Blogsam and Jetsam

Flotsam is the part of the wreckage of a ship or its cargo found floating on the water. Jetsam is cargo or parts of a ship that are deliberately thrown overboard, as to lighten the ship in an emergency, and that subsequently either sinks or is washed ashore. This is my personal blog version of the above. Loot freely.

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Location: The Hinterlands, Upstate NY

I'm annoyed that the world is going crazier faster than it used to be. But it's interesting to watch.

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Heck...

...If ya got text ya might as well have pix too, right?


This is the re-started now-singular front to Youngest Duckling's eventual new sweater. You'll notice the unchanged back still in the basket.




A better look. The center diamond panel is "framed basketweave" which she chose herself. Those adorable side panels are Barbara Walker's "Banana Tree" (first book, page 269) although I persist in thinking of it as "Beanstalk." It's an 18 stitch 12 row repeat:


Extreme close-up of cuteness:

And this is the Italian Heirloom tomato seedling which currently represents the sum of "Gardening 2008."

2 Comments:

Blogger Mel said...

Well, you're still ahead of me on the gardening front.

March 11, 2008 8:24 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Me too, though some seeds were planted on Sunday (after all the shovelling). The sweater is looking good. I'm assuming that storm passed through your neck of the woods, too.

March 11, 2008 11:37 AM  

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