves of the Ribby cardi continue.  That easy looking Locker Hooking DOES have a learning curve if you want it to look nice and even (the way they made it look at the MDSW) and I have at least another skein of the wool / mohair ready to ply.  The bugs are worse than ever, we had loads of rain (when I went to edge a flower bed, the edging flooded with 3" of water) so I’m a little more than reluctant to leave the house without body armor and relief is NOT in sight.  The satelitte must have fried during one of the electrical storms Sunday / Monday (thank goodness the season is over and we are into reruns).  Ah yes, and I did figure out why the fridge was out and got it back on!  And all that while some of you were running around at Cummington or otherwise having a wonderful fibery weekend.  Change is needed good.
    I’m off to town today, the one with the BIG box stores, and the totally great Japanese restaurant for lunch. 

    6 responses to “when Tuesday feels like Monday”

    1. We took your name in vain at Cummington. I stopped by the Merlin Tree booth. You should have seen the look that crossed his face when I mentioned I had read about the Hitchhiker in your blog. He went on and on about what he had sold as a result.
      I’m trying to get a window to plant annuals and perennials in something other than mud. The skeeters in MA are getting to be thick and hungry, also. Time for the mesh (bugly) bug shirt.

    2. Have a great day in B-Town and the big box stores!

    3. su

      Hey, Judy, sounds like you’ve got politicians in your computer!! That’s one of the languages they resort to when in the mood to mess with ya. Buggy and blah here in RI as well but I don’t think it’s to the degree you’re getting. We’ll miss you tonight at knit-in. su RIhandspun.blogspot.com

    4. Maybe it’s temporary insanity?

    5. I’m not sure what a zero sized reply is…but I’m pretty sure you won’t be hearing from them too often. What with the size being zero.

    6. I think it’s because most computer programmer types have done too much acid back in the day, so they wind up calling their servers things like “squid.” The whole thing sounds rather questionable. I hope it fixes itself. 🙂

  • more May

    This picture is for Anne, because she asked.. 

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    The sun did come out briefly, more than once, over the past couple days.  It’s raining again this morning.  Perfect weather for ducks and more breeding bugs. 

    This little fellow  (he hasn’t been named as he’s up for adoption, tho’ knowing his Grandma, that could change.. she has a way with keeping anything soft and loveable around) is 100% Jacob.  He’s less than a day old and very spunky. 

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    3 responses to “more May”

    1. Oh Judy……my favorite breed of sheep!!!! The baby is so cute.I’ll have to save this pic for my pic library.

    2. Oh my GOSH! He’s adorable. ADORABLE!
      What’s that yellow-flowering stuff?

    3. Oh, oh, oh. The yellows and greens just take my breath away. Thank you for thinking of me – We have some weedy mustard plants, but nothing even close to the lushness of cowslips. A weed by any other name would be as sweet?

  • promised pics

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    She swears that the father never crossed the fence, maybe in the dark of night, Kathy??

    P1010215  only a couple months old

    P1010216  almost ready to travel..

    6 responses to “promised pics”

    1. Ohhh, glimpses into other lives… how I wish I could hold the babies too… and what a cool picture of the workshop.

    2. Such sweet little darlings and immaculately conceived, too! And all those beautiful wheels…off to new homes.

    3. Awwwwwwwwwwww! and the wheels, too!

    4. Angels!
      Is this your home?

    5. What a great pic of you and Chris and,of course, the babies.

    6. Maybe the father sheep is just an outstanding contortionist? Either way, they sure are cute!

Our lives are dyed the colors of our imagination.” ~ Marcus Aurelius

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