Black Sheep 2008

Sheep shearing with ye olde sheep shearing scissors. Are ya done yet??

Okay, I'm hot. Enough of this coat! I am NOT so vain.
Trying out the equipment (I didn't)

Shopping (I did)

Watching the busy spinners while I'm shopping...
Looking to buy things....
Nana and her mother, Yoko. My partners in crime.
Little girls with little sheep.

Is there anything better? Damn no! I had a great time and got some great new stuff to spin this year. How can you be in a bad mood around soft fiber? I actually bought a tiny amount of cashmere this year. Mmmmmmm.

Roses

I mean, they must be SOMEWHERE. It is the Rose Festival for God's sake. Oh, on the back of this Rodeo Queen's horse....

Then I headed over to Tom McCall Park to see Nana's Dragon Boat race...
This was their second race of the day, the first one ending in near Collision. This one they came in Second.
See, she doesn't know I'm there....
And then she does!!

Then on Sunday, day two, they got first place! Nana came by knitting in her gear just to have some happy-happy feelings....

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Yup, had a birthday last weekend. As usual, the focus was mainly on fiber. This year Paula was around (she's usually away on another job in the MidWest and misses it) and she made the best cake. Not only was the cake great, but it came to the celebration at Abundant Yarn with all the trimmings. Her fancy cake transporter, china plates and silverware, and the cake atop this cute old cake stand that you wind up and it plays Happy Birthday.

There was yarn and presents and my baby boy and flowers. All my favorite things....