Sliding into the weekend (with a shop update)
The mornings here in Vermont have dawned beautiful and misty.
It does not help, however, that I have come down with a killer head cold that makes me see everything as if through a slight fog. Today I feel rotten. Tomorrow I will feel fine, as long as I carry a jumbo box of Puffs wherever I go.
This did not prevent me from updating A Piece of Vermont. Today's theme appears to be primarily "Christmas socks for Hubby/Grandpa/Dad/Son/BF" although that's just a suggestion.
I have the usual, Colonial Superwash fingering yarn, in three colorways
Then, by request, I present Panda Superwash (60/30/10 wool/bamboo/nylon) in five colorways. Three are standard skeins:
But two are huge, 6.8 ounces, over 700 yards apiece. I thought maybe someone might want to do a scarf or a pair of stockings or something bigger than your average socks.
(I only have one skein each of those last two, the biggies, so if you like them, hurry.)
Next week, I have appointments most of the day Monday, and a column to write Tuesday, so I doubt I'll be updating the shop until Friday at the earliest.
Now I will retire to the couch (missing the local high school homecoming football game) and nurse my stuffy head with hot tea and bad TV. I'll leave you with two things: One is a link to Derby and String. Libby, having recently reentered the dating scene, has been recounting some of her more colorful adventures in the world of dating. Yesterday morning she described a Date from Hell I doubt anyone could top, unless you too have gone on a date with a superhero.
Then, when you've recovered from the giggles (and the cringing on Libby's behalf) and are feeling better about your own track record in the romance department, take in some early-morning pictures from my back yard:
Not as exciting as dating a superhero, but this is Vermont, not L.A.
Foggy here lately, too.
Hope you have plenty of soft tissues at nose.
Posted by: trek | October 05, 2007 at 06:01 PM
I read Libby's exploits. The next day's post (the Ty one) was even better.
Also, if you have access to some Airborne, take some. The grapefruit flavor isn't bad in cold water. DH and I have both gotten colds in the last week, and though we're not 100% yet, neither of us had more than one day of total crap.
Posted by: Carrie | October 05, 2007 at 06:03 PM
Aww! I've been linked! And I would rather be in Vermont with your menagerie than here in Seattle with the odd dating scene.
Your sunrises are amazing. I miss the sunrise here, because I'm usually in the office already, but if I snuck out, I could watch it rise over the parking lot? :)
Posted by: Libby | October 05, 2007 at 06:19 PM
Gorgeous photos!
Posted by: Andrea (noricum) | October 06, 2007 at 01:17 AM
The ground mist is gorgeous -- you really captured the feel of it with your photos.
That rooster looks like the Emperor of the World! Wow.
Posted by: Sylvia | October 06, 2007 at 01:28 AM
Lovely bucolic scenes, so relaxing. Hope you feel better soon!
Posted by: Jane | October 06, 2007 at 02:09 PM
Cough, splutter, drip - hope you feel better soon. (It seems this bug really is doing the rounds at the moment...)
Posted by: Anne | October 06, 2007 at 02:38 PM
The addition of sheep to your little collective was a brilliant idea if only for the picture of sheep and fowl in mist. Thanks for providing me with a little escape from the hot and humid Houston autumn.
Posted by: Becky | October 07, 2007 at 11:42 AM
Gorgeous photos and gorgeous yarns!
Posted by: chris | October 07, 2007 at 07:05 PM
Beautiful pictures! You live in such an amazing place. Feel better soon!
Posted by: Sophia | October 07, 2007 at 11:26 PM
Looks like everyone on the farm has posed for their photos! Cool. The new yarns are gorgeous as always, more incentive to finad a job fast! Hope you feel better fast. Tea and bad TV sound better than the prospects of dating these days. I think I'll keep the old man around ;)
Posted by: Carol | October 08, 2007 at 05:16 PM
Hope you feel better!
Nice chickens ;o)
Posted by: JessaLu | October 10, 2007 at 10:01 PM