Michigan, part 3

We didn't spend nearly enough time at the beach, it was mostly too cold. Jonah did go into the lake, it was 55 degrees F. Brrr!

Michigan, part 2

Ok, some knitting. More new yarn than anything actual knitting time. I visited several LYS's, saw my old employer and bought yarn (I have no time now to list yarn names and colors, and I have more yarn to show off, I may or may not get to that with my absence of late - I pack tomorrow for Montana and leave on Tuesday for a month out West). I knit a bit more of a baby sweater while sitting on the second story porch one cool morning while Anne slept, though she didn't sleep much on the trip since everything in her world had changed. I managed part of a sock while in the van to Ohio for an aunt's surprise 60th birthday and retirement party. That was a fun trip-within-a-trip. I have a few large plants my mother is "babysitting" for me until I can take them, the snake plant is getting huge. I got new hiking shoes. We picked mulberries and raspberries.

Michigan, part 1

I am back from Michigan, seeing my family and friends over the last 3 weeks. I did manage a little knitting (and new yarn acquisitions), so more on that next time. Along with reuniting with people dear to me I revisited places I spent much time at and hold close to me as well.

My old school is closed and empty. Jonah, my sister Mary, and I looked around the overgrown and deteriorating property and pulled some weeds. It was more of a symbolic gesture to the memory of the place than doing any real help. The large trees still stand tall by the swing sets, the Welcome sign painted at an entrance nearly faded, and a lone squirrel the only one at play.