(flower of the day, black-eyed-susan)
it seems like it took a month for these flowers to bloom. they came out very slowly this year. maybe they always do and i never noticed??
so, david updated my wordpress, and i spent a bunch of time yesterday resizing ALL the photos so the blog would run faster. let me know what you think. unfortunately, updating still did not fix the bug in the archives. if i set the blog to show only 6 or 8 posts, then in the archives that is all you’ll see. which is bad.
so, i have to keep the number of visible posts on this page at around 20 in order for all the archived posts to be available to everyone. it’s an old glitch and it’s annoying, but hopefully now we have a sort of happy workaround situation.
apparently this is a mac-specific problem, so a lot of wordpress users don’t have to deal with it, but if anyone has any information on a fix, i would be deeply grateful if you would share it.
we’ve had unseasonably cool weather for the midwest in july . . . i don’t think it has even hit 70 degrees this week yet. so, it seemed like a good idea to make some piping hot quiche
this dish was totally inspired by carole’s version from last week. hers looked so yummy that i thought it would be a great dish to revisit, using veggies from the garden. we have chard, and tiny, thumb-sized squashes that made a great combo, along with mionced onion. mmm. it would also be great with thin slices of potato . . . mmmmaybe next time.
then it was off to class where i worked on a secret sock project and had to twice rip back to where i was when i got there. just too much talking. oh, and yes, maybe all the laughing had something to do with it . . .
at least i got some feedback on the sock. it’s hard to work on things in secret (that is, not on my blog), and not be able to gauge how interesting they might be to others.
mostly i have a lot of secret knitting (really, since i started the bee rectangle i’m seeing progress on lots of projects).
i received a beautiful package from meg today with a full skein of the sock yarn for the club sock.
(i’ve been working with smaller, sample skeins and not sure if i’ll get a whole pair out of them). i’m still playing with pattern placement on that sock, and will show the two different versions next time.
meanwhile, as we were talking about that skein, i couldn’t resist ordering another of her colorways, since i have been sooo enamored of this yarn. that purple, straw-gold, and greenish-gray colorway is batty, and it sure caught my eye.
meg put together a sweet package with little cards and tiny sample skeins of colorway ankh (next on my list of downfalls), just in case i haven’t been tempted enough . . .
i also got this great card from anne today
it is SO me—seriously, i need about a case of these. i send a lot of cards and i have always wanted a knitting-theme card that really expresses my taste—modern, sarcastic, a little hard-edged. i love these.
BTW, there really IS another anne . . . it’s not just me talking about myself in the third person. just wanted to clear that up for anybody that thought otherwise . . .
and here is the bee now—just a few tidbits—i couldn’t resist the light this morning on the new yarn color.
it is moving along very quickly . . . oh but how i wish i could just have a whole day or two with it. and for those who asked, anne says that yes, she will be putting kits together, and yes, you can pre-order them by dropping her a line (use the contact form in her sidebar). and yes, the pattern will also be available as a standalone item here at my site. we don’t know the cost of the kit yet because the yardage for the stole is yet to be determined.
vanessa’s progress was slowed (just a bit) when she ran out of yarn (she’s substituting), but her extra yarn arrived today and she’s back in business.
rachael, however, is positively zooming along and you can see a close-up photo here of what she’s accomplished this week.
i got started after them, so i am behind . . . . but it’s not a race!
24 thoughts on “various and sundry”
Yes, your blog loads about 10x faster now. It used to be chugging away for at least a minute. Now it was about 5 seconds.
Yummy looking quiche and new sock yarns (did someone says he/she does not buy yarn,,,) and I love the gold/honey colour of your current bee non race knitting!
that quiche looks so good. another great use for chard! love the purple yarn – not enough people combine purple and yellows – one of my favorite combos!
Your quiche looks wonderful and I love the idea of adding squash, too. I love the color of the new bee stole!
Much faster.
I’m both on a mac and at wordpress and haven’t been aware of problems…but my blog is new as well, maybe I haven’t got enough posts there to trigger anything? Or maybe I have problems I don’t know about… darn.
Oooh, that color of your lace is so pretty!!! So bee-utiful. Sorry, I couldn’t help myself…
Aren’t quiches the best use-your-garden-veggies meal? I often use up chard, spinach, leeks and zucchini in them (not all together…) I love those dark, leafy greens but by the end of July, I’ve run out of ideas for them.
Much faster, thanx!
Love the purple sock yarn – how about an iris sock?
I’ve been thinking about quiche since I saw Carole’s post too. But I’m too lazy to make it. Too bad you don’t live closer . . .
Great looking quiche!!! YuM! It’s been a very cool summer here until yesterday. My veggies should smile over the next few days with the higher temps 🙂
I love the darker gold for the new Bee…very pretty!
hmmmm… the stole yarn looks vaguely reminiscent of the buckwheat honey from the other Anne? which is amazingly phenomenal yarn, I must say – but I gush!
back to the shawl …
Hmm… it’s my turn to make dinner tonight and now I’m thinking… quiche? Do you make your own crust too?
As soon as you said that yarn color was “batty” I thought “What a cool theme! Bats!” It’s a very dusky cool evening color. Any more flying themed patterns coming… maybe?
I am sure you get this a tone, but I would love to test knit your lace patterns in the future. They are all beautiful, I am currently working on the Bee Fields shawl I love it!!
Much Faster indeed. Your side bar is still at the bottom of the page for me. I am using IE on a pc.
I love that card. It is great.
As we’re in the middle of an uncomfortable heat wave, I envy your cool weather quite a bit! You are right, that Batty yarn definitely is eye-catching! And I can’t wait to see the stole version of the bee shawl: I’m more of a rectangular kind of girl, I think, so I’m very curious to see how it turns out and how I’ll like the two compared to one another.
Oh, just wanted to add that I never had any problem with the loading speed of your blog, but I just realised that when I submitted my comment, it refreshed much faster. Good job!
WHAT BEE SQUARE? What did I miss now? Have I been asleep?
I haven’t started mine as I’m STILL plugging along on the Print O’ Waves applied edging. I’m halfway through as of today though. Only about eleventybillion more stitches to go!
And I didn’t eat lunch and that quiche is making me VERRRRRY hungry!
Delicious looking quiche! Great yarn and card too. I like the purple with the soft yellows. It’s a very underused complementary color scheme.
Your blog loaded much, much faster today, and the pictures still look great.
I didn’t know the bee was going rectangular, I’m like yeah–I think I’m more of a long stole wrap type of gal myself 🙂 Don’t get me wrong, I adore Bee fields something fierce! I love that color, yummy! And speaking of yummy, wow that quiche, let me just say “where’s mine?”
Oh, I am so excited about a bee stole. I had a hard time deciding what color to order when I ordered the shawl kit and now I can just get the other color for the stole.
A co-worker wrote “Buzy Bee” on the marker board by my desk during my busy period and I haven’t taken it off yet. I think I will just leave it there for inspiration.
I am on dial-up and your site just load faster for me.
Ahhh, lovely! How do you get to be a lucky test-knitter? How cool is that; getting to see the gorgeousness before everyone else!
hey, my room-mate from madrona is denise who makes the cards 🙂
small world!
Actually, just take yer own sweet time, m’dear, on that new pattern. It’s okay with me. 😉
I love the color of the new bee stole too and I really like the idea of a rectangular bee. I’m getting more into stoles lately, so then the bee fields will be mine too!
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