Already Learning...

I'm better at updating the calendar (foxysteph on shuttercal) than the blog. Much easier to just upload a picture than try to tell the story. I spent a good chunk of yesterday spinning, I do so love spinning. It was wonderfully relaxing. Anyway... here's the last couple day's pics.

For Thursday, I just ran outside to get the tree in the bright setting sunlight.

And then we have Friday. Very mundane. I had to put away laundry and I wasn't feeling like trekking out for a pic. So, I took a picture of the pile of laundry.

And Loki made a guest appearance. Baskets of clean laundry are his favoritest sleeping places At this point, I feel like a bad pet momma. I have a third child who hasn't had a photo shoot yet. Soon. She will soon. Freya is difficult to photograph. She's a lovely kitty, an absolutely perfect doll and sweetheart and I think she's gorgeous. She doesn't photograph well. (And I've been told she's the type that only a mother could love, or... looks are overridden by the loving personality). 

I haven't taken a picture today yet, but I want to take a nap and do more spinning, so that will wait for later.

Final day for catch up

For now anyway... I may fall behind again. Let's start with today's picture, shall we? Okie dokie, here it is.

I know, it;s a little over exposed and maybe not technically the best picture... but it was my favorite of the bunch because, well, look at that expression! My sweet, doofy, hound dog. 

And now for Monday's picture, which is going to introduce you to some spinning as well.

Here we have a mini skein I spun up over the last week. It's about 4 yards of lace-weight. I didn't do a wrap per inch count because I was just sampling. I wanted to see how I did with the silk and just have something to enter in the Spindlers monthly challenge over on Ravelry. It started out as this:

4 oz. of Bombyx silk from Blue Moon Fiber Arts in the Raven Clan colorway Rook-y. The sheen and color looks better in the fiber picture than in the spun sample. This was my first time working with silk and I have tons left. I found that the fiber in my fiber hand wanted to bunch up a lot while I was drafting, and trying to tell how much twist to put in is a lot different than wool. But it;s so super soft and shiny, I love it.

Originally, I bought this fiber hoping that in the next round of Nerd Wars (again on Ravelry) we'll have a Song of Ice and Fire team and I can spin and/or crochet something inspire by the Black Brotherhood, and Jon Snow. If not, well, I still have some gorgeous fiber to work with. It's a win-win.

Well, 'till next time! 

Proj. 365, day 1

When I set out to take my picture today, I had my mind set on an awesome picture of one of the fruitless plum or cherry trees in bloom around here, life had other ideas. My Honey asked me, as I was heading out, to pick up drinks for the house. He doesn't ask me to do much, so I couldn't protest, but there are few pretty trees between here and the Wally-store, so I had a change in plans. Instead, I used Loki, the endearingly demonic kitten, as my subject. He was sleeping, and therefore, STILL... but it quickly ended. 

Why hello, Loki... I'm not pointing this camera at you for any reason, please... go back to relaxing. ... 

I chose this as my picture for the day. The color is right. And I love that his green eyes are clear. This is straight from the camera, no editing.  It was a tough choice between that picture, and this one below:

Doesn't he look so cute and snuggly? I love this one because the position of his head is a bit more flattering, but no green eyes. This was the last clear shot I got for the day because the butt-head then decided he was going to move around, switch positions, and continually lick himself with his back towards me to thwart all future pictures. 

Now to play some catch-up, I'll do one other picture. This was taken Sunday, my true first day of the project. 

This weekend the Honey and I went to Ojo Caliente with a friend of mine for an overnight get-away. We love it there. Soooo very relaxing. Anyway... this trip there weren't many flowers in bloom, but there were a few daffodils, a long time favorite of mine. Sunday, before we left, I had to snap a few pics and this is my favorite of the bunch. Such a happy little flower. 

I had also been trying to take pictures of some of the other sparse flowers around, and I desperately struggled with this white ones. They seemed horribly over-exposed, no matter how I played with my settings. I was pleasantly surprised to see them on the computer, not as bad as I thought. This one really caught my eye:

This was a complete accident. I was trying to get the flowers. On viewing though, the ants amuse me. However, what really caught my eye... the bee. When I opened this on the computer, I actually yelled out loud "Wow! Look at the bee!" The Honey was amused. But that bee! He looks like I placed him there. 

So I'm easily amused. 

To begin...

I love Ravelry. If you're not familiar, and like the fiber arts at all, head over and check it out. Totally random way to start things out? Absolutely! But since I finished the wedding planning and have now been happily married (just a few days shy of) 6 months, Ravelry has been the most inspiring and time consuming piece of my life.
And what does that have to do with this blog? Well. You see. I want a place to talk about my spinning and crochet adventures. And since fiber can't be my only hobby in life... I've taken up photography as well. With the help of my tax refund and the support of my Honey I have a spiffy new Nikon P100. It's not the full D-SLR that I still lust over, but Honey pointed out that I would get frustrated with too many options and need to start a little more simple. The Nikon is perfect for me ... for now.
Back to Ravelry... I, just this evening, found the Project 365 in 2011 group, the whole idea is to take a picture every day for a year. I was just thinking today I should actually start using this blog for something and, so, here we are. I just happened to take pics yesterday and today so it'll be good to start with this week. So excited! Spinning, crochet, photography, and some story-telling.

And so it begins!