luxe

let me start by saying that when jake left here, i think the ghosts all came out. i hear pots and pans clattering in the kitchen where there are no open doors, windows or anyone. last night i just about crapped my pants when the hall light clicked itself on. it is a hard lightswitch to flip, i was sure that someone was in the house and about to come up the stairs. i went out in the hall (and i would do what?) to peek, and pavel is sitting on the handrail a few feet away from the switch. i don’t know that his paw would have the strength to do it, though? anyway, when none of the cats were looking freaked out, as they would if anyone was at the door, let alone in the house, i just figured it was a ghost or something. and barbe told me that a crank window shut itself about the same time last night…it was after midnight, maybe one…anyone else?

i had to blog right away because i got some books from amazon…the one that totally made me excited was the new book from knit knit which is a really cool zine about…knitting, although mostly in a more fiberartsy or fineartsy sense. this book is GORGEOUS and inspiring and i rarely say both of those things about a book. i didn’t realize that this book had patterns in it, i thought it would be like the zine, but it is a nice big book, wonderful layout, great photos and interviews…really exciting. so buy it! if you like the more unusual selvedge mag and fiberarts and stranger kinds of stuff….all of your idols will be in here. i promise. some of the designers had faces i had never seen before. it is strange how we imagine what people look like even if we don’t think we do. like reading a book and imagining what a character looks like and seeing the movie and getting annoyed that she doesn’t look right.

i got some work done today, but i feel really tired now. i have lots more to do and to-morrow is the last day before i leave. orders to pack, laundry to do, spinning, etc, etc. i also have been finishing up some of the softies i crocheted up a while ago, adding faces and wings and wire leggies. i will take photos if the weather is okay to-morrow. i have lots to show you, i promise. even when i don’t blog, i am usually plugging away at something. even if i only work on it in bed.

i will blog more later,
warm fuzzies
n.