You got not YARN BALLS tasha!

Ok title noted. Despite the fact I just watched Doctor Who and am now officially avoiding my Bacteriology lab notebook. About for two weeks I was not talking to my sister, who I shall refer to as Lucifer for this post, as the term Satan seems too normal.
Said person, on occasion called me at 11PM while her spouse was gone, knowing damn well that I frelling go to bed at 10PM. So what does she do? leave loud obnoxious message whining I should pick up, repeat twice and then I get to sleep. This behavior happens over the period of two weeks, each time I get a phone call I am annoyed just a tad bit more that my dear sibling has nothing better to do then harass me by telephone. GOD try email or some shit at least I won't be woken up.Oh did I mention it was like five times in three minutes and I was on the phone with other people. Nutty behaviors tosh.

Finally after around I think it as actually 10 days and this was due to the fact that I wanted something. Someone I had always wanted to meet was going to be doing book tour, now last year when she was on book tour, me and MM went to Ashland for Shakespeare stuff. Well I tell person go get me book and all will be settled. OK.
Well now that her husband is home, she is whining that it is a 2 and something hour drive, now for the record it says on MapQuest that it is 1 hr and 16 minutes, and then you have to get on a ferry.And it might be too late speaking it starts at 730.

This is a great time for a story, to put in to perspective what we do for members of our family. I think as my memory recalls it was the year of our Goddess, 2003 (2) <>. Let me see, it was the biggest fracking snow storm DC had seen in about 10 years. Oh yeah and you called and whined and beg and pleaded for me to drive the 20 minutes to get to your house so we could go buy alcohol at the twice a year sale for your frelling wedding in May.That it took me like damn near two hours and I still made it there in time for the store opening?
Despite the fact that I am from where there is no snow and my truck is NOT four wheel drive and none of the residential or freeway or anything had been plowed in like four days, I got my ASS in my truck and drove like a snail on unplowed Highway swerving down the 32 hoping I wouldn't die and freeze to death all in the pursuit of getting you alcohol, in which I think I got a bottle of wine, got stuck in your parking lot, froze my fracking ass off, and didn't even get recognized in any speech at the wedding ( which h I cleaned up afterward and shuttled around drunk people)NOR NOR did I even get a glass of champagne. And you think you got the balls to whine to me about a little drive in the pacific northwest, to go and get me a little book. YOU GOT NO YARN BALLS Tasha! NO YARN BALLS. you so better hope you don't need one of my organs anytime soon.

Oh yeah did I mention that the author is none other the the YARN HARLOT! If you do not knit you don't know and don't try to.See this is so how my sister doesn't get me and my mom If my mom wanted that book, and it was in oh say Crescent City, I wouldn't bat an eye. I would go and listen to the wise words of the Yarn Harlot and I would take my sock!

Oh and A fracking pint glass fell and broke onto my foot this morning the same foot I hurt last week and the wee

Im glad this week is over.

Well this week seems to be well, not so great.

Chickens and bacteriology are doing me in and also messed up one of my covered bowls. I finished up some yarn I had owed Sheri.

The semester is almost over and I certainly do not feel any better. Time keeps marching on , yet the conversations I have with people in my life are the same ones. I am learning that some people never change, and that in them not changing, your expecting them to change will only disappointed you. It breaks my heart when you have faith in people, and they ruin our faith in not only them but everyone there after.

The Peru trip, well it might be a bust, coming in around$ 6-7500. It might not be worth the experience which is really really sad because I had looked forward to it so much and kind of wished that some one is charge had said that it might cost so much money, not for the actual trip but from the damn tuition.

Any how on with the show. All this other crap in life is keeping me from doing what I love. Oh and on my way to the bus I saw a nice black chicken with golden lacing. She looked like a bertha, I come to find out some dude down the road has a serious problem keeping his chickens in.He better watch it! Because next time I see her wondering down the road I m taking her!

Ok well here is some yarn I finished for Sheri One is merino Bamboo, the other is BLF ( red) and both were dyed with acid dyes, haven’t had too much time to dye with mushrooms, but maybe once things calm down.

Then I got a wonderful painting this week when I went it model from a local article whose name is Joyce Jonte. I do not have any tacks so it is magnets on my fridge right now.

Also one of the more interesting things I did on Friday was streak out some bacteria here is the stuff, Hmmmm, good thing I got over my fear of fire since winter. I also got a local favorite, well of mine anyhow, and that is a Slug, with cream cheese, from Los Bagels.

Then the market on Saturday was cold as a monkeys.. and how, well some of my tea spilled on my banana fiber. Then I froze my butt of and Sherri let me borrow some gloves, lots of spinning saw Velma with her great hat. It was a challenge off of Pluckyfluff.

Not too much at the market this week I feel the people who went out should have gotten some award or something. Except for Lilacs which are my most favorite flower ever! But no I didn't buy any, there is less then $20 in my bank account at the moment :(

Oh and dried herbs

Spinning Wheel/ Cup/ Plaza Cam

So,
After yesterday and Fridays pleasant weather we were really in for it, and we got it. Mom didn't believe me when I said it was foggy so I took some picktures on my way to Jitter bean Then the top of the Library in my lonely corner.



So I went to ceramics and worked on Chickens. Yes more!

Then to the Library to study Bacteriology.


Then back to ceramics where I got a cup from my friend Issac, casue I have been breaking lots of cups.
His cup:



See breaking lots of cups. Cups that I love.



Ok On VELMAS Blog go look cause I didn't want to steal pictures from her blog but now I;m taking from the internet source called equipment gallery.



Any how they are called a Pirtle- Bulky Spinner cool! velmas pages say there is like 200 Cool.

yeah then did I mentioned that the Arcata Plaza Camera is back up.

First Farmers Market

Hmm lets see last night I went to Handmade memories for the Midnight Madness Knitting. Well I brought the head band thingy “calorimetry” to work on. This went ok ( I really should have been studying BT).



Then this morning ( oH did I mention two days in a row of 60 something weather which is really rare in Humboldt, which I am sure we will be punished soon for). I went to the first of the year. Huckleberry Flint played. It ( the market) seemed to be ok, despite some crazy’s.
There were Mushrooms and plants of all kinds, a few Kiwi who knew. Hmm honey and of course soap ( goats milk), Eggs but those sold out quick. Hats from Sherri and the bunny lady. Some veggies not a lot lots of flowers. Bread from Brio and of course Los bagels with their Challah.



Mushrooms Kiwi


Weird hangy plants that eat bugs Nice Flowers


HONEY Great Goats milk soap ( She needs a web page)


More Cute soap! Los Bagels- Challah


Bread from Brio


I had dyed some Bamboo merino and BFL, last night before I went to knit. It was the last of the dyes from before Xmas and a lot of the water had evaporated. HMMMM that is all I can really say is hmmm.


I also ended the day with Hanging out with Velma and some of the Crew from Hurl and Purl. It was a nice day and very nice company!

Humboldt County Video?

OK,

Well this actually came up, While I took a class called " the Emerald Triangle", eh it is on pot in Humboldt County. Big deal, except it has the mom from Six feet under in it, and some great shots of Humboldt places. IT would have been nice to know they were filming sure didn't notice any increase in local revenues like when filming of the majestic.

thanks to ejbythesea or I would have never know about it other wise.

Arcata Bay Llamas in Times Standard

Ok, Sherri from Arcata Bay Llamas

is in todays Times Standard ( click here for the link).

Farmers markets celebrate 30th season

Donna Tam The Times-Standard

Article Launched: 04/07/2008 01:27:09 AM PDT

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Sherria Tyler plans to spend the next week knitting like crazy. The owner of two alpacas and a llama, Tyler spins the animals' wool into yarn, then hand-dyes and knits the yarn into hats and scarves to sell at the annual Arcata Farmers Market.

”It takes me all week to knit up the hats to get ready to go,” said Tyler, owner of Arcata Bay Llamas. She started her booth at the market in 1994 and sets up shop every year.

”It's wonderful just being there,” she said. “Being next to all the other vendors, I get to have great food and buy flowers. I always get to go home with something.”

The North Coast Grower's Association is celebrating its 30th year of farmers markets, beginning at the Arcata Farmers Market this Saturday at the Plaza. The celebration will feature live music every week from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., with Huckleberry Flint kicking off its first day.

”We're expecting a great year,” said Denise Payne, the market's manager. She said the market is partnering with the city for its September 150th anniversary celebrations, featuring local farmers throughout the year. Payne said the market gets a wide range of products in addition to produce, including bonsai, cactus and flowers.

”It evolves with the season, and it's really nice to see it change,” Payne said.

Marilyn Kelly, the markets' first manager, said it has grown from about eight vendors to more than 60, with more listed in

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the association's ranks.

The markets were first created as a result of a federal grant for nutritional outreach. Kelly was hired to develop a link between agricultural producers and consumers, and she had to convince people that it was a viable option, she said.

”I had to be persistent and prove that it could happen,” Kelly said.

The first market was held in Eureka's Old Town, and over the years the location bounced around until it ended up at the Plaza.

She said the original intent of the market was to have an outlet for growers who had products that didn't fit the standard, or were apart of a surplus. But over time, vendors began growing things for the market.

”Now it's a landmark. I never though it would be that at all,” Kelly said.

IF YOU GO

What: Arcata Farmers' Market opening day

When: Saturday, April 12, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Where: Arcata Plaza

Donna Tam can be reached at 441-0532 or dtam@times-standard.com.

Ceramic Chikcens. Leg. Emma

I realized I had this other blog so am moving stuff from my other blog.

Well.
I worked 5 days this week. While I am happy about this. I hurt my leg yesterday. I did an hour pose, and half way through my foot wasn’t feeling so good. This morning I woke up and would hardly walk on it. Nice. I had to go to ceramics and work on "the Chickens" so, I put on an extra sock and then when I got there I put my foot up and turned on JPR. ( This day at 1030 is Opera, and while I know most 25 yr olds do not like opera, people in there subject the rest of us to crap so they could listen to my damn opera, and thank goodness everyone was at the pit fire). So I sat down and worked on chickens and had to keep hopping around to get things.





Here is my hat that Sherri modified for me. Thanks Sherri it looks great. Side note Sherri is going to be in Mondays Times standard, I m not sure if it will be online but def the print one. Hmm that must have been the guy knocking on all the doors.




Here is my swatch of socks that I haven’t started because well, I need a 16 and 24 inch to do the two circular thingies (Oh yeah I have been a bit busy so no time to go to the store).



Then I tried to make one of those head band thingies on kitty, and I checked the gauge, well I t wasn’t right, and I binded it off to see how not right it was. Yeah.


Mom sent me some honey, from where I live that is apple honey and while it is completely different from the honey of my dads bees it is still really good.


Here is the relief gel sherries husband Steve lent me ( and some scotch in the glass for medicinal purposes). I put on five think socks and gimped to art alive, I have to admit, I kind of do not like crowds and like it less when people bumps into my hurt foot, and makes me want to be one of those old ladies with a cane and whacked people, but I am not old, so I am not sure I can get away with that.


Oh yeah side not to my sister, you drank my expensive scotch while you were here, you should mail me some.
Yeah here is some yarn I have been working on as well.