Blog entries - July 2011 http://inapeanutshell.com Thu, 16 Apr 2026 06:47:56 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://inapeanutshell.com/archive/a-week-in-our-life-2011-friday.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/friday_01.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/friday_02.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/friday_03.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/friday_04.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/i... Shelley Sun, 31 Jul 2011 02:15:44 +0100 Record Keeping http://inapeanutshell.com/archive/a-week-in-our-life-2011-thursday.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/thursday_01.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/thursday_03.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/thursday_04.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/thursday_05.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshe... Shelley Sat, 30 Jul 2011 09:46:56 +0100 Record Keeping http://inapeanutshell.com/archive/a-week-in-our-life-2011-wednesday.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/wednesday_01.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/wednesday_02.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/wednesday_03.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/wednesday_04.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanu... Shelley Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:19:59 +0100 Record Keeping http://inapeanutshell.com/archive/a-week-in-our-life-2011-tuesday.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/tuesday_01.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/tuesday_02.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/tuesday_03.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/tuesday_04.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.c... Shelley Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:02:09 +0100 Record Keeping http://inapeanutshell.com/archive/a-week-in-our-life-2011-monday.html <p>After a lot of debate I decided to take part in Ali's Week in the Life project. This week is all about documenting: taking pictures and jotting down thoughts and notes. I thought I would post a few of each for every day this week (Monday through Sunday) as a quick way of recording the project. Next week the idea is to put everything you've collected together somehow. I haven't decided yet how I will do that part. I'm leaning towards making a photobook with the templates Ali has made up but mi... Shelley Wed, 27 Jul 2011 10:01:49 +0100 Record Keeping http://inapeanutshell.com/archive/yarn-and-some-thoughts-on-spinning.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/yarnforJane2.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p>I spun some yarn the other day. It's a birthday present for my sister from three years ago. I thought maybe I should get it finished and delivered. I made up one skein for her in 2008 but that was about three days before we got Abby and spinning went on hold until we got through puppy-hood. This is fun stuff to spin. It's Blue Faced Leicester (I think) with little bits of yarn from an... Shelley Mon, 25 Jul 2011 07:56:21 +0100 Spin http://inapeanutshell.com/archive/random-image-19.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/jurassic_park_1.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p>Reason enough to always carry a camera.</p> Shelley Tue, 19 Jul 2011 08:15:04 +0100 Random Image http://inapeanutshell.com/archive/harvest-dew.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/harvest_dew_2.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p>Pattern: Harvest Dew by Rose Hiver<br />Yarn: Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks that Rock Lightweight in "Chickabidy"<br />Size: small (60 stitches around)<br />Yardage: say 80% of the skein<br />Needles: 2.00 mm Knit Picks Harmony</p><br/><p style="text-align: center;">---</p><br/><p>Yay! Done!<br /><br />A bit late for the knit-along deadline but that's okay. These socks came out really well once... Shelley Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:18:44 +0100 Socks Knitting Knit-a-long http://inapeanutshell.com/archive/light-hunting.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/light_hunting_1_7.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p>About the middle of June I signed up for Vivian McMaster's e-crouse Light Hunters and every day since the first of July I've received an email prompting me to think about light. Technically this is a photography course but Vivian frequently reminds us to stop, put down the camera, and just look. As I was walking around today I found myself classifying the light as I was seeing it... Shelley Tue, 12 Jul 2011 10:31:20 +0100 Photography http://inapeanutshell.com/archive/do-over.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/do_over_1.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p>I frogged out the foot of my sock yesterday and started reknitting. Fortunately I'm still enjoying both the yarn and the pattern and it's going pretty quickly. I thought the elongated stitches looked kind of funny as I was frogging. I'm a little over half way through the chart for the point on the foot and there are only a few rounds between the end of the point and the beginning of the ... Shelley Fri, 08 Jul 2011 10:13:25 +0100 Socks Knitting http://inapeanutshell.com/archive/cream-tea.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/cream_tea_1.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p>Rob had to work through lunch yesterday so I came home by myself to let Abby out. Since I was on my own I decided to use up some leftovers from tea on Sunday and had a little cream tea all by myself.<br /><br />I saw the clotted cream in the grocery store last week when I was getting stuff for the tea party and looked it up online to find out how to use it. In the process I came across... Shelley Wed, 06 Jul 2011 10:13:03 +0100 Tea http://inapeanutshell.com/archive/summing-it-all-up.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/long_weekend_03.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p>Is it Monday already? I've been collecting things to blog all weekend but was so busy (or else so tired from being so busy) the whole time that I never really got past thinking "Oh, I want to blog this". But now I've got some time and I'm just going to mash a bunch of stuff together. There are a few more pictures over on my Flickr.</p><br/><p style="text-align: center;">---</p><br/><p styl... Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:22:33 +0100 Zeke Tea Socks Life Knitting Canada Day Baking http://inapeanutshell.com/archive/damp-squirrels.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/damp_squirrels_1.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p>This morning smelled like Vancouver: green and wet and earthy. So delicious. We had fog patches that lasted until noon. Abby had an exciting morning watching two damp squirrels fill up on peanuts from the feeder. I went outside to take some pictures of my gorgeously saturated garden and was able to get within a couple of feet of these guys without them freaking out too much. Thank... Shelley Fri, 01 Jul 2011 10:02:44 +0100 Wildlife Our Yard Garden