Lorena on May 30th, 2010

You could make an argument for… well, really for *any* of Dennis Hopper’s work to be his best. And even though nobody else has ever seen this movie, Flashback, that’s my favorite. “Once we get out of the Eighties, the Nineties are going to make the Sixties look like the Fifties” – Huey Walker (Dennis [...]

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Lorena on May 29th, 2010

Sharon pointed out to me yesterday that the baby birds are in that awkward teenage stage; not big enough to fly, too big to all fit in the nest anymore. OH THE CUTE.

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Lorena on May 28th, 2010

Or, weekISH. You know. Whenever.

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Lorena on May 28th, 2010

The rest of my 2010 photos can be viewed here.

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Lorena on May 28th, 2010

(Originally posted on September 27, 2006) I almost didn’t want to go for a walk this morning, because an over-protective yappy dog owner yelled at me yesterday. I’m deliberately being vague about whether it was the dog or the owner who was “yappy”. I don’t know if you’ve ever seen me walking my woolly mammoth [...]

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Lorena on May 27th, 2010

Fiber: 100% BFL Yardage/Weight: 179 y/103 g From: The Spunky Eclectic Fiber club

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Lorena on May 26th, 2010

xkcd reminds us that it’s all in how you look at it. — Very creative and lovely – Pencil vs. Camera — Keep calm and make your own. — I really want to start using this at the yarn store, to wrap packages – Spinal Tape. — The hell with wanting one as a kid [...]

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Lorena on May 25th, 2010

Yarn: Mind’s Eye, from the sock club Pattern: Gloria Cowl by Orinda5

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Lorena on May 24th, 2010

I’ve been watching with baited breath as a pair of birds has been building a nest near a hardly-used door by Roly Poly next to the yarn shop. Saturday I was rewarded! I have three more pictures here, here, and here. They’re so ugly! But so cute! But so ugly! So of course I had [...]

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Lorena on May 23rd, 2010

A couple of weeks ago I had a post wherein I did a bunch of flailing and asked what tank-top(ish) top I should knit… the end result was Buttercup, and I have the yarn and pattern and am ready to go. A couple of my knitter friends mentioned both here and Facebook that they also [...]

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