Remember that from last year. It really applies this year because we have a new puppy... (I know.. that's the third doggy... but honestly there won't be anymore) and his name is Narmin. (For you proper English speaking types that's Normon). And it truly is a fine marnin this marnin. The sun is out... there's a gentle breeze keeping the mosquitoes bearable.... it's not too hot... and I don't have to go back to the museum today... I can knit... Now can you get any finer than that? It's a fine marnin this marnin Narmin. If it's as fine a marnin tomarrow marnin as it is this marnin Narmin, it'll be a fine marnin again tomarrow marnin, Narmin.
I'm having a bowl of strawberries with cream and sugar poured over them for my breakfast. Yum! They are local strawberries and quite frankly outstrip the California ones ten to one for taste. I'm hoping that a few weeks of sunshine will bring out the berries in force this year. For the last few years it has been next to impossible to get local berries because it was so dry. The strawberries are ripe.... the raspberries are about to be just right for picking, and the Saskatoons, then just a few weeks from now it will be time to pick blueberries. That will just be a pleasure. Is there anything so gratifying as a day berry picking with a picnic in the middle and maybe a quick swim in a nearby lake? Summertime pleasure at its best.
Narmin is sleeping at my feet. He's a good little puppy and he is only 7 weeks old. The first few days were a bit of an adjustment. He was peeing and pooping all over the house and if you didn't catch him right away it could be quite a mess. But we are getting better and he is starting to whine in an effort to let us know that it is time to take him out. Thank heavens we don't have carpet. He is a sweet looking little fellow. He is a Shi-tzu and Red Heeler cross so basically he is a mutt... just the kind of dog we like... pure bred dogs have too many problems... at least that has been our experience. While we like Jiggs and Baily they were neither fulfilling our lap/cuddle requirements and so we got this little guy. He likes to sleep on our bed with us unlike the other two... well Bailey likes to sleep on the bed but she likes to push everyone off so we've had to curtail her bed sleeping with us. Jiggs doesn't like sleeping with us... I think she thinks it is beneath her dignity... which is really weird because when we first got her she loved to cuddle up with us... but not any more. Jiggs is a very self reliant and individualistic dog. She is not at all in need of our company... she could live out doors and have nothing to do with any of us except for the food thing. Bailey is totally not self reliant and wants to be a lap dog only she's too damn big. So then there's Narmin... and so far he's very cute and likes to have a cuddle as long as it is not too confining. He follows me everywhere. Still, he's a chewer and so far has wanted to chew on any fringe... like the ones on my wool rugs. Fingers are also great for chewing.... and toes. Slippers are he best chew toys and he likes to fall asleep with his nose in a pair of slippers. He's quite an interesting little character. The only real problem with him so far is he falls asleep at about 8 p.m. in the evening and wants everyone up at 5 a.m. which totally sucks... cause I want to sleep and he wants to play. However, I managed to hold him off to 7 a.m. this morning and his reward was a nice long 1 km walk through the bush... lovely. That's probably why he's passed out under my feet here. He has very short legs and a bushy round bum and walking that far for the little guy just about exhausted him. Still, it got me out of bed and doing stuff already... (though I really want to go back to sleep for another hour!)
The coffee pot is brewing and the smell of rich brown coffee is calling me to the kitchen and the knitting sits on the side table in the sun room waiting to be picked up. I watched The Spinner's Tool Box yesterday and will give it a bit of a review tomorrow along with Rigid Heddle Weaving (the dvd). I'm off for a day of relaxation and two more patterns on this sleeve and I'll just have the sewing together, the darning in ends, and the knitting of the band around the body left to do... a couple more days I'm hoping on that shrug, and I'll be finished. Then there is the upcoming dye retreat....
Well I'd better get at it. See ya!
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